Area Running Clubs & Race Management
Foothills Striders
A good neighbor club in Maryville/Alcoa TN. They have the wonderful fortune to live astride a most excellent Greenway which snakes almost nine miles through both towns in both rural and city environs. The club puts on several good races during the year and have a strong bike and hiking component as well.
State of Franklin Track Club
One of the best little running clubs in the country, the SFTC has staged some of the best races in the southeast, including the Crazy Eights 8K, site of the 1996 world record run by Kenyan Peter Mwan Githuka. Their “Running Diary” function allows runners to store their runs and times in the club database. The times can then be shared/compared with others. The database has received entries from all around the country.
Chattanooga Track Club
Our neighbors 90 miles to the south, these folks have staged for more than thirty years one of the best 15K races around, the Chickamauga Chase. They put on a very good race schedule throughout the year.
Endurance Sports Management
Organizer of quality triathlons and bike events in the Knoxville vicinity and beyond.
Personal Best Racing
Knoxville company offering event management, timing services, and athletic events.
Race Day Events
Another local company producing triathlons, bike events, and runs in East Tennessee.
Total Race Solutions
Full race management services available throughout the region.
Running Publications and Other Websites
Runners World
Daily updates on the world of running. Comprehensive Runners World library with info on shoes, health, training, travel and much more. Daily interviews with luminaries from the running world.
Trail Runner Magazine: One Dirty Magazine
Running, health, travel, and training, race results and race event calendars.
East Tennessee Mountain Bike Rides
A comprehensive listing of trails especially conducive to biking; many if not most beckon to trail runners as well. Maps direct you to trail sites.
Outdoor Knoxville
Get out and Play! Whatever activity you enjoy the most or want to learn — Knoxville is the place for outdoor fun! We’re rich in parks, natural areas, blueways, trails, and greenways.
Tennessee Running
Created and maintained by Belmont University coach Dave Milner, this is an active and oft-updated site with strong focus on middle and eastern Tennessee running, including track, road and cross country.
The Running Network
A national marketing organization and clearinghouse for major regional and specialized running magazines across the U.S., as well as race information.
Let’s Run
Another very good site full of news from the world of track & field.
Dr. Pribut’s Running Injuries Page
A thorough compendium of information about running-related health and injury issues, including extensive descriptions of common injuries and how to treat them. His emphasis is on ways to prevent injuries. He also discusses running shoes in depth.
Play it Safe Guide to Sports Injuries
An overview of diagnosis and treatment of some common sports injuries.
Track and Field News
The hardcore journal for devotees of the unending oval. The “bible of the sport since 1948”.
Road Runners Club of America (RRCA)
Find out what’s happening with this grassroots organization of running clubs from all over the nation.
Tennessee Road Racing State Records
Constantly updated site displaying records for each age in all commonly contested distances on certified courses.
DyeStat
The Internet home of high school cross country and track & field.
Run-Down Running Portal
A content-filled jumpoff point linking you to all kinds of running-related sites.
Get off the Sofa
Another helpful page with information on running and how to prepare for your first race.
Top Trails for Baby Boomers
And there’s more than a few of us out there.
All ellipticals
Review of Elliptical Machines.
Running Resource Guide
More running resources.
Rent a Knee Walker
A useful tool for post-surgical recovery.