This is a group for beginner to intermediate runners. We meet each Saturday morning at 8:30am outside the gym, Overtime Fitness (1625 N. Shoreline Blvd. Mountain View). We then walk & do active stretching as we make our way to the Stevens Creek Trail (at La Avenida). Our run is usually just a little over 3 miles at around a 9:45 pace. Afterwards we hang out at Starbucks (1380 Pear Ave.) for about 25 min. to have coffee together. Participants are free to go for a longer run, faster run or even wa …

I started this Meetup to create a group of East Bay women hiking and running together for fitness, fun, and friendship! Where:  Our events are primarily held in the mornings at locations along the 680 corridor, from Pleasanton to Danville, with occasional events in other areas throughout the East Bay. What:  Weekly 3-5-mile hikes and short (2-3-mile), friendly runs. Who:  Women of all ages!  Children are welcome.  An event will state if it is stroller-friendly.  If attending a hike with a child, …

Our diverse group hosts regular weekly fun runs and training groups open to all ability levels.  In addition, we teach free clinics at our store in Cupertino and meet up for fun events like races or beer! Keep on the look out for an event that sparks your interest as we will continually introduce new and exciting events!

The Alameda Running and Walking Club is for everyone that wants to enjoy the beauty of Alameda while walking, jogging and running. It is often hard to motivate or commit to getting outside and getting some exercise. What can make it easier and more fun is to do it with other people. Let’s all get together to have a good time! All levels are welcome to join. Any member can suggest a Meetup so please feel free to organize walks and runs throughout the island of Alameda. Please post pictures from a …

Natural movement instruction via MovNat certified trainer(s). Inspired by Erwan Le Corre's MovNat: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SKGF-ErsJiI http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=m61t3ObnSP0 MovNat Is for everyone!: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xUo5RwR-pLg FitHab MovNat Certified Trainers in action: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HLtI8LVnSlg&feature=plcp http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qDbrdtxjXIk&feature=plcp http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uOC8OMRx3ew&feature=plcp http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=26mp …

Welcome to Shambhala. You have found a place to rest your mind and make friends with being human. The Silicon Valley Shambhala Center is part of an international community of meditation centers founded by Tibetan Buddhist meditation master, Chogyam Trungpa Rinpoche, and led by his son and lineage holder, Sakyong Mipham Rinpoche.  Pema Chodron is also a senior teacher in Shambhala. We offer a friendly, uplifted environment in which to explore meditation and the qualities it can bring to your life …

We train for your goal event and help you fundraise to cure blood cancers! Only The Leukemia & Lymphoma Society's Team In Training (TNT) offers professional coaching to walk or run a full or half marathon, cycle a 100-mile century ride or complete a triathlon or hike adventure. Join as an individual or form a team of friends, family and coworkers and be part of a powerful force that has raised over $1.3 billion to fight blood cancers. We use this meetup group to share free, no-obligation drop-in …

This group is for people who want to meet other local enthusiasts to go Geocaching and/or to go Mapping. Anyone can join. Geocaching Geocaching is both a sport and a game. The idea is that people who like this game has hidden caches all over the world and all it takes to find them is the coordinates, a couple of clues and a GPS unit. Once found caches are often like a small treasure. The finder can take something from the treasure as long as they leave something for others to find. Mapping …

Business Executives for Measurable Management is a group formed to welcome Robin Byrne, founder of Measurable Management, to the Bay Area. Mr. Byrne management initiative was recently nominated by the United Nations (UN) to receive their prestigious Positive Peace Award. To celebrate this nomination, Mr. Byrne is touring the country and sharing his management methodology with Corporate America. He plans to stop in San Jose in May 2011 to deliver a free training. ABOUT MEASURABLE MANAGEMENT I …

You should really go over there and learn more about us. Hackers / Founders is the largest community of early tech founders in Silicon Valley ( that includes SF ). We have an incubator.  Learn more here We run classes under Hackers / Founders University. We do political advocacy for founder immigration reform, healthcare for founders, free internet. We host networking events and meetups in Silicon Valley, San Francisco, Berkeley and San Jose. Get together for lunch with other Hackers / Founders …

This is for ALL Athletic levels from "out of shape", just beginning , intermediate to advanced.  Just please be sure to make sure to read carefully the description of each event and only RSVP to what degree of athletic ability is required.  It is each individual participants responsibility to ascertain whether or not they are in shape or have the necessary skills for any event they RSVP for. We are a super friendly interesting diverse group of people!  We frequently combine our events with other …

Founders helping Founders About Let's get together to discuss startup issues from incubating ideas, founding companies and scaling them. This group focuses on issues that technology startup entrepreneurs run into when building the startup. We will meet at HackerDojo or Microsoft Bizspark labs in Mountain View, Silicon Valley. Events include brown bag lunch sessions, pitching events and other startup related events. Brown Bag Lunch sessions These are group discussion sessions with a small numb …

Welcome! AOHL is an inclusive homeschooling support group in the San Francisco East Bay. Our goals are developing friendships amongst members, organizing activities, sharing resources, creating liaisons with other home-learning groups, and providing information to those considering or new to home-learning. AOHL promotes tolerance and respect towards all members regardless of learning style; family configuration; or racial, cultural and religious background. We welcome diversity. AOHL is for pare …

We are a growing group of dedicated volunteers with a goal of opening California's FIRST Co-Operative Brewpub! We are passionate about customer service, great food (supporting local and organic farms where possible), craft beer, livable wages and a democratically owned and operated business.  Our idea of Co-op will apply to both the member-owners as well as the paid staff that operate the business. http://sjcoopbrewpub.com​ Our member-owners will have great benefits (many yet to be determined) b …

Meet other East Bay West Highland White Terriers (Westies) and their owners! We meet at least once a month at local dog parks to let the pups run free, make new friends, and just be dogs.

DBSA Palo Alto has served our community for over 12 years. We meet every Wednesday 6:30 - 8:30. The number of responses on this Meetup site is not a good indicator of how many people will attend. Our meetings usually have 18-22 participants. Come, join us. DBSA Palo Alto is a peer-run support group. We provide hope, help, support and education to help improve the lives of people who have mood disorders. Our meetings offer warm, non-judgmental and confidential support. We encourage our members by …

Have you been on a diet or cleanse?  Do you run to the latest weight loss fad, wrap yourself up, join a gym, give yourself crazy injections, start eating leaves and drinking silly concoctions, take secret pills...and 3, 6, 9 months later you gain all the weight back? Has this happened to you...more than once? Doesn’t that drive you crazy? Well your NOT alone, statistically 94-97% of diets fail when measured long term. Why?  Because they ALL treat the symptoms, NOT the cause.    For YOU to lose t …

meet friendly chihuahuas near you! we are a group of people who love all chihuahuas & chi mixes~ longcoat, smoothcoat, puppy, adult ~ all shapes, sizes! we are chihuahua loving people that look forward to reserving time each month to meetup so that our special little chihuahua companions can have fun playing, running, sniffing and socializing with other dogs just their size. of course, we love the opportunity to talk and share stories about our beautiful, adorable chis as well! our meetup is h …

Learning a new technology is a team endeavor.  Join the iOS Weekend meetup group to stay in touch with fellow students and instructors as you learn the ins and outs of iOS development. iOS Weekend offers a series of weekend courses focused on helping you develop practical skills building mobile applications that run on modern iOS devices (iPhone, iPod Touch, iPad). Our philosophy is that developers learn best by doing so we design each course as a series of hands-on exercises all focused on aspe …

If you're new to San Jose or just looking for a fun way to stay active, this is the group for you! We have lots of fun free events (pickup games, pub crawls with tons of people, etc.) but our bread and butter are our coed adult sports leagues. The group is for adults 21 and older, and the average age range is 25-35. This group is great for both singles and couples alike! It's a great way to meet new people for: work, friends, love, networking, etc. Featured in the Fox40 Sacramento morning news …

Welcome to the Fremont, Union City, Newark (F.U.N.) community of people who refuse to let our weight or size get in the way of living physically active lives. We're a team! We are NOT a weight loss group nor are we weight loss whiners. We are good health advocates for all sized people. We already know a major key to being healthy is exercise. Doing it together means greater success. You've probably already experienced that feeling of being the last one to cross the finish line because your weig …

This meet up is for self-employed individuals, small business owners and anyone serious about starting a business. It can be overwhelming when an individual transitions from simply providing services to creating and running a business. As a new business owner you must wear many hats and utilize the resources around you. When starting out, free resources are always great. That is what this meetup is about. We will hold Meetups in Mountain View area. Our speakers discuss issues that are pertinent …

We organize fun and adventurous outings for dogs and their owners in the San Francisco Bay Area. Currently most of our hikes are in the South Bay Area. We occasionally offer walks in the afternoon and/or evenings and training sessions with a dog trainer. Our sponsors are businesses that offer their free time to organize hikes, walks and other fun outings for you and your dog. We are solely run by volunteers. We will also post other dog related events as a courtesy. Happy Hiking!

MOMS Club of San Jose-Santana Row is a local chapter of International MOMS Club (Moms Offering Moms Support), a non-profit organization that supports the stay-at-home mother of today. There are more than 100,000 members and 2,000 chapters of MOMS Club worldwide. We are run by moms, for moms!  For more information please visit our website at http://www.momsclubofsjsr.org Our chapter serves moms who live in specific areas of San Jose. Please only request to join if you live within the following bo …

For starters.... we are a super friendly interesting diverse group of people! Most of the events we do are free! We love meeting new active people and I am so grateful to have such an amazing group of fellow "fitness" friends to hike and work out with. You need not be an athlete... just be willing to have fun with a group and bring your amazing positive energy!* We offer a variety of outdoor & indoor fitness events per month. What you get: Hang out with cool people, while getting in shape! CURRE …

We took over this group because we liked the idea of various professionals helping each other.  It does not matter whether you have been running your own business for the past 10 years or whether you are now thinking of starting a business.  Nor does it does not matter what profession you are in.  We do hold high regards for those who believe in candor, hard work, and ethics. We would like to get together a supportive, dedicated group that is not just about building their own business and contac …

This Meetup group is for those of us who love to hike with our dogs. We seek out the best dog-friendly trails in Oakland and nearby cities. We meet in small groups and our goal is fun for our dogs in a safe and friendly group. Our canine membership is very diverse ranging from a 6 pound Mini to a 180 pound Great Dane. We have a variety of breeds and mixes with all kinds of backgrounds. Dogs are social creatures just like their humans and the group interaction on our hikes is great for the dog's …