Nittany Valley Running Club

The best way to keep to a running program is to get in with a group of runners who run regularly. The best place to meet runners is to go where a lot of runners meet. In State College, that would be Recreation (Rec) Hall. The old gymnasium at the corner of Curtin Road and Burrowes Street on the Penn State campus is a popular place for both campus and off-campus runners to begin their runs. Rec Hall has locker rooms and showers that are open to the public. Runners usually meet in the hallway behind the main gym. There are mats, pull-up bars, and places to stretch. Runners can be seen there almost any time of any day of the week, but the most popular time is, of course, weekdays at noon. The people who come at this time are the "Rec Hall Regulars". On any weekday, from 5 to a dozen or more of the regulars head out for a 4 to 6 mile run on one of the many routes on and around campus. The pace varies with the conditions and who shows up. The affable group includes Penn Staters, people on a lunch break from their off-campus jobs, students, and even retirees and moms who jog to Rec Hall from home just to run with the gang. You can meet Nittany Valley Running Club members, parolees from the Thursday Track Crew , and other interesting sorts. Stop by!