2008
[Penn State football schedule is also listed.]
August
14. Tussey mOUnTaiNBACK Discovery Series Week 1. Leg 1 of the
mOUnTaiNBACK, out and back. 6 PM. From Tussey Mountain Ski Area parking
lot. For
more information on the Discovery Series training runs, click here.
August
15. WInans Traithlon for Kids. 6:30 PM. Lewisburg Community Pool,
Lewisburg, PA. For more information, visit the web site: http://www.lewisburgtriathlon.com/winanstriathlonforkids/.
*August 16. 2nd Annual Herbie's Home Town Loop.
4 Mile Race, 16 mile non-competitive bike ride and 2 mile kayak/canoe
ride (advanced registration required for this part of the day's
events).
The race is competitive and starts at 8:30 AM. The bike ride is a fun
loop around Bellefonte starting at 10:30 AM. The kayak/canoe run
requires advanced registration. It starts at 1:30 PM from Tussey
Outfitters in Bellefonte and finishes in Curtin Village. There will
also be a Pasta Dinner ($6) the evening before. Application. Visit the race web page.
August 16. Dare To Run 4.7 Miler
and Kids Run.
9 AM. Colyer Lake parking lot, Lake Rd. Registration: $15 by August 3,
$20 afterward and on race day for 4.7 miler; $5 by August 3, $10
afterward and on race day for Kids 200 m dash. Kids run starts at 9:20
AM. Application. Proceeds benefit
Dare to Dream Children's Foundation.
August
16. 3rd Annual LARA Spring Triathlon. 8 AM. Lewisburg Area Recreation
Park. 300 yd pool swim, 14 mile bike ride, 5K run. Individual and team
competition. Application. For more
information, go to: http://www.lewisburgtriathlon.com/.
August
21. Tussey
mOUnTaiNBACK Discovery Series Week 2. Legs 2 and 3 of the mOUnTaiNBACK.
Run starts at 6 PM. Runners meet at Whipple Dam State Park parking lot
by 5:40 PM to arrange rides to start. Finish is at Whipple Dam. For
more information on the Discovery Series training runs, click here.
August
22. Market Street Mile and Kids 1/4 and 1/2 Mile Runs. 6:30 PM. The
Square in Downtown Bloomsburg, PA. Mile registration: $12 by
August 11, $15 afterward. Kids Run registration: $8 by August 11, $10
afterward. Application.
August
23. Nescopeck State Park Trail Runs
Sat. 9 AM. Nescopeck State Park, Honey Hole
Rd. Drums, Pa.5 km &10 km events.
Contact Frank Gaval 570-788-4219 barb123@ptd.net.
August 23. 5K Run for MS. 10 AM. Champs Gym & Fitness.
Josephs Speed & Agility 15 Stetler Avenue, Shamokin Dam,
PA 17876. Fee: $10 early entry, $15 Race
day. This
rain or shine event will benefit the National Multiple Sclerosis
Society, Central PA Chapter. For more information and to register
contact Rod Joseph (570) 490-4456 or Champs Gym (570) 743-6411.
August 23. 5K Run/Walk For MS.
10 AM. CHAMPS Gym, 15 Stetler Ave., Shamokin Dam, PA. Web site.
August 24. Run For The Fallen 5K
and 1/2-Mile Walk. 10 AM. Pennsylvania Military Museum,
Boalsburg, PA. Registration: $12 by August 17, $15 on race day. Run and
walk will honor service men and women killed or injured in Iraq and
Afghanistan. 5K Course is on Museum grounds, residential streets, and
the Mount Nittany Middle School grounds. Walk is on half-mile walkway
on Museum grounds. Proceeds benefit organizations that help wounded
soldiers and families of fallen service members. For more info on
benficiaries, visit: http://info.runforthefallen.org. Informational flier. Application. Race web site.
August
28. Tussey
mOUnTaiNBACK Discovery Series Week 3. Leg 4 of the mOUnTaiNBACK.
Run starts at 6 PM at Whipple Dam State Park. For
more information on the Discovery Series training runs, click here.
September 5. Tussey
mOUnTaiNBACK Discovery Series Week 4. Legs 5 and 6 of the mOUnTaiNBACK.
Run starts at 6 PM. Runners meet at Penn Roosevelt State Park parking
lot
by 5:40 PM to arrange rides to start. Finish is at Penn Roosevelt. For
more information on the Discovery Series training runs, click here.
September
6. Bloomsburg University Alumni and Open 5K Cross Country Race. 12:30
PM. Bloomsburg University Upper Campus. Registration: $15. Application.
September 6. City of Altoona Race. 5 mile, 2 mile, and 2 mile walk. The 5 mile course runs through the Juniata area near the Penn State Altoona campus and is flat to slightly rolling. The 2 mile run and walk is flat. Start and finish is on 11th Ave in Downtown Altoona. You may park near the Heritage Plaza. Please check out our website for the maps and entry fees for all races on www.hollidaysburgareaymca.org.
September 7. Big Brothers, Big Sisters of Huntingdon County 5K. 2 PM. Lower Rail Trail, Alexandria, PA. Registration begins at 12:30PM. 5K Run/Walk begins at 2 PM. Pre-registration fee: $15.00 (by September 1) September 2 to Race Day: $18.00. Two or more pre-registered runners and/or walkers per household: $13.00 per person. Application. All proceeds stay in Huntingdon County & benefit BBBS, a United Way member agency.September 7. Harrisburg Half
Marathon. 7 AM. CIty Island, Harrisburg, PA. More information: www.harrisburghalf.org.
September
11. The State College CROP WALK to aid hunger will have a rally to pick
up walker sheets on September 11th. The rally will be held in the
Grace Lutheran Church lounge from 5:00 – 6:30 pm. For more
information on the crop walk visit our website - http://statecollegecropwalk.blogspot.com/.
September 12. Tussey
mOUnTaiNBACK Discovery Series Week 5. Leg 7 of the mOUnTaiNBACK.
Run starts at 5:30 PM at Penn Roosevelt State Park. For
more information on the Discovery Series training runs, click here.
September
13. PSU @ Syracuse.
September
13. State College YMCA Summer End 5K.
8:30 AM. State
College YMCA. Kids
1/4-mile race at 9:30. Registration: before Septemeber 9 - $15 for 5K
ages 13 and over, $5 for ages 12 and under; After September 9 - $20 for
5K ages 13 and over, $5 for ages 12 and under; Kids Race - $5. Application.
September
13. Hollidaysburg Haul 5K and Kids Fun Run. 9 AM. Hollidaysburg,
PA. Start and
finish will be on the Diamond in historic downtown Hollidaysburg, at
the intersection of Allegheny and Montgomery Streets. Trophies
for age group winners, cash prize for new course record. Free
child care for racers. More details on the application. For more
information call Ethan Imhoff at (814) 695-3880 or email eimhoff@hollidaysburgpa.org.
September
19. Tussey
mOUnTaiNBACK Discovery Series Week 6. Legs 8 and 9 of the mOUnTaiNBACK.
Run starts at 5:30 PM. Runners meet at Colyer Lake parking lot on Lake
Rd by 5:10 PM to arrange rides to start. Finish is at Colyer Lake. For
more information on the Discovery Series training runs, click here.
September 26. Tussey
mOUnTaiNBACK Discovery Series Week 7. Leg 10 of the mOUnTaiNBACK.
Run starts at 5:30 PM at Colyer Lake parking lot on Lake
Rd. For
more information on the Discovery Series training runs, click here.
September
27. PSU vs. Illinois.
October
3. Tussey
mOUnTaiNBACK Discovery Series Week 8. Legs 11 and 12 of the
mOUnTaiNBACK.
Run starts at 5:30 PM. Runners meet at Tussey Mountain Ski Area parking
lot by 5:10 PM to arrange rides to start. Finish is at Tussey Mountain
Ski Area. For
more information on the Discovery Series training runs, click here.
October
4. PSU @ Purdue.
October
4. Hands on House Children's Museum Half Marathon and 5K. 9 AM. 721
Landis Valley Road, Lancaster, PA. Half marathon and 5K through
beautiful and scenic Lancaster County. Admission rate: $40 half
marathon, $20 5K For more information contact: info@handsonhouse.org. Hand's
On House web site:
www.handsonhouse.org. Cash
prizes, chip timing. Fun Run for the kids.
October
4. The Dream Factory 5K Run. 9 AM. Rails To Trails in Williamsburg, PA
(The Lower Trail). Contact: Jodie Albarano at jlz32@hotmail.com
for more info. Proceeds benefit The Dream Factory: We are
the second-largest children’s wish-granting organization in the country
with 36 chapters in 19 states. We differ from all other
wish-granting organizations in that we serve children with chronic
illness as well as critical illness; we are all volunteer on the
chapter level, and money raised locally stays in that community to
grant dreams. The Dream Factory of Pennsylvania grants the dreams of
critically and chronically ill children in Blair and surrounding
counties.
*October 5. 18th
Annual Knights of Columbus State College Adventure 5K and Kids Races.
Details to follow. Visit the race
web site.
October 11. PSU @
Wisconsin.
*October 11. 9th Annual Tussey mOUnTaiNBACK 50 Mile Relay and Ultramarathon. Ultra starts 7 AM, first relay wave starts 8 AM. Host of USA 50 Mile Championships; $3200 Ultra championship purse to first 1-2-3 M/F open and masters, bonus for course records. Easy access via air and interstate. Scenic, certified single-loop course on mostly gravel fire roads in Rothrock State Forest. Relay teams of 2-8 rotate through 12 legs of course. Relay limited to first 75 teams; recreational and competitive runners welcome. Pre-race dinner, 11 ultra aid stations, spectator venues, post-race party, awards. Technical race shirt to all runners, custom finisher medals to all Ultra finishers. Online and paper registration available. Entry deadline September 27. For complete details, visit: www.tusseymountainback.com.
October 11. Hollidaysburg Area YMCA October Half-Marathon & Races. Race includes 13.1 miles, 5K, and a 2 mile walk and all races start at 8am. If you are looking for a more challenging half marathon course, come race this one!!! It's a beautiful rolling course that starts and finishes at the Hollidaysburg Area YMCA. Please check out our website for the maps and entry fees for all races on www.hollidaysburgareaymca.org.*October 12. Steps to Safety 5K.
1PM. Penn State Golf Courses. Benefits Women's Resourse Center. Details
to follow.
October 12. OsteoChallenge 5K. 1 PM. Penn State Dairy
Research and Educaiton Center (across Park Ave. from Beaver Stadium).
Put on by Penn State Dairy Science Club. Proceeds National Oseoporosis
Foundation. More details to follow.
October
18. PSU vs. Michigan.
October
19. The Dam Half. 10 AM. R. B. Winter State Park, Mifflinburg, PA.
Half-Marathon trail race. Registration: $25 pre-registration. $35 race
day. Go to damhalf.com for
details. Application.
October
19. Help Stop Hunger! Join the State College Area 5K CROP WALK Sunday
October 19 beginning at 2 pm at St. Andrew's Episcopal Church, 208 W.
Foster Avenue. Registration begins at 1:30. For more
information please contact Jim Campbell at 814-238-2906 or email him at
jxc8@psu.edu or visit our website - http://statecollegecropwalk.blogspot.com/.
October
25. PSU @ Ohio State.
October 26. 21st Annual Fall Trail Run 5.5 Miler. 1 PM. Frances Slocum State Park, Kingston Twp., PA. Organized by the Wyoming Valley Striders. Contact: Vince Wojnar, 295 South Mountain Blvd., Mountaintop, PA 18707-1915 (570)474-5363. e-mail: WYOVALSTR@aol.com.
*November 2. 25th Annual Nittany Valley
Half-Marathon. 10 AM. Ag Arena, University Park, PA.
Registration: $17 by November 1, $20 on race day. Application. You can register online at
active.com, http://www.active.com/event_detail.cfm?event_id=1539823.
Visit the Half web pages. For more
information, contact the Race Director, Dave Eggler, at eggler@geosc.psu.edu.
November
8. PSU @ Iowa.
November
15. PSU vs. Indiana.
November
22. PSU vs. Michigan State.
December 7. 3rd Annual Polar Bear 5K Run and 3K Walk. Sponsored by Delta Sigma Phi Fraternity and Alpha Phi Sorority. All the Proceeds benefit the Centre Communities Chapter of the American Red Cross through our national "Blood, Sweat and Cash Service Project." The race starts at 508 Locust Lane, State Collge, PA 16801. The course is in downtown State College. Details to follow.
*December
13. 5th
Annual State College Jingle
December 14. Frostbite 5 Miler. 1 PM. Duboistown, PA. Registration: $18.00 pre-registration $20.00 after November 26. Race day registration - 11:00-12:45. Benefits Special Olympics Lycoming County. Application coming. Any questions, email Lester Loner at ploner57@netzero.com
*December 31. 12th Annual First Night State College
Resolution Run 5K. 6:30 PM. Downtown State College.
Details to follow. *This is an NVRC Race Series event for 2009.
2009
*April 18. 3rd Annual
Jeremy Herbstritt Memorial 5K Run/Walk.
10 AM. This event honors Jeremy - the man, runner and lover of life. A
certified 5K loop with start/finish on Curtin Road near the Intramural
Building at Penn State. Details to follow.
*May 3. 2nd Annual Linden Loop 5 Mike Run, Walk or Bike. 1 p.m. bike (5 mile recreational ride or 10 miles for time), 2 p.m. run/walk. Proceeds support the Rock Hill School at Linden Hall. Details to follow.
May 31. Bob Potts Heritage Rail Trail Marathon. 6:30 AM. Grumbacher Sport and Fitness Center, York College, York, PA. More details at the race web site: http://www.bobpottsmarathon.com/.
*June 27. 6th Annual Crack O’ Dawn 5K Run/Walk & Pancake Breakfast. 8 AM. An early morning tour of lesser-known streets in picturesque