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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. 

NVRC Supports 2018 United Way Day of Caring

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Written by Martin Mazur Martin Mazur

A crew of weedwhackers and bush trimmers headed for the Penn State Golf Course on October 4 for the United Way Day of Caring. The project was again the golf course perimeter bikepath/jogging path. The trail has been a Centre County United Way Day of Caring project each year from 2011-2018. This year there were 72 volunteers working in shifts to clear brush from wooded portions of the trail. Joe Hughes--Penn State Golf Courses PGA General Manager, Liz & Jim Kisenwether, and Cheree Jones coordinated project

Volunteers: The Penn State men's lacrosse team, KBB Realty employees, Joe Hughes--Penn State Golf Courses PGA General Manager, a representative from KidTech Inc., and several individuals worked tirelessly to clear brush and make the trail safer.

NVRC, as usual, chipped in for food and drinks (lunch). 

Here are some highlights of the day. 

This year's golf course path cleanup crew for the United Way Day of Caring

Read more: NVRC Supports 2018 United Way Day of Caring

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 12 PM. Thursday Track will start at about 12:10.

Minutes of the October 2nd 2018 Meeting of the NVRC

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Written by Erika Christiansen Erika Christiansen

Board Meeting:

Club officers present: Dave Eggler (treasurer), Marty Mazur (communications director), Marty Klanchar (memberships), Erika Christiansen (secretary/archivist). Others present: Jake Clements and family, Cheryl Keller Capone.

Membership Meeting:

Club officers present: Dave Eggler (treasure), Marty Mazur (communications director), Marty Klanchar (memberships), Erika Christiansen (secretary/archivist). Others present: Jake Clements and family, Cheryl Keller Capone, Tara Murray, Dave DeGroote, Rev. Carl Miller, John Icleand, Paula and Tom Jech, Katrina D'Anca. Please welcome a new member, Mark Burns.

Read more: Minutes of the October 2nd 2018 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.

Thursday Track Report: Nothing So Special About These People

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Written by Bwana Bwana

October 4, 2018

It was a day meant to separate the Nothing-Too-Special-About-These-People from the Total Wusses. Warm. A bit breezy. A mild, off-and-on drizzle mixed with very occasional more vigorous spritzing. Not the kind of day that would keep *anyone* who calls him or herself a runner away from the track. Everyone’s shirt and shoes would get about as wet from rain as they had from sweat just a few weeks ago. Yet, we have a dividing line, haven’t we? Those who might melt in the rain, or who are afraid of dark skies, stayed at their desks over lunch. The rest, sort of a thin crowd including Tom Cali, Bob Cornwall, Meira Minard, Mike Zimmerman, Danny Coughlin, Andrew Maguire, Elsa Hansen, Mike Martin, Rich Harter, David Lloyd, and Marty Mazur, headed for the IM Fields.

Bwana gave a new workout. One rep is a long run (a “U” of two long sides and a short on the field - about 600 meters) at 5K race pace, followed by a short rest (short side of the field - about 60 meters), then a long side (270 meters) as hard as you can run without actually sprinting. This should be noticeably faster than we usually run our 270s. After that last one, you’ll need the long rest of the remainder of the field’s rectangle (390 meters) to get back to the start. Do 3 or 4 reps and you’ve done some work.

Speaking of dedication, as I was in paragraph one, Mike Martin showed up at the fields today. He walked a mile or so. No big deal, except when you consider that Mike had spinal surgery just two days ago to fix some pain that’s been bothering him for a few years now. The walk was part of his recovery, doctor prescribed. Let’s help Mike keep to the Rx, and also wish him well on his recovery!