re: How to Find Races to Run

I received a comment on my last blog posting, and I'm going to use this post to respond. The comment read:

Alex said...
Hey Kevin, just stumbled on your blog through GOTD. I too am a runner and am relatively new to the area (I live in South Jersey). SO what I was wondering, is where are you running these races? Philly (im hoping) as I'd love to get in on some of them this season. I don't run full marathons, but have gotten myself up to running just about 1/2 marathon distances now and would love to find some 10k+ races to get in on.Thanks and great blog.


Very nice to "meet" you Alex. I will post some links to some race websites and provide some additional information that will hopefully be helpful to you.

http://www.runnersworld.com/channel/0,7119,s6-239-0-0-0,00.html?cm_re=HP-_-Homepage%20Channel-_-Races%20And%20Places&location=_*topnav*

The above link is to a race finder on Runner's World's website. You put in the city, state, and distance, and it finds races in your area. The link for Philly is:

http://www.runnersworld.com/cda/racefinderresult/1,7149,s6-239-283-284-0-0-0,00.html


For marathons, the place to go is:

http://www.marathonguide.com/

Not only can you find marathons in any state in the U.S., in Canada, or overseas, but many people post their comments about how good or bad a race is on the website as well.


Some websites I use for races in my area:

http://lrrclub.org/localraces.htm

This is a calendar on the Lancaster Road Runners Club website that contains races in the Lancaster County, PA area, but there are links to the Berks/Reading area, York area, and Harrisburg area as well.


http://pretzelcitysports.com/

This site has races in the Quakertown and Pottstown areas close to Philly.


http://www.yorkroadraces.com/calendar.htm

This site mainly contains links to races in the York County area, but there are some Baltimore and Delaware races as well.


http://www.nvrun.com/calendar.html

This site is all about races in the Nittany Valley/Centre County area up in and around State College.

That about does it for the sites that I visit regularly. Alex, hopefully you will read this. Leave your email address in a comment and I will get back to you.