r/phillyrunning

Is the Philly 10k next Sunday fun?

I’m training for NYC this year and I need to get some hill workouts in and incorporate hills into my long runs. I normally run the Delaware River trail and I do the Ben Franklin bridge a lot. I’ve done the schuylkill river trail and started at the south street entrance and ran north. I’m wondering what route can I take to get into fairmount park and run on the other side of the schuylkill. I feel like I’ve seen a trail over there and I think it has more hills. I’m also open to suggestions to any routes that are good to train hills. I don’t have a car, so I can’t drive to a trail to run. TIA!

Hello! I just moved to university city to go to Penn Law, any good run clubs or just friends to run with in this area?

Surprised there’s no parkrun in Fairmount. Would love it if that was a thing.

I just moved to South Philly and I’m wondering where runners go for some unpaved runs. I know about the Wissahickon trails, and I’ve run at FDR a few times. Are there any spots I’m missing where a guy with bad knees can run?

Signed up for the full marathon, but turns out that date will be problematic for me. The half on Saturday would be fine, plus far easier for me to train for, but it sold out and they told me I'm SOL as far as transferring unless I want to do the half. It's mind-boggling that they don't allow bib transfers of any kind, I can't figure out the reasoning behind that since other races do this.

Is the 8k worth it? I've never run any Philly Marathon weekend course before. This is the only event that's open, but it seems to just be a run up and down Kelly Drive which is fine but I've run that exact course several times lol. Trying to decide if I should just switch to this one, or defer to next year. I love Philly (live in the DC area and visit often) and running in the city, but the marathon organizers are frustrating. Why not allow bib transfers?

I want to start adding bridge running into my NYC training but due to my work schedule (and the summer temps), I usually run AM.
I know the walkway opens at 6 am, but my question is, how prompt is this? Is it like 6 on the dot or more like a 6:15/6:20?
Thanks in advance!