Sacramento Running Association
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California International Marathon
The Fastest Course in the West!
#1 Boston Qualifier ○ Top-10 Largest US Marathon ○ Gentle Rolling Hills with a Flat, Fast Finish
In-Shape Fitness CIM Relay
Grab your best friend and experience CIM weekend together! The CIM Relay offers 2-person teams the opportunity to take part in the full marathon course.
Credit Union SACTOWN Run
The Credit Union for Kids and Sacramento Running Association has raised nearly $2 million for Children’s Miracle Network Hospitals.
Run The Parkway
The American River Parkway Foundation and the SRA are proud to partner to present Run the Parkway, and the Official Training Run of the California International Marathon.
Youth Cross Country Series
The SRA conducts a Fall Youth XC series to provide competitive opportunities for local youth runners, and expose them to the fun of XC.
SRA News
The Low Down on Training Low – Depletion Training
The Low Down on Training Low – Depletion Training Training Low is a strategy whose goal is to enhance fat metabolism or use of fat as energy during training. The mechanism is to purposely withhold carbohydrate prior to exercise in order to force the body to work out with low carbohydrate stores (glycogen). The assumption […]
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Visually Impaired Championships return to CIM
Nov. 10, 2015 For immediate release Contact: Ellen Moore (916) 737-2627 USABA event attracts nation’s top visually impaired athletes The USA Blind Athletes National Championships return to the California International Marathon this year with its largest field and a growing reputation as a destination event for visually impaired athletes. A field of 51 is expected […]
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CIM Relay Celebrates Silver Anniversary
Oct. 21, 2015 For immediate release Contact: Ellen Moore (916) 737-2627 ellen@runsra.org Four-person event energizes runners to tackle marathon The idea was to give runners a taste of the marathon atmosphere, hoping they’d want to make the jump to run the whole 26.2 miles in the future. By that standard alone, the Bank of the […]
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STRIDE Program
STRIDE is a sustainable partnership between the Sacramento City Unified School District and the Sacramento Running Association for a district-wide initiative to expose students to a healthy lifestyle through running. This initiative integrates running/movement into the weekly elementary school schedule, focusing on participation over competition in an effort to increase learning readiness and provide young student-athletes with a gateway to a healthy lifestyle.
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