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Featured Club: Urban Wanderers The city-dwelling Wissahickon Wanderers find peace and camaraderie in the woods of Philadelphia’s Wissahickon Valley Park. [...]

RESULTS: here are the results (PDF) for today's Wanderers Fat-Ass Trail 1/2 Marathon PHOTOS: photos have been posted on our Facebook [...]

Wanderer Chris Moore just completed the grueling Old Dominion 100 Mile Endurance Run . It's pretty bad when your GPS [...]

The Wanderers were kept very busy at the 2012 Philadelphia Marathon on Sunday November 18, 2012. Here were some of [...]

Germantown H.S and Bryn Mawr R.C. win big at the Regional Track Meet 122 Photos + Results added 8/30 Germantown [...]

Every once in a while, Wanderers produce a breakout performance demonstrating “hey, we are serious athletes.” The showing of Chris [...]

The FOW are re-designing the Map of the Wissahickon for 2013. This new map will feature updated graphics, streamlined content, [...]

Running in the Wissahickon during the summer months means taking extra precautions if you are arriving by car.  This point [...]

A dedicated contingent of Wanderers traveled up to Brooklyn on February 25 for the Al Gordon Classic Four miler put [...]

Report by Phil Ranly – For 7 years, I have talked about the 4-corners run. The run traverses all corners [...]

The Wissahickon Wanderers produced a lot of bright spots in an otherwise sad day at the Philadelphia Marathon on September [...]

On November 6, Mea, Floyd, Michael and Rachel completed the New York City Marathon. Below is their report: The race [...]

Earlier this fall, Wanderers impressed at the Marine Corps Marathon in Washington on October 30.  Polly Jansen and Chris Verry [...]

Clyde (formerly Rufus), injured and malnourished, crossed paths with Susan and Susannah when he limped in front of their car [...]

Bill Smith, a legend among fell-runners, was found dead on the Lancashire moors on October 1st, aged 75. Read the [...]

Note to Wanderers: CHESTNUT HILL - October 18, 2011 (WPVI) -- The peace along the Forbidden Drive area in Fairmount [...]

It has been a six year wait, but a Wanderer has once again triumphed in a Pennsylvania marathon.  Louis Secreto [...]

When: Sunday, Oct. 2 8:00 – 9:30 AM Where: Upper Gwynedd Township Park, North Wales, PA   Description: Participants in [...]

Joel Alberts’ running resume includes two victories in the Chestnut Hill Cross Country Classic.  On September 10, the Phil-Mont Christian [...]

The date has been set for the 9th annual Chestnut Hill Cross Country Classic…September 10.  The start time is 9 [...]

The Wanderers All Comers Track Meet drew a record number of participants. There were several heats of the 400, two [...]

The Wanderers track meet is returning to the Roxborough High School track on AUGUST 16 at 6 p.m. To ensure [...]

Nobody can ever accuse the Wanderers of being all business and no play. The Wanderers took a break from training [...]

Sunday, August 7, 2011 – 8 AM-Noon: Throws Triathlon (Shot Put-Discus-Javelin)Track Pentathlon (3000m – 200m – 1500m – 100m – [...]

The Wanderers are once again offering marathon training with expert coach David Pajer. This training program is open to absolutely [...]

The marathon used to be considered the ultimate athletic challenge.  It was thought that the body could not endure anything [...]

Race Reports by Matt Palombaro, Pete Michener and Leo Strupczewski. Matt’s Report (added 5/10) For me, the week leading up [...]

Race Report by Louis Secreto This past Saturday morning (4/30/’11) was the Triple Crown in White Clay, Delaware, the 3rd [...]

A woman was attacked while jogging alone in the Wissahickon park between 8:30 am and 9:00 am on Monday 4/11/2011. [...]

Race report by Linn Watson This year’s Tyler 10k took place on a chilly and sunny morning, thank you weather [...]

On April 18, 2011 Wanderers Pete Michener, Leo Strupczewski and Matt Palombaro will participate in the prestigious Boston Marathon. They [...]

Race report by Polly Jansen March’s unpredictable weather makes one anticipate warmer days, spring flowers, singing birds and the Caesar [...]

Forbidden Drive (underneath the Walnut Lane bridge) has been reopened and is now open to all traffic. A "shed" was [...]

Report by Noah Shusterman. Updated 3/12. Depending on how you look at it, the Ugly Mudder is either the first [...]

The Wanderers have signed up for team competition in the 2011 USA Track and Field off-road series.  The seven-race competition [...]

Whether it is leading a weekly Wanderers workout, motivating others, volunteering, or competing in just about any type of race, [...]

Looking for someting different? Consider joining City Running Tours on one of their guided runs. They offer both personalized and [...]

Mea Schiff and Melanie Wright were awarded joint Athlete of the Year 2010 trophies at the Wissahickon Wanderers Annual meeting [...]

Race Report by Barb Gorka, Chris Moore and Bob Reynolds Note the report below is color-coded according to the author. [...]

Race Report by Matt Mauren March 21, 2010 ~ Wilington, DE ~ The absence of Noah and Helen cast a [...]

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Race Report from the Rehoboth Beach Marathon/Half Marathon by Road Kill The big news coming out of Rehoboth Beach was [...]

Report by Louis Secreto This past weekend was the last Pretzel City Sports trail race of year;The Dirty Bird 15k. [...]

The annual Wanderers Christmas party is scheduled for Dec. 16 at the Valley Green Inn after the regular Thursday night [...]

The Wanderers traveled to Pennypack Park in Philadelphia’s Great Northeast for the 2nd annual Sloppy Cuckoo half marathon trail run. [...]

77 photos posted 9/16 – Perfect weather and an excellent field, including many old friends from the local running scene, [...]