OUR HISTORY

The Running Center was founded in 1999 by professional running coach Mindy Solkin. For the past seven years, the company was run out of Ms. Solkin’s apartment in New York City, with Central Park as its “headquarters”. It was always a dream of Coach Mindy’s to open an indoor facility, and in March 2006 she opened New York City’s first and only indoor training facility for runners. The space was previously occupied by a hat manufacturer and needed a lot of work, but she seized the opportunity and totally gutted and renovated the space to make her dream a reality.

The facility is located across the street from Central Park on Manhattan’s Upper West Side and features an innovative training system and personal attention. This one-stop-shop for runners offers group training programs and private coaching to runners of all levels from beginners through competitive marathoners.  Its state-of-the-art training equipment includes cardiovascular, strength and functional training equipment. The convenience of Central Park with its access to the broad mix of running courses and terrain, make The Running Center your perfect training place.

 OUR EQUIPMENT

• Cybex Functional Trainer
• Cybex Assisted Dip/Chin Machine
• Cybex Back Extention Machine
• Hammer Strength Tibia Machine
• SciFit Upper Body Ergometer (UBE) & Stationary Bike
• Hampton Dumbells
• TKO Weight Plates
• Balance Boards and other Functional Training Equipment

 OUR TREADMILL

We are pleased to offer you the top-of-the-line treadmill, the Woodway Treadmill. Some of the features of this “Mercedes Benz of the treadmill industry”:

• Softer Ride
It has a 3/8” inch vulcanized rubber surface & SlatFlex™ system which absorbs the force of foot-strike at point of impact. This makes it safer on bones, joints, muscles and tendons. Other treadmills are made of PVC, with a cotton and nylon belt stretched between two rollers, over a wood deck that creates harmful foot-strike shock upon impact.

• Longer Stride
The motors on most treadmills are at the front of the machine, causing your foot to hit the plastic covering. The Woodway Treadmill has its motor underneath, giving you all the room you need for a longer stride. 

• Faster Speed
It has a top speed of 15mph which is a 4 minute mile.

• Backwards Running
It offers backwards running for strengthening of the shins and calves.

• Downhill Running
It offers downhill running to strengthen the quads and to increase stride length & frequency.

 OUR CLEAN AIR

The Running Center wants to make sure that when you enter our facility you are breathing clean, purified air. That’s why we chose Shaklee’s AirSource® 3000 unit, an extremely effective indoor air purifying system. It works through a patented combination of technologies — Photohydroionization™ and Electron Generation.

We won’t bore you with the science of the technology, but we will tell you what the treatment of the air includes: 
• Suppression of bacteria and mold growth.  
• Reduction of odors, volatile organic compounds, airborne particulate matter and airborne microorganisms.

 OUR CLEAN SURFACES

All of the surfaces at The Running Center are cleaned with an EPA registered sanitizer/virucide called H2Orange2, developed and produced by Envirox. This eco-friendly cleaner contains a patented combination of biodegradable surfactant, orange oil and hydrogen peroxide. The synergy of these ingredients gives H2Orange2 the ability to significantly reduce the toxicity of a cleaning system & minimize detergent residue, without sacrificing cleaning power. H2Orange2 is Green Seal certified and NSF registered as an A1 and D1 sanitizer.

This amazing all-in-one, eco-friendly cleaning product offers:
• A lower toxicity than conventional cleaners.
• Destroys odors by penetrating the surface and oxidizing odors.
• Kills 99.9999% of bacteria.
• Does not leave a sticky residue to attract more dirt.
• Erases common stains.
• Is practical and economical as it allows for one cleaning product to be used in two different water dilutions for all of our cleaning needs.
• Reduces the use of packaging materials, energy, and landfill space by performing all or most of the cleaning tasks with one, concentrated product.

The bottom line is that when you work-out at The Running Center you are breathing the cleanest and purest air that you will find in any NYC fitness facility!


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The Running Center
461 Central Park West, New York, NY 10025
P. 212-362-3779   F. 212-362-5017   E.
www.TheRunningCenter.com