Our story

Tim and Lori McConnell, long-time West Seattle residents, opened West Seattle Runner in April of 2010. While they been married since 2001, the store was another marriage of sorts: Tim's Business degree and extensive retail experience with Lori's passion for running. West Seattle, a perfect place to call home, is also a dream location for running, except, it didn't have a running store back in the day. Tim thought they should fix that and the rest is history! From humble beginnings at the Charlestown and California upstairs location to the 1/2 mile move (c'mon we're runners, we know the exact distance) north on California to the Orion Building, some things remain the same.

At the heart of this shop is a team dedicated and educated to supporting their valued customers, runners, and walkers who become friends. The aim is expertly fit those we serve in the right footwear to prevent and help heal injuries. To that end, we offer several evenings per month where our customers have free access to local providers for injury prevention clinics and sports medicine talks. We feel passionately about those new to our sport, so we host the bi-annual Get Fit West Seattle group, where beginners are coached from couch to half- marathon.

We believe in not only our customers, but in the running community, so you will find us sponsoring the local charity races. Additionally, we strive to donate and support local schools and organizations. We are lucky enough to do commerce in a wonderful community and that gives us a responsibility to give back to that community. We offer free running groups three times per week. Additionally, we donate used shoes to The Union Gospel Mission. While technology advances and we see updates to systems and products in our industry and world, one thing doesn't change: person-to-person contact enhances quality of life and builds life-changing connections, increases knowledge and enhances quality of life for all of us.