The  Virgin Islands Pace Runners organize and host running events and running related activities in the Virgin Islands, of the United States, particularly in St.Croix.  The organization was founded in 1978 by Wallace Williams,  an Olympic Marathon Runner at the Seoul Olympics in 1988.  It is a nonprofit organization. V.I.Pace serves runners throughout the Virgin Islands and the Caribbean, as well as visitors to the islands from the United States, North, Central, and South America, Africa, Europe and other countries.  

               V.I.Pace is an organization which strives to develop the competition and physical fitness aspects of the sport of running.  In addition, V.I.Pace places a heavy emphasis on public and community service and participation in club events.  It accomplishes this by conducting races, fitness runs, fun runs, tour runs (for visitors), clinics, and safety sessions on running, fund raisers for charity, Marathon Classes at the University of the Virgin Islands. It gathers and provides literature and information on running.

V.I.Pace accommodates all types of runners, beginners to international/world-class athletes. V.I. Pace projects are suited for children, adults and masters runners. It is a member of the Virgin Islands Track & Field Federation which is affiliated with the Virgin Islands Olympic Committee and the International Amateur Athletic Federation.  V.I.Pace serves as consultant on long distance running, cross-country running, road racing, the marathon and track events to the V.I.Track and Field Federation and other interested parties.  It also consults on Triathlon and Duathlon. It organizes the V.I.National Cross-Country Championships and several V.I.Road Race Championships.  Several V.I.Pace Runners have represented the V.I. in CAC Championships, Pan American Games, The Olympic Games, Central America and Caribbean Cross-Country Championships, Cross-Country Championships, North America, Central America and Caribbean Cross-Country Championships, World Cross-Country Championships and other events.

V.I.Pace was the initiator of the Central America and Caribbean Cross-Country Championships.  It was the organization responsible for organizing the staging of the Central America and Caribbean Cross-Country Championships held in St.Croix in 1990.

V.I.Pace produces a schedule of running events in the Virgin Islands annually and provides information on events in Puerto Rico, the Caribbean, the U.S. and other international locations many children who go on to become V.I.National Team members have their first run in V.I.Pace Runneers events.

For further information call V.I.Pace runners 340-643-2557 or 340-777-0258  340-773-5327 340-692-5305 fax, http://www.virginislandspace.org wallacewilliams@msn.com