About RunWiki
RunWiki is All Things Running, Explained: a free guide to the sport in plain language, from the words runners use to how to train for and race your next event.
The site is growing into a full running reference. It will include a glossary of running terms, guides to training and racing, race roundups, tools that do the math for you, and pace charts for common goal times.
The pace charts are the first section to go live, with mile splits and training paces for 40 goal times across the 5K, 10K, half marathon and marathon. The rest of the site is being built now.
Who we are
Andrew Tepen, Co-Founder
Andrew has been running for more than 35 years. He ran track in school, moved on to triathlon, and then spent ten years coaching endurance athletes online. He holds a degree in Exercise Science and a master's degree in Sports Management. These days he mostly runs trails, at whatever pace suits the day.
Ashley Tepen, Co-Founder
Ashley was a competitive figure skater growing up and took up running after she and Andrew got together. She has run with exercise-induced asthma from the start and has kept competing anyway. Moving West, with trails and open scenery close to home, made her love the sport even more.
She also spent years at a local running store, first as assistant manager and later as the store's manager.
We also run RunSesh, a directory of running clubs and races in cities across the US.
Why we built it
Running information is easy to find but scattered across forums, brand blogs and old articles, and it often contradicts itself or skips the reasoning. We wanted one place that explains running clearly, shows where its answers come from, and costs nothing to use.
RunWiki is for every runner. That includes someone getting ready for a first 5K, someone trying to take minutes off a marathon best, and someone who never races at all and just wants to understand the sport a little better.
How we work
Plain answers first
Every page starts with the answer in everyday language, then explains the terms and detail behind it for anyone who wants more.
Sources and math shown
When a page gives a number or a recommendation, it says where it came from. The pace charts, for example, use certified race distances and the published VDOT training formulas, and the method is written out on the site.
Free for everyone
RunWiki is free to read and use, with no account and no sign-up needed to get to any page.
If something on RunWiki looks wrong, or there is a topic you want covered, let us know.