Training Runs and Track Workouts

A Compilation of Training Runs in the Binghamton, NY Area.

You are welcome to join the groups described below. Please note that these runs evolve over time and the postings may be obselete by the time you read them. On weekends with major races, attendance will be affected. For more information visit the
TCRC Facebook Group
Binghamton Area Runners on Facebook
Marathon Training Group - Binghamton Area
Triple Cities Runners Club Group at Yahoo. Click here for information on signing up for the TCRC Yahoo Group.

Saturday Morning Runs

Social Run: On Saturdays at 7:30 AM, a group departs from MacArthur Park on Vestal Avenue in Binghamton. Meet in the parking area near the tennis courts. This is a social run of 40 minutes or so. The group usually goes for coffee afterwards. Contact: Sue Cain.

Serious Run: A second group has been running a 10 mile loop on Saturday mornings at 7:00 AM for many years. When training for a marathon, we often start early or add extra miles afterwards to get 15+ miles in. It's a flat course around Binghamton, West/East side. We start/finish at the parking ramp (Collier St entrance just north of Hawley) in downtown and often end up at Java Joe's for coffee with the social group that starts at MacArthur Park at 7:30. Contact: Graham Upton.

Sunday Morning Run

MacArthur Group: On Sundays about 7:30 AM, a group departs from MacArthur Park on Vestal Avenue in Binghamton. Meet in the parking area near the tennis courts. See the 9.97 mile route at mapmyrun.com. Contact: Ed Jenner. The start time is subject to change (The start time has also been 7:00 AM and 6:45 AM).

TCRC Track Meets

The Wednesday Running Series meets weekly from the first week in May through the end of August. Track events are held at Maine Endwell High School, Endwell, NY, with registration at 5:30 and meet starting at 6:00 PM. Normal events are: open mile, 800 meters, 400 meters, 3000 meters on the track.

Off-Road Trail Runs in the Binghamton Area

This topic has been discussed on the Triple Cities Runners Club Group at Yahoo. Some of this material is excerpted from Message Number 1058 and Message Number 1054.

BU nature preserve - some nice trails of varying lengths. There is a 5k course that the cross country team uses that is non-technical along with some steeper, rockier, more rooty stuff. Some good climbs with great views. There is a large map/sign at one of the trail heads.

Oakley Corners State Forest - Eastern Tioga County, with some nice trails. Maps at the trail head. A nice mix of flats and hills, non-tech and tech trails.

Chenango Valley State Park - a variety of nice trails from a flat 3 mile out and and 3 mile back tow path along the river, to carriage paths, to single track, hills, tech and non tech sections. If you get there before 8 a.m. there is no charge to enter the park (they charge from Memorial Day to Labor Day, free otherwise). You can also purchase an Empire Pass for the season or park outside the park and run in.

The Glen, formerly the IBM Glen, now owned by Waterman Conservation Education Center (thanks to Alan and Barbara Jones) - located off Robinson Hill Road in the Town of Union. Directions and trail maps at the Waterman site.

Jones Park in Vestal (State Line Road, east of Route 26). It's easy to get lost and little if any cell phone coverage. Some grassy, some woody trails, lots of up and down. More on Jones Park from Message Number 1054 - "It has some great trails, and a map kiosk, but it has no bathroom facilities or water fountains. I was so engrossed in the challenging terrain and beauty of the area, that I ended up running for over an hour and a half. For me, that long on the roads would have gotten a little monotonous and exhausting, but on the trails it was rejuvenating."

Other Information: There are trail maps at Chenango Point Cycles for Chenango Valley State Park, among others. Their interest is mountain biking but there is overlap. The Finger Lakes Runners Club is very active in trail running. The FLRC website has links to trail maps and running routes. The FLRC also offers a number of trail runs/races of varying distances.

Unrated Training Runs - MyRun.com

Many running routes in the Binghamton area are listed at MyRun.com. Search for runs in Vestal, Binghamton, etc. You're on your own with these.