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A Cascade of Running Events


I'm not going to take up too much real estate talking nonsense this week. There are a bunch of awesome events coming up and I want to focus on those.

Upcoming Stuff

Track Meets Wissahickon Wanderers are putting on two track meets! The first is Tuesday, August 21 and will be raising money for Back on My Feet. The second is the following week, Tuesday, August 28 and is a Regional Running Club competition! We need to get a nice group together for the race on August 28 to represent. WPR is made up of some amazing runners and I think we should flaunt our  amazitude. Check out the website and register. There's a cookout following both meets as an added bonus!

Trail Races Wissahickon Wanderers and Philadelphia Runner are each having trail race series this Fall!

Wissahickon Wanderers Fall Trail Series will take place Thursday Evenings in September (6th, 13th, 20th and 27th) starting at the Valley Green Inn at 6:30pm! As many of us will tell you who ran the series in the Spring, these races are amazing, stupidly challenging, and free!

Philadelphia Runner Trail Race Series will be more traditional races that just happen to be on breathtaking trails. These are also going to be a lot less treacherous than the Wissahickon Wanderers events. The events aren't free, but they're not going to break the bank either at $20 a piece. Check out the website for registration details.

Other Random Races
Totally Awesome 80s Run. Saturday August 25th. This run is really a big 80s-themed party taking place in South Jersey with their local running club and organized by Ken at Philadelphia Runner.

This Week's Routes

2 Miler 4 Miler 6 Miler Posted by Alon Abramson at 6:37 PM 

About the West Philly Runners Every Wednesday evening at 6:30 pm, we meet at 45th and Locust (in front of Abyssinia) for a group run. We run a new set of 2, 4 and 6 mile routes each week. All three distances start together and end at the same place.

There is also an interval training workout on Mondays at 5:30pm at Penn Park. The typical workout is repeat 1000s.
Come out for a run with us, no matter your experience level. We welcome all runners; our runners typically run 10 minutes/mile or faster.
Each run will finish up back at one of several local West Philly bars or at at runner's place for some post-run beers. Most weeks we end at the Local 44 Bottle Shop or Pasqually's Pizza. Bring your ID and a few dollars.
We are inspired in large part by our friends the Fishtown Beer Runners and the South Philly Striders. If you are looking for other running groups check out the Master List of Philly Running Clubs.
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