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 2019 Marathoners For Medicine (M4M) Team

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Written by Jaimie Wright Jaimie Wright

Come be part of the 2019 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.. 

Thursday Track Report: Two-Fer Thursday

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Written by Bwana Bwana

May 2, 2019 and May 9, 2019

Bwana has been remiss. For the first time in years, he *forgot* to put out a track report for a workout that was done. That was last week. Busy time of year, he guesses. Anyway, the workout was great. We had about 10 people show up, including a few of the usuals and a few of the unusuals. The workout was 2 X (600 - 3 X 330). Each of the sets is a 600 (a long “U" on the IM Fields) run at 5K race pace, followed by the short rest of the remaining side of the field, and then 3 X 330. Each 330 is an “L”, a long side and a short side of the rectangle. The rest between these is the next side, be it short (60 meters) or long (270). The 330s are run at 5K kick pace. Rest for a lap (660) between sets, then do another set.

That workout was so great that even though Bwana didn’t report on it, Tara, who showed up for today's workout, decided to do something along those lines. She’s topping off her training for a marathon next week and decided to do 8X600 at marathon race pace with just a 60 meter rest between reps.Ultra-T is signed up for another, much longer marathon some time next year. She announced her engagement to her beau Brian the only way she could: through a Picture A Day post on Facebook. (Tara’s been doing Picture A Day for years, and her posts are among the few things that make Facebook worth looking at every day.) Other than Tara, the turnout was thin today. The Rec Hall crowd, I guess, has to rejigger their schedules to deal with the shortened summer hours. Bwana himself just did an easy few miles on the IM Fields, since he’s nursing a mild ankle sprain.A few others, including Costas Maranas, Judd Michael, Mike Weyandt, Rich Harter, Mike Martin, Adam Ilgen, and David Lloyd, ran roll-yer-own workouts.

We may have to post a new summer time for Thursday Track, as we did last year, because of shortened Rec Hall hours. In addition, in a few weeks we’ll be moving to the High School track (yes, a real track) for the summer. Stay tuned for more information…

Thursday Track: Current Venue

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Written by Bwana Bwana

April 7, 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.

SPRING UPDATE (4/11): We're heading back to the IM Fields as of this week!

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.