Philly Runners update week of August 3, 2026

[Seth Weiss -- Philly Runners]

Hi all,

Here is your Philly Runners update for the week.

Upcoming Club Events:

• Mayor's Cup Race Saturday, August 8. Registration closes at 11:59pm on Thursday, August 6.  Sign up info is  here, including a link to race registration and a link to our spreadsheet for keeping track of our runners.  The password to sign on to our team is "Southwark".

Club Runs this week:

Tuesday, August 4, 6:30pm, Run Leader: Earl

Out & Back on Kelly Drive — 4.4 miles or any distance you like.

Dinner after the run at Bishop’s Collar, 24th and Fairmount, after the run, roughly 7:45pm. All are welcome even if you can't make the run.

Thursday, August 6, 6:30pm, Run Leader: Dan

Hill Work on Lemon Hill. We alternate between two different hilly workouts.

Saturday, August 8, 8:00am, Run Leader: Brian

8 mile River Loop or Out & Back on Kelly Drive any distance you like.

Coffee/Breakfast after the run at Cosmic Cafe at Lloyd Hall, roughly 9:45am. All are welcome even if you can't make the run.

Upcoming Races:

• Mayor’s Cup - Saturday, August 8th

• Philly 10K - Sunday, August 23rd

*** Links to register for races are on our message board

If you have a race or other event or run not listed, please add it to the message board

Additional Resources:

For more information on our club, including a complete listing of upcoming races and other events,

please see the Philly Runners homepage

For Information on our meetup location, parking and running routes,

check out our Main Map

For Information on safety while running,

please see our Safety Page

For detailed information on current events,

please see our Message Board (includes race listings)

Join the Philly Runners community on Strava 

Follow Philly Runners on Instagram

Join the Philly Runners community on Facebook

For even more resources, including links to sites that list races,

check out our Links Page

I hope to see you at a run soon.

Seth