ABOUT


PHOTO OF neparunner.com WEBMASTER, MIKE MONTAGNA RECORDING NAMES FOR THE RESULTS PAGE AFTER THE WEST PITTSTON ANTHRACITE 4 MILER IN JUNE 2006. PHOTO TAKEN BY CAROL SOWINSKI

neparunner.com is Run North Eastern Pennsylvania, focusing on local running and walking events.  It was originally named RunWalkNEPA.net and established in 1998. The first event listed was The Bear Creek PM run.

It is managed by Michael Montagna, who is an area runner running since 1982.

It uses the domain INFO because it provides info for area Runners and Walkers.

Its purpose is to promote area Running and walking events and running in general. Also to promote charities associated with these events and their causes.

neparunner.com primarily serves North Eastern Pennsylvania, occasional listing events of special interest or request to outside areas.

neparunner.com also lists results and photos when they are provided.

Other items of interest at neparunner.com is

  • Links to other sites
  • Links to out of area Calendars
  • Links to running information that caters to ie, Women, Masters, and High School runners/walkers.
  • Tool calculators ie, pace, heart rate, age handicapping, weight.
  • Weekly Poll questions
  • Weekly area columns from Jerry Pitkus, Mike Palmero
  • Entry forms for most races.
  • Links to map directions to an event.
  • Listing of winners of area races since 2000, now including Scholastic, Master and Grand-Masters winners.
  • Complete results to many local races and archived results since Dec. 2004. Many with photos.
  • Active message board for area runners to discuss many topics.
  • Latest area news pertaining to area events or runners/walkers.
  • Links to area High School Cross-country schedules.
  • Running/Walking tip of the week.
  • Weather forecast for area events.
  • Link to area weather and link to current area Doppler radar.
  • Listing of area clubs
  • Race Director page for those interested in directing a event.
  • Link to NYRRC TV schedule for running shows & USTAF TV schedule link.
  • Links to popular sites such as Runners World, Running Gazette.
  • Links to Elite running sites and Running news.
  • Photos of area Shirts and other swag form races.

neparunner.com is advertiser free. Its forum board does accept monthly sponsors who cover the cost to have the annoying pops ups removed and also its funding allows for retention of past topics. The monthly charge is $7. Its forum is and it is a open non-password forum. Postings will be removed if they are offensive, deemed inappropriate or if it is negative in nature to a person. All requests for posting removal will be reviewed and posting will be removed if need be.

It also posts free of charge links to running specific services offered, useful to runners and of interest.

neparunner.com accepts photos, articles, results to events or news of area running/walking news. However it does not compensate provider. If you wish to submit a weekly column that would be fine too. Feel free to include any advertisement on the column as long as the column is running or walking related.

neparunner.com more than welcomes and encourages those who may have errors in the spelling of their names or times posted in an event. Corrections will be made ASAP. This also goes for incorrect event information or links that do not work.

neparunner.com makes every attempt to verify the information posted here. When posting an event, neparunner.com emails the race director asking them to check the posted information for any errors. Specifically race director should double check, date, time, place event, link to map to event and link to entry form and its contents.

It apology's for any error or inconvenience caused by any errors and requests that you please inform neparunner.com of such. As in all Running calendar websites, it reminds you that if you are not familiar with an event, to double-check the event information. A great way to do it would be to click the entry form and verify the time, date and location. Entry forms are not just posted to register but posted for additional information purposes.

To post race information neparunner.com utilizes a email form to submit the information. Sometimes it will not work with certain web browses. If you encounter a problem please copy and paste the information onto to an email. Instructions are posted on the Submit and event page. You can bypass using the form and forward a file of your event and the information will be posted form the form.

neparunner.com will post an entry form free of charge. You can either forward a link to the entry form if it posted online elsewhere forward a file document or a pdf of the form. Occasionally certain Word processor programs are non-compatible with the MS system neparunner.com uses. You will be notified it there is a problem and asked to copy and paste the form onto a email. This works fine. It will not look like your form but the information will be the same.

neparunner.com does attend area events and does pickup flyers or has flyers sent to neparunner.com these flyers are then scanned. Certain forms like those on Red paper will not work.

Occasional neparunner.com is contacted to assist the Race Director. neparunner.com will attempt to provide any information it knows to assist the request, but neparunner.com does not and will not direct and event or co-direct an event.

Also since neparunner.com does not use this sites for income purposes it requests that no request be made for sponsorship. But feel free to use the logo or name on your entry form, shirt or other advertisement.

Feel free to distribute the URL to the form posted for your event here at neparunner.com

neparunner.com makes attempts to attend many local events. It regrets, due to other obligations that it cannot make many of them, even those where a special request to attend is made. neparunner.com does welcome any paid entry forms to events.

JUNE 2006