For Current Local Running News and Discussion, Join Our Google Group!

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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. 

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.

Join the 2018 Marathoners For Medicine (M4M) Team

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Written by Jaimie Wright Jaimie Wright

Come be part of the 2018 Marathoners for Medicine team! If you are running a longish race this spring, please consider joining the team. We raise funds for Centre Volunteers in Medicine (CVIM), a local organization that provides free and/or discounted medical and dental care to our neighbors in Centre County who lack health insurance. The need is great, and there is no better time to combine your love for running with an opportunity to enable more of our neighbors to live healthier lives.

We request that you dedicate your race to CVIM, and then ask your family and friends to support you by making a donation to CVIM. You are not required to raise a minimum dollar amount -- every dollar counts, and every dollar you raise goes directly to providing services at CVIM. You'll help to make a difference in our community. Greg Fredericks will once again be serving as an honorary coach along with Fumi Franklin, and we are hoping to have Sue Paterno return.

The M4M fundraising pages are now going up on the CVIM web site. If you can't run with M4M this year, please take a moment and donate to the cause in the name of one or more of the athletes!

 For more information or to join the team, contact Jaimie at This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it.. 

The Red Cross Needs Blood, Especially In The Summer

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Written by Martin Mazur Martin Mazur

Blood donations plummet in the summer, so the Red Cross is amping up the effort to bring in new donors. The NVRC will be having a blood drive in mid-September, but you can also donate any time before July 19 and still be able to give again at the September 13th drive. Here is a flyer with more information about coming blood drives in our area.

Thursday Track: Summer Venue

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Written by Bwana Bwana

June 7, 2018

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. 

NOTE: Our summer venue for Thursday Track is the IM Fields on the north side of Park Avenue just east of the Law School. In case of a return of abominable weather, Bwana will put out an email blast on the listserve announcing a temporary indoor hiatus at the Multi-Sport Facility. Otherwise, we'll be at the IM Fields.

Summer Hours For Thursday Track: Due to the new limited hours of Rec Hall during the academic summer (from the first week of May through the start of the Fall semester, around the last week of August), the Rec Hall Regulars who come to Thursday Track leave Rec Hall by about 11:45 AM. Thursday Track will start at about 12 noon.

Thursday Track Report: Smokin' J's

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Written by Bwana Bwana

June 14, 2018

It was sunny, warm, dry and breezy, though not as sunny, warm dry, and breezy as being in a boat off the Amalfi coast of Italy. That was Tom Cali’s excuse for not being at the IM Fields today. Everybody else had to think of some other excuse not to be there. Bob Cornwall, Costas Maranas, Michael Goldfine, Meira Minard, CJ Wagner, Dan Coughlin, Elsa Hansen, Rich Harter, Ryan Burke, Michael Pate, David Lloyd, and Marty Mazur couldn’t think of anywhere they'd rather be, so headed to the IM Fields.

As promised last week, Bwana has been dreaming up new workouts. Due to the layout of the IM Fields, finding something like a 400 meter stretch is a bit of a…stretch. Here’s what Bwana came up with: Do a “J". Not what you’re thinking. Nothing illegal. Run one long side of the IM Field rectangle, then the short side, then half the next long side. You can tell where the finish is by the field lights. Stop at the middle one. Not quite the “U” that we’ve sometimes done that adds up to around 600 meters. The “J” is around 440 meters. Today’s workout was 4 Js with a rest to get you back to the start (about 220 meters) after each one, followed by 4 laps of pushing the long straights (about 260-270 meters) and resting just the short sides. Everybody survived and nobody got in trouble with the law.

Next week it’ll be “officially” astronomical summer. Hard to believe that just 6 weeks ago we were still seeing flakes!