Announcement

The Frederick Steeplechasers Running Club is offering a summer training program for women in preparation for the Women’s Distance Festival 5K. The program provides the opportunity to improve fitness while learning about running in an encouraging, friendly, and collaborative atmosphere. Our 5K training program is appropriate for both beginners/walkers and more experienced runners. Net proceeds…

Saturday, Apr. 21, 8:00 a.m. –  Frederick Visitors Center, 151 South East Street, Frederick, MD In 2018, the Frederick Running Festival will continue its long-standing tradition of hosting supported on-course training runs with the Steeplechasers to help you prepare for race day, preview the course, and check out historic downtown Frederick. We will have a …

Thursday, Apr. 26, 5:30-9:00 p.m. –  Charm City Run, 467 West Patrick St, Frederick, MD Charm City Run will be hosting this month’s Happy Hour and Education Nite. We will kick things off with an optional 3-mile run at 5:30. The main event starts at 6:00 with a presentation on Generation UCAN and high-fat diets …

SAVE THE DATE! The 2018 Summer Decathlon starts in under 8 weeks (Wednesday, May 30th) and will be returning to the Frederick High School track. A huge thank you to Tim O’Keefe for his hard work acquiring the location and keeping the Decathlon fresh and fun over the years! Check out the Decthalon page for…

Results have been posted for the Lil’B 5K-ish, held on April 8, 2018. Since this was a Trail Series race, Trail Series standings have been updated accordingly. Full Results Steeps-Only AG Results Current Trail Series Standings…

WDVM, our (very) local news station, recorded a news piece on Frederick as an official RRCA Runner Friendly Community. They interviewed Lou King, Steeplechasers past president, who was instrumental in obtaining this prestigious designation. Congratulations to Lou on this accomplishment! For more information about RRCA’s Runner Friendly Community program, see: http://www.rrca.org/our-programs-services/programs/runner-friendly-community They got some great…

Results have been posted for the Forest of Needwood 5 Mile Run, held on March 10, 2018. Since this was a Grand Prix Series race, Grand Prix Series standings have been updated accordingly. Full Results Steeps-Only Results Current Grand Prix Standings…

Thursday, Mar. 29, 5:00-9:00 p.m. – Oscar’s Alehouse, 916 N East St, Frederick, MD, 21701 We’re back to Frederick for the March Happy Hour and checking out a new place, Oscar’s Alehouse. Several members have been in and shared that have A LOT of taps, as well as wine and cocktails. Great food, happy hour …

Registration is underway for the Frederick Steeplechasers “Spires” Youth Running Spring 2018 Program. We will be focusing on short and long distance running (from 100m to 1500m distances, along with some longer training runs), dynamic stretching, fitness conditioning, and training for weekend track meets and 5Ks. We welcome children from the ages of 7-14 to…

A new version of routetility (https://steeplechasers.org/training/running-routes/) was uploaded which adds two features: 1) you can set to full screen display of the map, 2) it shows your current location.   The first time you use it, it will say something line “steeplechasers.org wants to use your device’s location”. You need to allow this. You …