About Us

Pacers Running Stores is a family owned and operated running and walking specialty retailer in the greater Washington DC area. Our current retail locations include: Old Town, Alexandria (1301 King Street), Clarendon, Arlington (3100 Clarendon Boulevard), Pentagon Row, Arlington (1101 South Joyce Street), Downtown Silver Spring (8535 Fenton Street), Old Town, Fairfax (10427 North Street), and our latest store at Logan Circle in Washington D.C. (coming summer of 2010).

Our flagship location, Pacers Alexandria, has been in business since 1991 and was acquired by the Farley family in 2003. Pacers Arlington opened in December 2005 followed by Pacers Silver Spring in July 2007, Pacers Fairfax in April 2008, and Pacers Pentagon Row (formerly Gotta Run) in August 2009.

We are considered experts in the field of running and have developed a strong following among area runners and fitness enthusiasts over the past 18 years. Senior management members are frequent speakers at large events like the Marine Corps Marathon. We provide only the best in running and walking shoes, apparel, and accessories and pride ourselves on our customer service, including our custom fit process, and involvement in our local community.

Pacers Running Stores has been recognized as a philanthropic and business leader both at the local and national level. In 2007, Pacers Running Stores was the recipient of the prestigious Independent Running Retailers Association’s Ubuntu Award for our dedication to philanthropic work. In addition, Pacers Running Stores has received the Arlington Chamber of Commerce/Arlington County Best New Business of the Year Award and Best Customer Service Award as well as the American Red Cross Good Neighbor Award. Since 2003, Pacers Running Stores -through the efforts of our staff, customers, suppliers, and charity partners - has raised over $500,000 for local, regional, and charity organizations.

For store location and hours, as well as a list of other events we produce, please visit www.runpacers.com.

Contact Information:

General event information: events@runpacers.com
Race Director/sponsorship queries: Kathy Dalby kathy@runpacers.com
Registration queries: Pat Dalby pat@runpacers.com
Volunteer queries: Kristen Hundley-Reeves kristen@runpacers.com
Elite athlete queries: Marc Davis marc@runpacers.com

Pacers Events is always looking for energetic, event-minded people to join our race day staff. For information on Pacers Events, please visit our website - www.runpacers.com