Our mission is "To enhance our members enjoyment of the sport of running"

The Northern Va. Running Club is a member of the Road Runners Club of America (RRCA) and is governed by an Elected Officers and a Board of Directors, who are experienced runners.

The club is dedicated to promoting running and racing.

Members’ ages range from the teens through the 70s, with a variety of abilities and running backgrounds. Most members live in Alexandria and Arlington, but many live in other communities throughout Northern Virginia, Maryland, and the District.

People join Nova because they have one thing in common: running. Some Nova members are serious athletes and have been training and competing in races for decades, some have been working out with the club for a few years, while others are just starting out because they are interested in getting back into shape. Some members regularly participate in biathlons or triathlons, of which running is just one event. Others are hoping to complete and do well in at least one marathon, and then we have members who would not even consider doing any race longer than a 10k.

NOVA has all sorts of runners!

Given the huge variance in our member's levels of experience, fitness, their personal goals, etc., we find ourselves facing the challenge as to how we can create and maintain an environment that best allows members to participate as individuals all the while maintaining that comfortable feeling that comes from doing things as a group.

To meet this challenge we organize the club activities in specific running and social activities. These activities include the Tuesday track workouts, pizza after the track work, Thursday tempo runs, weekend long runs, bagels and breakfast after the long runs, social events, fun races and team-racing participation in local events. Nova also has specific planned activities to keep people involved in volunteering in the community, not only running-wise but also taking care of the physical environment of trails and parks. The Nova officers and Directors have assigned roles in seeing that these particular activities are executed. To the degree that each of these activities become successful depends very much upon the level of participation we get from members.

Make sure to check our Nova Calendar of events and step in to participate!

Other club’s activities are lead by members who volunteer in organizing potentially interesting activities, happy hours, rock climbing, road-biking trips, group trip to out-of-town races, dancing, movie-going, etc. Let us know if you are interested in leading any sporting activity and we will work with you.

We communicate through the listserv and website to make sure all our members have an opportunity to take part in the activities that we are planning.

We hope that this approach will provide members with plenty of opportunities to get involved, get in shape, meet some folks, and do some things that they otherwise would not have the chance to do. Together we can create an environment that furthers our enjoyment of the sport of running.

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