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Written by Martin Mazur Martin Mazur

In early 2018, we moved our email listserve to Google Groups due to unreliable service from our previous provider Yahoo. The Club listserve is where we keep you updated on coming events including races, group runs, meetings, and other activities. It's also a forum for discussing training programs, running health and injury prevention, and anything else of interest in the local running community. You do not have to be a dues-paying member of the NVRC to join our listserve, but we encourage you to join the Club!

If you would like to join our Google Group, instructions and more are here. 

Thursday Track Report: I'll Have The New England

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Written by Bwana Bwana

July 18, 2019

It was hot, and as thick as soup today. Thick as chowder, or, as they say in Bahh-stin, “Chow-dahh”. Joel Niemann, Keith Henderson, David Lloyd, and Marty Mazur made it to the track. Thankfully, the sun was usually hidden, otherwise we’d’ve been lob-stahs.

Bwana gave a new workout this morning, a kind of countdown, in honor of the 50th anniversary of the moon landing. Wed sets of 400-300-200: Run a 400 at 5K race pace. Jog 200. Run a 300 at a bit quicker pace. Rest for just 100. Then run 200 meters at kick pace. Rest is 400 meters slow jog. We did 2 sets, but this would be a good workout to do 3 sets on a milder day.

Bwana hears that Jaimie Wright is getting a decent sized crew of 6 to 10 people for her Wednesday AM workouts. And Bob Shafer and company have evening track workouts on Thursday that get a few more regulars. This is great! But between their turnout and mine, this still doesn’t add up to a historically respectable track turnout. The State High track is a great resource for as long as we can use it. That’s another 5 or 6 weeks before the afternoon group has to go back to the IM Fields. (Jaimie’s group is there before the kids arrive for school, so hers is all year, even when it’s dark in the morning! Bob's group plans to continue into early October.) Come on out! Your Fall running will improve if you do some speedwork now!

Thursday Track: Current Venue

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Written by Bwana Bwana

June 4, 2019

The Thursday Track Crew meets every Thursday at the Curtin-Burrowes entrance to Rec Hall at noon for a warm-up run to the season's track venue. You can meet us at the season's venue or run with the group from Rec Hall as a warm-up. Join the Club listserve  for the latest announcements about Thursday Track.

NOTE: Our normal venue for Thursday Track in the Fall and Spring is the IM Fields on the north side of Park Avenue just east of the Law School. We meet at the IM Fields at around 12:10. Some runners jog over from Rec Hall and meet us there around 12:20. By then, everyone is warmed up and ready.  In the Summer, we generally go to the State High track behind the new high school bulidng on the south side of Westerly Parkway.

SUMMER UPDATE (6/4): We'll be running at the State High track starting on June 13!

Minutes of the June 4th 2019 Meeting of the NVRC

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Written by Martin Mazur Martin Mazur

The bimonthly meeting of the NVRC was held on June 4 at the Hi-Way Pizza on N. Atherton. The usual officers pre-meeting was uncharacteristically lightly attended. Several of the officers were not present: Secretary Erika Christiansen, Treasurer Dave Eggler, and Membership Director Marty Klanchar could not attend. President Bob Shafer and Communications Director Marty Mazur were there as well as past officers and race directors Cheryl Capone (with Dean), Amy Blake, Jake Clements. The main topic of conversation was this year’s Sue Crowe Memorial Arts Festival races. Due to increasing core campus restrictions and costs, the races have been moved and will be staged from the Ag Arena on Park Avenue. The cost of University Police and staging at Medlar Field have made running the Arts Fest races on campus unsustainable. The Arts Fest races are the main source of income for the Club and allow us to support numerous youth running activities. Last year, the races netted essentially zero, due in part to the trend in lower participation, but largely to the ever increasing cost of running on campus.

Read more: Minutes of the June 4th 2019 Meeting of the NVRC

2018 Race Series Cup

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Written by Marty Mazur Marty Mazur

The 2017 Race Series is in the books. Final tallies can be found here. The 2018 Race Series is well underway. So far we've had 2 races in the Series: the FIrst Knight Resolution Run 5K and the Indoor Mile Series. More races are coming, so lace up! 

We'll have the 2018 tallies here as soon as they're available. If you spot an error, please contact Bob Shafer at This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it..

Check here for rules and here for the list of Series races. There are also numerous opportunities to earn Volunteer points: Helping out at NVRC races, at the NVRC/Centre Parks and Rec Youth Cross-Country Meets, Volunteer coaching with the Nittany Track and Field Youth Group, and donating blood at the NVRC Blood Drives, and many more. But to participate, you have to be an NVRC member to participate. Join the Club! More information on the Series is here.

Nittany Track and Field Youth Track Program To Start Season Monday, April 29!

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Written by Mark Fedkin Mark Fedkin

Nittany Track and Field youth club is kicking off its 2019 track season this coming week – Our first practice will be on the State College High School track on April 29th. The club is open to any youth athletes in the age range from 7 to 18, and its main mission is to create environment for the kids to be introduced to the track and field as a sport, learn new skills, and train to achieve their athletic goals. The program is suitable for both experienced athletes and beginners.

The practices will be held from 6:15 to 7:45 pm Monday through Thursday (except for the youngest group which practices two days a week), and our season goes until July 18. The lead coaches for the summer program are Mark Fedkin, Andrew Maguire, Matt Lindenberg, and Jayson Jackson. We are also engaging a number of event coaches and volunteers for our practices. The events we are practicing for this season include: sprints, distance, hurdles, jumps (long, high, triple), and throws (shot, discus, javelin). Also we are looking to organize several youth pole vault clinics over the summer.

If you have children or friends who are interested to join our track team this summer, be sure to sign up soon! Here is the link to the registration page: http://www.ntfxc.com/registration.html which has all the information. We are also looking for volunteers and support coaches for various groups and events, so if you have any interest to be involved, please email Mark Fedkin at This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it.

For more information about NTF club and our summer and fall programs, please visit our website www.ntfxc.com or connect to our Facebook page. Also I will be happy to answer any questions about the program.