The purpose of the Nittany Valley Running Club is to establish a sound, continuing program of youth and adult fitness, to promote development and competition for all age groups, and to conscientiously prepare athletes for competition.
NVRC, Calder Square P.O. Box 10348, State College, PA 16805-0348
"I thought the course was good and challenging. I wouldn't change a thing." ---Rob Guissanie "You have redefined the meaning of 'somewhat challeging'." ---Jerry Heinz "It's a very tough course, especially after about mile 7. The last mile is designed to make you see God." ---Marty Mazur "I was looking for God during the last mile, but I didn't see him. I guess he finished ahead of me too." --- Albert Mabus, last male finisher at the 2001 NVHM
2012 Race: The 29th Annual Nittany Valley Half-Marathon will be held on Sunday, December 2, 2012 at 10AM. Race headquarters is the Penn State Ag Arena on the north side of Park Avenue just east of Porter/Fox Hollow Rd and Beaver Stadium. More information on the race flier. The registration fee for this year's race is $25. Pre-registration available at Active.com. There is no mail-in pre-registration. Race day registration and pre-registered pickup is 8:00-9:30 AM at the Ag Arena.
Time vs. Age Plots from the 1993-1997 Races A few years ago, Dave Boger compiled all of the times, genders, and ages that he had from the 1993-1997 races and graphed them. The graph shows all of the data, along with a least-squares-generated second-order polynomial fit, representing time averages for each gender by age. Granted, there's quite a bit of scatter, but Dave thought the result was interesting anyway.
Runner's Gazette story on the 'unseasonably cold' 2000 Nittany Valley Half-Marathon (by Morgan Wasikons).
The weather for the Half can be anything from summer-like (1998) to brutally hibernal. See the Miscellaneous Data page for a complete weather history. Troy Klinger, won the 1992 race in 1:16:28, and may at times have thought he was the only person on the course due to white-out conditions. He offers this recollection:
"I remember winning the 1992 race in wicked conditions. I have
to credit the victory to the fact that the PSU Team did not show up
for a change. As a typical runner I can remember the details of every
race well; the first few miles were on snow covered roads until we got out
near the airport. At that point the roads were clear as an unfortunate
result of some really nasty cross winds. I believe Boyd Brumbaugh
finished second that year, but I'm not certain. I remember running with
him during the the mid to latter half of the race.”
For information on the Nittany Valley Half-Marathon, contact Dave Eggler atdhe1@psu.edu.
The Nittany Valley Half-Marathon pages were developed by Dave Boger during his tenure as Race Director for the Half. We're happy to carry forward his fine web page design.
