Indoor Mile Series Frequently Asked Questions (FAQ)

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Last Updated: 20 December 2018 20 December 2018

Indoor Mile FAQ

Who can run in the Indoor Mile series?: Any member of the Nittany Valley Running Club except students High School age or younger can run in any of the Indoor Mile Series races. Because the races are run in conjunction with Penn State Indoor Track meets, we have to exclude students High School age or younger due to NCAA recruiting rules.

What's it cost?: The Indoor Mile Series Is free. The Club will make a donation to the PSU Track and Field Booster Club. If you'd like to add to that donation, bring a few dollars.

Where are the races held?: The races are at the Horace Ashenfelter III Multi-Sport Facility (MSF), which is the long building just down the hill from the Bryce Jordan Center on University Drive. You can park in the lots you would use for the BJC.

What if I'm not a member of the NVRC?: That's OK. We'll sign you up on race day. It costs $10. You can get a Club Membership Form here.

Do I have to be an elite athlete to run?: No! We get a wide range of talent showing up at the races. We've had runners do the mile in under 4:20 and over 8:30. We get runners in their 20s and others in their 70s. They are a lot of fun, and will keep you focused on improving your speed over the long winter months.

Come on. Isn't it kind of intimidating to run on the same track with all those collegiate athletes?: Honestly, they don't even know you are there. And they won't be running the same race as you will be, anyway! They'll be warming up while you are, which is more awe-inspiring than intimidating. It's inspiring to watch these really fast kids. You might even want to hang around as a spectator after you race! But the kids are so focused on what they are warming up for that they probably don't even know the NVRC event is going on. The crew that organizes, times and officiates the race is very friendly and will make you feel a little less jittery before you take off. And once you get moving, it's like any other race.

OK, I'm in. What's the drill?: Register for one of the races by emailing Marty Klanchar at This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it. by 4 PM on the Wednesday before the race. Please give Marty an idea of your expected finishing time so that he can organize heats. Show up at the MSF building at least a half an hour before the posted race time to check in and warm up. The check-in desk is at the same end of the track as main entrance doors to the track area, to the left as you walk in the doors. An NVRC member is usually nearby. Tell the NVRC official at the check-in table that you are there to run the Nittany Valley Running Club Indoor Mile. Get your stick-on number and apply it to your running shorts as directed. Then warm up. Be alert when warming up on the track. Many of the Collegiate runners will be warming up at the same time, and the sprinters are fast.

What is the MSF track like?: The MSF is a modern indoor sports facility built in the late 90s. The MSF track is a very fast 200 meter track. The track has an adjustable hydraulic banking system on the curves. The banks will generally be pitched half way for the mile races. The banking does not make much difference to milers, who will spend most of the 8 lap race on the inside lane. There are a little over 8 laps to the mile running on the inside lane. You can find more information about running and training for track events on the NVRC web site. There is a pace chart for the indoor track here.

Can I wear spikes?: Runners may wear conical spikes up to 1/4" during their race. Here is a description of the allowed type of spike.

So what are the prizes?: We usually have some prizes for the winners. Gift certificates, running goodies, and the like. This year we will be giving an award for the best cumulative performances over the course of the series. For runners over 40, we will also have prizes for the best Master's series. We will have a Predicted Time Contest on the last race in the series. Keep an eye on the Indoor Mile Series page for more details as they become available!

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Boalsburg Memorial Day Run History

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Last Updated: 28 May 2018 28 May 2018

Boalsburg Memorial Day Run History
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The Boalsburg Memorial Day Run has been going on since 1981. It's one of the longest established races in the area. Somehow Mike Casper got hold of a spreadsheet that had data on the race going back to the beginning. The spreadsheet ends in 1997. I made a table below with some of the interesting statistics. I filled in the information for the races after 1997 from our results on the web site, but there are a few missing years. If you have any information on these races, let me know at This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it..

The village of Boalsburg is a small town just outside of State College, PA. It's one of the towns that claim have originated the idea for Memorial Day around the time of the Civil War. The town still has an old-fashioned home town feel. They have a great Memorial Day celebration, including an arts and crafts fair, a carnival, a parade, and the race itself. The Boalsburg race has always been a funky affair. It used to be billed as a 4 Miler, but the race directors were never very picky about the distance measurement. The current course is really about 3.8 miles and it has always been about that long. But the start and finish changed from the Diamond at the center of town to Blue Spring Park, not far away, and there have been a few other tweaks over the years, so course records are hard to compare. It seems like the whole town either runs the race or cheers the runners. And despite the fact that the course is pretty tough, with two challenging hills, lots of people of all ages run it. It's a nice way to spend Memorial Day morning.

Here's the history:

Year	# of Runners	Start/Finish	Men's Winner	Time	Women's Winner	Time
1981	146	Diamond	Richard Harter	20:44	Sue Crowe	24:06
1982	253	Diamond	Gary Black	20:13	Barbara Black	25:30
1983	316	Diamond	Bill Knapp	21:18	Sue Crowe	25:39
1984	332	Diamond	Bob Hudson	20:11	Liz Kisenwether	25:20
1985	415	Diamond	Pete Bortolotti	20:22	Lynne Strauss	25:17
1986	426	Diamond	Bob Hudson	20:43	Karen Borza	25:29
1987	430	Diamond	Matt Colton	20:39	Sue Crowe	23:30
1988	336	Blue Spring Park	Matt Colton	19:47	Sue Crowe	22:21
1989	372	Blue Spring Park	James Hegarty	20:18	Laurie Morrow	23:16
1990	412	Blue Spring Park	Mike Crescenzi	19:15	Sue Crowe	22:26
1991	436	Blue Spring Park	Austin Morrow	19:45	Sue Crowe	23:26
1992	300	Blue Spring Park	Mike Crescenzi	18:59	Heidi Gerken	22:15
1993	281	Blue Spring Park	Leif Steiner	21:15	Sue Crowe	23:12
1994	263	Blue Spring Park	Colin Heitzman	20:33	Evelynn Ellis	23:56
1995	310	Blue Spring Park	Jeff Miller	20:32	Evelynn Ellis	23:49
1996	302	Blue Spring Park	Chris Pass	20:23	Evelynn Ellis	24:04
1997	356	Blue Spring Park	Chris Pass	20:30	Evelynn Ellis	24:04
1998	?	Blue Spring Park	?	?	?	?
1999	425	Blue Spring Park	Louis Aquila	19:50	Bethann Scott	25:06
2000	496	Blue Spring Park	Matt Kretchmar	20:44	Chris Crowe	25:27
2001	440	Blue Spring Park	Stephen Gross	20:33	Chris Crowe	24:43
2002	408	Blue Spring Park	Stephen Walsh	19:37	Jessi Loner	24:13
2003	348	Blue Spring Park	Brian Wheeler	21:48	Julie Grubb	24:31
2004	412	Blue Spring Park	Erik Scott	20:22	Patricia Keating	25:09
2005	418	Blue Spring Park	David Moore	20:19	Jessi Loner	24:32
2006	491	Blue Spring Park	Erik Scott	20:49	Martha Nelson	23:02
2007	420	Blue Spring Park	Richard Koubek	20:48	Meghan Mason	23:30
2008	437	Blue Spring Park	Andy Cunningham	21:44	Meghan Mason	23:21
2009	479	Blue Spring Park	David Moore	20:29	Katie Davis	23:02
2010	492	Blue Spring Park	Andy Cunningham	21:56	Tatum Del Bosco	24:08
2011	494	Blue Spring Park*	Pat Singletary	21:31	Hayley Weyhe	25:12
2012	470	Blue Spring Park	Jacob Loverich	20:23	Samantha Snead	23:21
2013	405	Blue Spring Park	Daniel Craighead	20:10	Heather Hoechst	24:42
2014	406	Blue Spring Park	Daniel Craighead	20:53	Jaimie Wright	26:05
2015	338	Blue Spring Park	Daniel Craighead	20:19	Kirsten Frazier	24:43
2016	299	Blue Spring Park	Daniel Craighead	20:30	Mary Higgins	24:59
2018	286	Blue Spring Park	Matthew Balogh	20:22	Jaimie Wright	25:17

 

* Course shortened by about 150 yards due to muddy fields at Blue Spring Park.

Beidleheimer Sidewinder History

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Last Updated: 04 January 2013 04 January 2013

Dave Eggler has compiled the best times for men, women, and teams in the Sidewinder by actual time, age-graded tables, and WAVA tables. Some years one person had all three best times; some years two or three persons had best times.  From 2004-2007 non-gendered winners were decided by age-graded tables, and from 2008 onward by WAVA tables.

 

 Year/                                  Actual   Age-graded  WAVA

 Category  Name                    Age   Time     Time       Time

 --------  ----------              ---   -----   ----------  ----

2004                               

   men     Tom        Cali          49   37:28    34:08      33:53

   women   Lisa       Glebatis      23   45:55    39:55      41:24

           Sue        Crowe         48   47:08    38:08      38:01

2005

   men     John       Jacob         32   35:53    35:53      35:53

           Tom        Cali          50   37:19    33:19      33:29

           Stephen    Forrestel     55   39:03    31:43      33:39

   women   Katherine  Ward          15   41:18    35:18      35:43

           Amy        Fakterowitz   37   42:40    36:40      37:47

2006

   men     Nathan     Harkins       27   32:05    32:05      32:05

   women   Meira      Minard        30   41:12    35:12      37:09

           Monika     Modest        50   43:49    33:49      34:42

   team    Geezelles                            3:04:18    3:10:46

2007

   men     Andy       Cunningham    28   37:31    37:31      37:31

           Duane      Serpentine    37   37:48    37:48      37:22

           Bob        Crowe         59   46:33    36:33      38:44

   women   Meira      Minard        33   40:27    34:27      36:28

   team    Bellefonte Road Raiders              4:01:07    3:56:21

2008

   men     Bob        Radzwich      39   35:10    35:10      34:18

           Terry      Reid          49   37:46    34:26      34:09

   women   Sarah      Farrant       35   46:20    40:02      41:22

           Pamela     Scott         46   46:47    38:27      38:24

   team    Juniata Valley Striders              3:18:32    3:16:50

2009

   men     Patrick    Singletary    43   35:24    34:04      33:32

           Tom        Cali          54   38:35    31:55      33:31

   women   Katie      Davis         21   36:52    30:52      33:14

   teams   WAVA Raiders                         2:52:40    2:53:46

           Tussey Teasers                       2:58:40    3:07:05

           Mop Up Crew                          3:05:42    3:07:23

Equivalent Race Times

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Last Updated: 04 January 2013 04 January 2013

Equivalent Running Times For Races Of Various Lengths

100 m	200 m	400 m	800 m	1 mile	2 miles	5 km	5 miles	10 km	10 miles
10.0	20.4	45.5	1:44.9	3:55.1	8:27.0	13:33.8	22:31.3	28:24.2	47:13
10.2	20.7	46.2	1:46.6	3:59.0	8:35.7	13:48.0	22:55.1	28:54.3	48:04
10.4	21.2	47.4	1:49.5	4:05.9	8:51.0	14:12.8	23:36.6	29:47.0	49:32
10.6	21.6	48.4	1:52.0	4:11.7	9:03.9	14:33.7	24:11.7	30:31.4	50:47
10.8	22.0	49.4	1:54.5	4:17.8	9:17.4	14:55.6	24:48.6	31:18.2	52:06
11.0	22.4	50.5	1:57.2	4:24.1	9:31.6	15:18.8	25:27.4	32:07.4	53:28
11.2	22.9	51.6	2:00.1	4:30.8	9:46.9	15:43.1	26:08.3	32:59.3	54:55
11.4	23.3	52.6	2:02.6	4:36.7	9:59.9	16:04.8	26:44.9	33:48.7	56:14
11.6	23.7	53.7	2:05.4	4:43.4	10:14.7	16:28.9	27:25.4	34:37.1	57:40
11.8	24.1	54.8	2:08.0	4:49.8	10:29.0	16:52.3	28:08.9	35:27.2	59:04
12.0	24.6	56.0	2:11.2	4:57.2	10:45.7	17:19.4	28:50.5	36:25.0	1:00:42
12.2	25.0	57.0	2:13.8	5:03.6	10:59.9	17:42.7	29:29.7	37:14.8	1:02:06
12.4	25.4	58.1	2:16.6	5:10.2	11:14.8	18:07.0	30:10.7	38:06.9	1:03:34
12.6	25.9	59.2	2:19.4	5:17.1	11:30.4	18:32.5	30:53.7	39:01.5	1:05:06
12.8	26.3	1:00.3	2:22.4	5:24.3	11:46.8	18:59.2	31:38.7	39:58.7	1:06:43
13.0	26.7	1:01.4	2:24.2	5:30.9	12:00.8	19:23.6	32:20.0	40:51.4	1:08:21
13.2	27.1	1:02.5	2:28.1	5:38.1	12:17.8	19:49.9	33:07.7	41:48.2	1:09:45
13.4	27.5	1:03.6	2:31.1	5:45.3	12:34.3	20:17.0	33:50.3	42:46.1	1:11:26
13.6	28.0	1:04.8	2:34.0	5:52.4	12:50.5	20:43.6	34:35.3	43:44.0	1:13:02
13.8	28.4	1:05.9	2:37.1	5:59.9	13:07.4	21:11.3	35:22.2	44:43.0	1:14:44
14.0	28.9	1:07.1	2:40.2	6:07.6	13:24.1	21:40.4	36:11.5	45:45.6	1:16:31
14.2	29.3	1:08.3	2:43.5	6:15.7	13:43.6	22:10.7	37:02.9	46:51.2	1:18:21
14.4	29.7	1:09.3	2:46.3	6:22.4	13:59.0	22:36.0	37:45.9	47:46.0	1:19:54
14.6	30.1	1:10.4	2:49.1	6:29.4	14:15.0	23:02.4	38:30.6	48:42.9	1:21:31
14.8	30.6	1:11.8	2:52.8	6:38.5	14:35.8	23:36.8	39:29.0	49:57.5	1:23:38
15.0	31.2	1:13.2	2:56.6	6:48.0	14:57.8	24:12.8	40:30.4	51:15.6	1:25:51

Source: Computerized Running Training Programs, by James B. Gardner and J. Gerry Purdy, Track and Field News, Los Altos, California