Welcome to the Web Site for the Shenandoah Valley Runners – the club that puts the “fun” in “fartlek.” If you like running and camaraderie, you’ve found your nirvana! Although the primary club base is in Winchester, VA, our club membership and activities cover the greater northern Shenandoah Valley Area, from the Massanutten Mountains to the West Virginia Panhandle to Loudoun County. No matter what your running pleasure is, we’ve got something for you. Like the 5K? We’ve got ‘em out the wazoo. 10K’s? SVR hosts arguably one of the best 10K’s in the region, the Apple Blossom 10K, every year in May during Winchester’s Apple Blossom Festival. Can’t resist the lure of the marathon? You’ll find someone to join you on your long training runs. We’ve even got a small but demented fringe group of trail runners who participate in ultramarathons. Add in the Loudoun Street Mile (prize money awarded) and the Summer Track Series, and you’d be hard pressed to come up with a running event SVR doesn’t either host or sponsor (go ahead and try – we dare you!).

But wait! There’s more! There’s an annual summer picnic and a spring awards banquet and pasta scarf-fest as well (yes, it’s frequently all about the eating). And the piece de resistance (please say that with a French accent, si vous plait) is the Winter Series. This series of 8 low-key races, many of them with themes, is held over the winter months to enable club members to maintain their shapely figures until spring racing season comes along again. There’s also a bi-monthly newsletter to update you on race results, give you helpful running tips (“How To Eliminate Shoe Odor and Save Your Marriage”), and keep you informed about the latest SVR gossip.

How much would you expect to pay for a membership in a top-flight organization such as this one? $39.95? $49.95? Well you would be wrong carbohydrate-breath! For the paltry sum of $10 for a single membership, or $15 for a family membership (and we don’t care how many of your kids you sign up), all this can be yours. You don’t have to become a member, but it’s definitely more fun if you are. So come join us, meet some new friends, and keep living that healthy lifestyle. We’ll see you on the roads!