Kendra's Race
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Kendra's Race : Goleta, CA
Kendra's Race is held in Goleta, California on February 8, 2026, with the race site listed as Lot 6. The event program includes a 5k run and multiple sprint triathlon categories: collegiate men, collegiate women, open, and relay. A portion of the entrance fees is donated by the host triathlon team to a memorial fund established after the death of a former teammate.
The triathlon swim starts at Campus Point. The course described has athletes swim 200 m out, turn left, swim 400 m, turn left again, then swim 200 m back toward shore, then ascend a flight of wooden steps to the transition area.
The bike stage is a two-loop, 12.7 mile course around the Santa Barbara Airport. Riders leave the transition area, head west through the UCSB campus on a mostly repaved bike path, circle the airport, pass Goleta Beach, and return along the bike path toward UCSB before re-entering transition after completing two loops.
The run is a single loop of a rolling 5k that follows the UCSB lagoon on paved and hard-packed trails. The route uses bluff trails, drops to the lagoon where an aid station is located, reaches a turnaround point, and returns along nearly the same route to the finish in Lot 6.
Packet pickup is available Saturday, February 7 from 1:00 to 6:00 pm at the Goleta Trek Store, 320 S Kellogg Ave, Goleta. Same-day pickup and registration are available at the race start from 6:30 to 7:30. Visit the organization's website for the most recent information.
