🐧RVA's favorite winter training program is back for year 11!🐧
Winter Half Marathon Training Team
Winter Marathon Training Team
👟Richmond Road Runners Club's Winter Marathon & Half Marathon Training Teams
Training is always easier with a supportive community, especially during those cold winter morning miles! Join the Richmond Road Runners Club’s Winter Marathon and Half Marathon Training Team. Training begins Saturday, December 5!
All paces are welcome! Bonus, the Half Marathon Team has a walking only sub-team.
RRRC Winter Half Marathon Training Team is the official training team of the Sports Backer's Virginia Credit Union River City Half on Sunday, March 7, 2027. More Information
Interested in being part of RRRC's Winter Training Team coaching team? Email Head Coaches Jon Pigg, Michele Plouffe, & Kelcey Davis at wtt@rrrc.org.
🤔Why Richmond Road Runners Winter Training Team?
Our Winter Training Teams offer curated routes for newbies to veterans. We welcome runners of varied paces.
We offer a recommended training plan and weekly supported long runs/walks with bits of history along the way thanks to Annie Tobey's research. You will receive weekly guidance from our experienced coaches. The water stops are every 3-4 miles and will have water, electrolytes, and nutrition. Our weather each week is always running weather!
✔️What's Included
Special Winter Training Team Participant Sweatshirt
Detailed training schedule
Organized and supported Saturday long group works (includings detailed routes, SAGs, after training coffee/tea)
Personal guidance from our veteran team of experienced coaches
📍Training Location:
Richmond's First Baptist Church
2709 Monument Ave
Richmond, VA 23220
⌚Training Start Times:
Marathon Team: 7:05 AM
Half Team: 7:35 AM
Questions❓Concerns❓
Richmond Road Runners Club's mission is to support running and healthy lifestyles in the Richmond Region. We do this by sponsoring races in our area, helping other organizations put on races, coaching training teams, supporting kids' running programs, supporting a variety of group runs and awarding academic scholarships to college-bound runner athletes.
RRRC is an all-volunteer, non-profit organization that sponsors nearly 20 races each year with distances ranging from the track to half marathon. Club members are runners or those looking to become runners, who are of all paces, ages and shapes. With approximately 2,500 members, RRRC is one of the largest running clubs in the United States.
🚨Refund, Cancellation, Transfer, and Deferral Policy
RRRC Winter Training Team has a NO refund policy, even in the case of a training cancellation, event format changes, postponement, and/or if you are unable to participate. You MAY NOT transfer your entry to another person or event. There are NO deferrals. NO EXCEPTIONS. This means once your entry is received, you will not receive a refund if you cannot participate, you may not give or sell your registration to anyone else, your registration cannot be moved to another Richmond Road Runners Club event, and cannot defer your registration to another year. Anyone found participating with another person’s registration will be disqualified and both people will be barred from future Richmond Road Runner Club events.
🚨Minimum Age
You must be at least 16 years of age to participate in Winter Training Team.
🚨Prohibited at Training Team
In consideration of the safety of all participants:
- Strollers, Baby Joggers, Baby Carriers
- Dogs and other animals are not allowed. If you have a certified service dog, please reach out to wtt@rrrc.org first.
- Wagons, Bicycles, Skates, Skateboards, Handcycles, Scooters, etc.
- Unregistered participants