Nittany Valley Running Club!

Welcome to the NVRC Website!

Details: Written by Dave DeGroote Dave DeGroote

The Nittany Valley Running Club web site is the place to go for information about races, running groups, running routes, training opportunities, email discussion groups, and pretty much everything having to do with running in Central Pennsylvania! It's a big site, so explore away. Our most popular pages are in the Quick Links on the right. If you want to connect to the local running community, join one of our email discussion groups, or visit us on Facebook or Twitter.

If you have any suggestions on how to make our web site easier to use, let us know! Email This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it. with any problems you find.

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

Details: 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.

NTF Youth Cross Country Program

Details: Written by Martin Mazur Martin Mazur

Nittany Track and Field club youth cross country program will be back this fall! We will be starting practice on August 23rd, 2021. The practices will be held at Tudek Park (400 Herman Dr, State College, PA), Monday through Thursday from 5:45 to 7:15 pm (attendance flexible).The regular fall season is currently planned through November 7th.

Registration is OPEN!

This program is open to kids 8-18 and is good for all levels of experience. It is a perfect starter for younger athletes who are just making their first steps in distance running, but it also offers rigorous training and competition opportunities for more seasoned athletes. If you wonder if it is the right fit for your kids, please check out the Q&A page which may answer some of your questions.

Throughout the season, we have a lot of fun practices and events planned, including park and trail runs, hill sessions, intersquad tournament, treasure hunt, and games of various kind. Our athletes will have opportunities to race at local all-comers meets and also travel to Regional and National cross country championships at the end of the season.

More information about the program and NTF club in general is available at www.ntfxc.com or if you have any questions, please feel free to email Mark Fedkin at This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it..

Join the 2021 Run For CVIM Challenge

Details: Written by Jaimie Wright Jaimie Wright

Come be part of the 2021 Run For CVIM Challenge! If you are running a race this spring or summer, 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 Run For CVIM Challenge fundraising pages for individual runners are now going up on the CVIM web site. If you can't run with us 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..

Minutes of the June 1, 2021 NVRC meeting

Details: Written by John Iceland John Iceland

Present: Hayden Davidson, Dave Eggler, John Iceland, Marty Klanchar, David Lloyd, Marty Mazur, Bob Shafer, and Nancy Valverde The only item on the agenda was the race calendar for the rest of the year. Most of the discussion focused on planning a fundraising run, to be cosponsored by the NVRC and Penn State Club Cross Country team. It will likely occur on Saturday, September 4 (during Labor Day weekend), with 5k and 10k options. Over the next few weeks club officers will further investigate the logistics of holding this race. With the pandemic receding, it is likely that other races will be held this year. The Tussey mOUnTaiNBACK 50 mile race is scheduled for October 24. Plans are underway to hold the Nittany Valley Half Marathon on December 5.

NVRC and PSU Club Cross-Country to Host Labor Day Races

Details: Written by Martin Mazur Martin Mazur

The Nittany Valley Running Club is excited to announce our first official LIVE Club race in over a year and a half! We are teaming with PSU Club Cross-Country to put on 5K and 5 Mile races on Labor Day weekend. The races will be on Saturday, September at 9 AM. Registration is $20. The races will be on specially designed courses in Boalsburg, PA, starting at the Pennsylvania Military Museum. T-shirts to all registrants.

The beneficiaries of the Labor Day race will be the NVRC and the PSU XC Club. The pandemic has hit the pocket books of both organizations hard. The usual fundraiser for the NVRC is the Arts Festival race, and that event has been canceled the last two years. The NVRC relies on funds from that race to help us support local running and youth training activities. The PSU XC Club has also not been able to engage in its normal fundraising activities. So if you’re itching to get out and race, lace up on September 4!

Here’s the link for registration.

Course Map: The Nittany Valley Marathon (1972-84)

Details: Written by Martin Mazur Martin Mazur

Many of you remember the Mount Nittany Marathon, which was run in our area from 2013 to 2015. The Mount Nittany Conservancy put on the race, and the Nittany Valley Running Club provided advice and support. Marathons are hard to put on (and expensive) because of the logistics of setting up a course, providing directions, and adequate water stops, especially if the race is run in the summer as the Mt. Nittany was. Those were among the reasons that the race was only put on for 3 years.

What you may not know is that a long time ago, the area regularly held another marathon, the Nittany Valley Marathon. That race was run from about 1972 through 1984. The Nittany Valley Marathon was put on by the Nittany Valley Track Club, which is what the NVRC was called back then. The last running of the marathon in 1984 corresponded with the first running of the Nittany Valley Half-Marathon, which is still with us (and is one of the Club’s most successful races).