ASCEND Run Club formed in Pittsburgh in April 2017 and was later expanded in Youngstown in March of 2022. We're a casual group of climbers who are also born to run! Any and all are welcome and do not need to be a member of ASCEND to participate.
In order to participate in Run Club you must complete the ASCEND Clubs Waiver - different than the ASCEND Facility Waiver. Registration is merely a courtesy to give us a heads up. If you don't register, but show up, cool! If you register and bail, no worries!
PITTSBURGH
South Side: We meet every Monday evening near ASCEND Pittsburgh's front desk at 5:45p to mingle and warm up, and take off promptly at 6p! If you're late, you better be fast ;) Typically, everyone starts together and links with similar paces for a 4 mile or 8 mile run around the South Side, ending back at ASCEND.
Point Breeze: In partnership with Fleet Feet, we now have a Monday night run option in East Liberty + Point Breeze! The group will be leaving the BKSQ Fleet Feet store every Monday at 6:30p, and looping through the parking lot of ASCEND Point Breeze at the halfway point of the route. If you want to join the group, all you need to do is gather outside around 6:40p and wait for runners who are roughly the same pace. The group will return to BKSQ from Fifth Avenue, then head out for a second loop to drop runners back off at ASCEND. Obviously, runners are also welcome to join right at 6:30 and finish their run either at ASCEND or Fleet Feet (whatever is logistically easiest on an individual basis).
Club Captains:
Pittsburgh: Kristin Rhoa, Paul Guarino
Erie: Mark Zukowski