Volunteer Team Captains

Section A Team Captain: Rachelle Pegg (rachelle_pegg@yahoo.com)

Profile: Rachelle has been an avid adventure and sports junky since she was a little girl enjoying all of nature’s elements. Rachelle looks forward to being a part of the success that SBIM will have, not only on participants physically and mentally, but on the community as well!

Geographic Area: Start at Dos Pueblos High School to Los Carneros down to El Colegio

Section B Team Captain: Kristina Keifer (klkiefer@aol.com)

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Section C Team Captain: Kris Oleary-Hayes (kris.olearyhayes@gmail.com)

Profile: Kris O'Leary-Hayes has lived and worked in Goleta for over 30 years, graduating from UCSB. She is married to Steve and lives in Goleta with her 2 dogs and 1 cat. She is owner of Resilience Fitness, a pilates based fitness and rehab training business. She is an avid road biker, hiker and skier who loves anything to do with the outdoors and adventure.

Geographic Area: Ellwood School to Alameda

Section D Team Captains: Joe MacPhee

Profile: Joe is originally from Boston and has lived in Santa Barbara for five years. He is an active member of Santa Barbara Running & Racing and has completed three marathons, including the inaugural SBIM last year. When not running, Joe is a self-employed CPA in Santa Barbara specializing in fraud investigations and forensic accounting.

Geographic Area: Los Carneros to bike path to Turnpike bike path intersection

Section E Team Captain: Stan Brainin (stanbrainin@cox.net)

Profile: Stan Brainin has lived in Santa Barbara for 15 Years and is active in Martial Arts & Yoga. Stan is a Feldenkrais Practitioner and Movement Therapist.

Geographic Area: Bike path at Turnpike (including bridges)

Section F Team Captain: Vida Strong (mvsstrong@version.net)

Profile: Vida Strong has been a running enthusiast for more years than she wants to admit. With eight marathons and numerous 1/2 marathons and 10K and 5K's under her belt, her goal is to instill the love of running into everyone she meets, but especially kids. As part of this effort, Vida is Secretary for Club West Youth Track, a local youth running organization in Santa Barbara. Her running enthusiasm has also worn off onto her husband and two boys.

Geographic Area: Modoc to Las Positas to Mesa

Section G Team Captains: Kara Osborne (kara.hanchett@gmail.com)

Profile: Kara has lived in Santa Barbara for 10 years. She is a Registered MFT Intern who provides mental health therapy for children and families who have experienced trauma and/or loss. Her personal therapy is running. As a frequent event participant she knows a well-supported race when she sees one. She was so impressed while running the Inaugural SBIM with the positive energy of the course supporters, spectators, and participants; she decided to volunteer to assist in keeping this great new tradition going. Kara has been greatly inspired by the Santa Barbara/Goleta community and members of Santa Barbara Running and Racing, and hopes the same will happen for each SBIM participant. You may see her running with her foxy husband and foxlike dog on the Santa Barbara coastline most mornings.

Geographic Area: Mesa to Finish