About the Hounds

Who are the Pharaoh Hounds?

Formed in 1994 as the 'Pittsburgh Running Team' under the coaching of Niall Moyna PhD, the group later changed its name to the 'Pittsburgh Pharaoh Hounds' and remain Pittsburgh?s premiere elite running team.

We have won the Pittsburgh Marathon Mellon Bank Relay every year since 1997, when it first began, took second at the 2001 USATF National Half-Marathon Championships in Parkersburg, WVA, and regularly win local races. The mission of the Pittsburgh Pharaoh Hounds is the development of high performance runners and dominance of the elite racing scene in Western Pennsylvania. Our core work is the recruitment and development of elite post-collegiate athletes through regularly-scheduled workouts, team races, and volunteer opportunities. We also seek to develop younger runners and masters runners.

Mission:

The mission of the Pittsburgh Pharaoh Hounds is the development of high performance runners of all ages and dominance of the elite racing scene in Western Pennsylvania. We will accomplish our mission through:

• Demonstrating that we have a winning record in team competitions;
• Providing quality training and workouts for elite and emerging elite runners;
• Providing varying levels of elite competition to develop emerging elite runners into elite runners;
• Developing and maintaining an elite women?s team; and
• Conditioning top-level collegiate and high school runners on the off-season.

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