J-Town Running Club

JTown Running Alum in action at the Santa Monica Classic 10k. Always awesome to see our kids continue in their running.

The JTown Running Club sends its deepest condolences out to the friends and family of Lisbeth Perez. She ran with us in 2013. She was such a charismatic and energetic young woman. Always smiling. She was an amazing teammate and friend to all. We are devastated to hear of her passing. RIP Lis. 🖤💙🐾

Her Go Fund Me page if you wish to donate.

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It was a great run. Literally, 14 years.

With school start being pushed back next year and other factors, this was our last year of JTown Running Club.

-173 Marathon Finishers (many....multiple times)
-250+ Half Marathon Finishers
-Many students who just ran to train and stay healthy.
-Surf City Marathon/Half, LA Marathon, So Cal Half, Pomona Half, Rose Bown Half, 18 Mile Hansen Dam, and so many other races.
-Jordan High students and teachers, alum, and 1 Millikan student
-Fastest marathon time: around 3:30....Slowest marathon time: 10 hours plus (major injury....but pushed to the finish)
-Handful of Personal Records
-Runs in beautiful weather, heat, rain (2011.....swimathon), wind, etc.
-Largest marathon group: 32 Smallest: 2
-100% completion rate...everyone who has lined up at the start with us has finished
-Siblings, cousins, best friends...newly found JTown RC family.
-Countless miles and memories.
-Two coaches and a crazy idea we never thought would have lasted this long.

To anyone who EVER ran with us:

You are the heart and soul of this team. You are all so inspiring to Ms. Gomes and I. You make both of us so DAMN proud. Many of you never ran a whole mile before running with us. And you crossed the finish. Most of you could never dream of running as much as you did....but you did it. Wherever you are in life...we will always carry those beautiful experiences with us. You guys are truly inspiring and the reason why we worked so hard to get you to the finish line. Many of you have continued in your running journey and it is truly awesome to see.

We want to thank all of the people who supported us throughout the years. Sponsors, families, friends, teachers, etc. You guys are what kept this program alive!

We love you all and we cherish all the miles and memories. And you never know....maybe down the road...who knows what the future holds.

We'd love for you to share your favorite JTown Running Club memories, how running has affected your life, photos, or just drop us a line! Make sure to add what years you ran with us!

One foot in front of the other! If you can run a marathon....there isn't anything you can't do!

30K finishers! Congratulations Christian and Sam!
1 month countdown begins.

Rose Bowl Half Marathon. A great day for a hilly, but awesome run. Finishing on the field at the Rose Bowl: priceless.

Christian: Ran through shin splint pain but still killed it on a hilly course.

Samantha: Is a pro at this! She’s ran this course before but improved her time today.

We ran into a Class of 2014 JTown Running Club alum. Always amazing to see our kids continue their love of running.

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Holiday Half marathon finishers! On our way to 26.2!!!!! #26.2 🖤💙🐾

JTown Running Club back for in person racing!!! Our first race of the year. Holiday Half Marathon in San Dimas. We’re small this year but these kids are super committed and killed it today. We are so proud of them! Pasadena Half Marathon next. Good job runners! 💙🖤🐾

Even though there wasn’t a running club this year, we celebrated 2 graduating Running Club seniors this week! One was also one of our Valedictorians.
These kids faced one of the craziest years ever and we know they are off to accomplish great things! Thank you for letting us run with you on your journey! #26.2 💙🖤💙💙🐾🐾

We didn’t get to celebrate our senior JTown Runners the way we would have liked.....but Congrats to them on overcoming so many obstacles this year. So very proud of all of them!!!! We know they’re off to accomplish great things! Thank you for allowing us to run alongside you on your journey.