Welcome to the NVRC Website!
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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.
Join the NVRC - Now You Can Do It Online!
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- Written by Martin Mazur Martin Mazur
You can now join the Nittany Valley Running Club, or renew your membership, online. It's easy to do. And a great deal. $10 per year helps support all the great races, activities, and youth programs that our Club sponsors. There are multi-year and family discounts. The online sign-up is handled by Active.com, and so there is a small convenience fee for this service. But it sure beats trying to remember to renew by mail, let alone tearing your house apart looking for a stamp! Click here to join or renew online. (You can still join or renew by mail by filling out and mailing in this form.)
2026 Sue Crowe Memorial NVRC Arts Festival Races
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The Arts Festival Races are the oldest races in Central Pennsylvania. The event was first run in 1976 as a 10 Mile race that started out of town and ended on campus in the midst of Arts Festival tables and booths; the run was shortened to a 10K race in the late 1980's. Over the years the course has gone through numerous changes, adding a 10K, a 5K, and Kids Races and sometimes still offering the 10 Miler.
For Current Local Running News and Discussion, Join Our Google Group!
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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.
20th Annual NVRC Herbie's Home Town Loop 4 mile Run/Walk
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The NVRC/20th annual Herbie's Home Town Loop 4 mile run/walk will be held on Saturday, August 8th beginning at 8:30 a.m. at Rogers Stadium.
Jeremy Herbstritt was a 1998 Bellefonte Area High School graduate who loved life and the outdoors. He, and 31 other students and professors, were killed during a mass shooting on April 16, 2007 at Virginia Tech University in Blacksburg, Virginia.
Herbie’s Home “Town Loop” was created by Jeremy's family and friends in 2007 to remember and honor him, and give something back to the community who gave so much to them in their time of grief.
Read more: 20th Annual NVRC Herbie's Home Town Loop 4 mile Run/Walk
NVRC Gray's Woods Labor Day Mile
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Labor Day Morning Road Mile Race alongside Gray's Woods Boulevard in Port Matilda, PA featuring Fastest Kid, Masters, Heroes, and a Dog Mile!
The 2026 NVRC Gray's Woods Labor Day Mile (9:00 a.m. start time) supports the cross country and track and field teams of State College Area HS, Centre County Paws, the Krush Program, and local youth running programs. Event T-shirts are guaranteed only to those who register by August 21, 2026.
NTF Youth Cross Country Program
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Nittany Track and Field club youth cross country program will be back this fall! We will be starting practice on August 26th, 2025. 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 2nd.