California Track & Running News was started way back in 1974 in Fresno, California. The former owners sold it to Shooting Star Media, Inc. in 1998. In 1998, thanks to the kind assistance of John Mansoor of the Pacific Association, CalIfornia Track & Running News formed a relationship with the Pacific, Central, San Diego and Southern California Associations of USA Track & Field. Essentially, CTRN became the official publication of USA Track & Field for California and Northern Nevada. In March of 2000, CTRN began publishing The Runner's Schedule Calendar, the work of Kees & Sandy Tuinzing that had been such an important publication for Northern California since 1983.

You will find links to many major races in California under Results, and an updated Calendar, in time with our bi-monthly print schedule. We cover race walking, road running, prep track & cross country, college cross country, and ultra-running. But we are only human, and if you would like to send us results, a piece on an event, a calendar update, please email us at shootingstarmediabiz@gmail.com. (We also provide workout suggestions under features-check them out if you need some help in training!)

Subscriptions are (including USATF membership) are $25.00. Send your subscriptions to Cal Track Subs, PO Box 67, Fort Atkinson, WI 53538-0067.

We publish six issues per year, and we sell them on newstand at running stores across the state for $3.95 each. Our Calendar section, the RS Calendar, is overprinted by 10,000 (when we have a sponsor) and distributed free of charge to over 70 running stores across California & Nevada. CT&RN is published by Shooting Star Media, Inc., publishers of American Track & Field (www.american-trackandfield.com) and ATF Athletes Only (www.atf-athlete.com), Missouri Runner (www.morunandtri.com), Coaching Athletica Quarterly, Latinos Corriendo and USATF Fast Forward as well as newsletters and catalogs pertaining to our sport of athletics.

For more information, please contact the publisher, Larry Eder at 608.239.3785. For editorial inquiries, please contact Christine Johnson, our group editor at 608.239.3787. For electronic inquiries, please contact us at shootingstarmediabiz@gmail.com.

updated June 2006