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The Running Room

The Running Room is an Alberta based company which has locations all across Canada and The United States. Founded in Edmonton in 1984 by John Stanton, the store has grown from its first location to an enterprise consisting of 114 retail locations and 1300 employees across Canada and the US. The products are based upon the sport of running, with the stores primarily filled with shoes, apparel, watches and related merchandise. Many of the locations also offer training clinics for 5 km, 10 km, half marathons, marathons, and triathlon. To date, over 600,000 people have graduated from these classes. The Running Room also hosts races ranging from 2.5 km to 50 km throughout the year, including an annual event known as The Hypothermic Half, a half marathon usually ran around mid-February.
Running Room clinics - online or in-store, a community of runners that makes you feel at home.

The Running Room

Running Room clinics - online or in-store, a community of runners that makes you feel at home.

The Running Room is proudly a family-owned company. It originated in 1984 out of founder John Stanton''s wish to purchase quality running shoes from someone knowledgeable about the sport. New to the sport of running, John had a thirst for knowledge as well as a desire to buy the right product. This entrepreneurial retailer decided to fill a niche in the marketplace by opening a small one-room store in the renovated living room of an old house in Edmonton, hence the name, "Running Room." The concept was highly successful, and the stores have since expanded to over 80 locations across Canada and the United States.