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Running

Web Sites

  • Active.com: Running
    Search for running events by name/type of event and state or zip and then register online. Includes link to the race's website.
  • American Running Association
    Founded by running doctors to help more people benefit from a running lifestyle. Includes a variety of fitness articles from the American Medical Athletic Association.
  • American Track and Field
    a professional publication dedicated to the improvement of both the image and the performance of American athletes in the sport of athletics--track and field, race walking, cross country and performance road racing.
  • Cool Running
    calendar, results, specialty events, training, health & fitness, fall marathons; updated 7 days a week.
  • Gmaps Pedometer
    "This is a little hack that uses Google's superb mapping application to help record distances traveled during a running or walking workout." Trace your route on a google map with this application that totals the distance.
  • International Front Runners
    Gay and Lesbian running clubs now in major cities around the world.
  • Road Runners Club of America
    Representing over 700 member clubs and 200,000 members throughout America.
  • Road Runner Sports
    Offers running shoes and apparel for men and women.
  • Runner's World Online
    News, calendar, travel, nutrition and training tips, sections for women and beginners. From Rodale Press.
  • Running Movies
    This website has collected over 400 titles of films, movies, and videos that contain various aspects of running.
  • Running Network
    The Running Network is a comprehensive source of information for grassroots runners online, providing national or local running news, features, photos, extensive race results, a searchable calendar, training tips, clubs, stores, product reviews and more. Their dropdown menu features many regional publications.
  • UltraRunner.net
    The site for the real long distance runner: 50 kilometers, 50 miles, 100 miles.
 

Selected Races

 

Pittsburgh Region

Pittsburgh Organizations

  • American Adventure Sports
    A company that designs and produces adventure races for adventure athletes in the great outdoors in Southwestern Pennsylvania.
  • Greater Pittsburgh Road Runners
    This is the Pittsburgh Chapter of the Road Runners Club of America (RRCA). Runners of all ages and abilities are invited to join. They hold monthly runs throughout the year.
  • People Who Run Downtown
    A walking, talking, running, and eating group that meets downtown and elsewhere, every Tuesday night at 5:30pm.
  • Pittsburgh Frontrunners
    The Pittsburgh Frontrunners is a gay and lesbian running club that welcomes runners and walkers of all abilities.
  • Pittsburgh Hash House Harriers
    Hash House Harriers are characterized as Drinking Clubs with a Running Problem. The Pittsburgh chapter was established June 1980. Hare and Hound trail running.
  • Pittsburgh Pharaoh Hounds
    A group of competitive middle distance and distance runners training and racing in the Pittsburgh area.
  • Team In Training: Western Pennsylvania
    Program training people to complete a Marathon, Half Marathon, Triathlon and 100 mile Century Ride while you help the Leukemia and Lymphoma Society.
  • USA Track & Field Three Rivers Association
    An association of USA Track & Field, promoting amateur athletics in Western Pennsylvania
  • Western Pennsylvania (West Penn) Track Club
    The Western Pennsylvania Track Club is a club for runners of all ages and abilities that allows them to compete in track and field, cross country, and long distance running at all levels of competition -- local, state, national, and world. West Penn has over 150 members.
 

Pittsburgh Race Directories

  • Grass Roots Racing
    A Western Pennsylvania adventure racing company offering Adventure Races for teams of two in the Pittsburgh area. Adventure races usually contain four main elements: trail running, mountain biking, swimming or paddling, and orienteering.
  • Pittsburgh Post-Gazette Running Calendar
    Every Sunday the Post-Gazette publishes a list of district races (including walk/run benefits) for the coming week.
  • Runner's High
    Road race management and computer services throughout Western PA. Includes an annual Western Pennsylvania Race Calendar listing several races each weekend from spring through fall which is posted at the end of February.
  • SERJ Racing Services
    Professional timing services and finish line management from Uniontown, PA. Includes race results for events they manage in Pennsylvania, West Virginia and Ohio.
 

Pittsburgh Races

 

Pittsburgh Stores

  • Elite Runners & Walkers
    A specialty shop designed exclusively for runners & walkers. Offers local race and running information as well.
  • Up-N-Running
    Western Pennsylvania's Newest Specialty Running and Walking Center, serving the Northern Allegheny / Southern Butler County Region.
 

Nearby States

  • iPlayOutside.com
    Covers running activities in West Virginia.
  • Run Ohio
    RUNOHIO is an 8-issue print publication that covers running, duathlons and triathlons in Ohio, West Virginia, northern Kentucky, southern Michigan, eastern Indiana and western Pennsylvania, as well as the Ohio High School Cross Country & Track State Championships.
  • Run WV
    A website that covers running in West Virginia, including Cross Country, Track & Field and Road Racing.