Scenic Long Runs Around Malvern and Willistown

I’m looking to put together a group of people who enjoy running around the most beautiful and fun areas in Pennsylvania Chester County.

We’re lucky to have so many great places to run, including the roads around East Goshen, Malvern and Willistown, the Chester Valley Trail, West Chester, Ridley Creek State Park, Valley Forge and plenty of other areas nearby.

I’d like the group to meet once a week, either early in the morning or at night. If there’s enough interest, we could eventually do both. Once winter comes, I’d also love to organize some nighttime headlamp runs.

The meeting location will change each week, but it will generally be within about 30 minutes of West Chester. I’ll choose places with easy parking and routes that give people clear options for turning around or heading back early. Scenery and trying new places will be a main focusing point!

Most runs will have a planned distance of around 6–10 miles, with options to do more or less depending on the route. I’d like to keep this open to all runners, but I generally run 10:00-8:00 pace depending on type of run. The goal, explore different areas, get some good miles in and hopefully make some local friends along the way!