Running club
{{Short description|Eclectic institution specialising in running or track and field}}
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A running club, is an eclectic institution specialising in running and oriented towards the sport and recreation of running or track and field. The club may train for and compete in cross country, road running, fell running, track and field some clubs even branch out into multi discipline sports such as triathlon.
Clubs by country
=International=
=Australia=
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| Australia |
| Bondi Beach |
| Coburg, Victoria |
| Coogee, New South Wales |
| North Hobart |
| Melbourne |
| Melbourne |
| Sandy Bay, Tasmania |
| Brisbane |
| Sydney |
| Melbourne |
| Brisbane |
=Germany=
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| Berlin
|[https://www.berlinbraves2000.de/ Berlin Braves] [https://runningcrews.com/crews/divisionbpm/ division:bpm] [https://kraftrunners.de/ KRAFT Runners] [https://runningcrews.com/crews/run-pack-berlin/ Run Pack Berlin] [https://runningcrews.com/crews/the-fresh-patterns-collective/ The Fresh Patterns Collective] |
=Greece=
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| Athens |
=Portugal=
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| Lisbon |
=Turkey=
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| Istanbul |
| İzmir |
= United Kingdom =
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| National |
| London
|[http://www.chelsearunningclub.co.uk/ Chelsea Running Club] Enfield and Haringey Athletic Club [https://vphthac.org.uk/ Victoria Park Harriers and Tower Hamlets Athletics Club] |
| Cambridge |
| Plymouth |
| Leeds |
| Leicestershire
|[http://www.hermitageharriers.co.uk/ Hermitage Harriers] |
| Merseyside
[http://www.kirkbymilers.co.uk/ Kirkby Milers] [http://www.pennylanestriders.club/ Knowsley Harriers] |[http://www.liverpoolharriers.co.uk/ Liverpool Harriers] [http://www.liverpoolrunningclub.com/ Liverpool Running Club] [http://www.pennylanestriders.club/ Penny Lane Striders] [http://www.sthelensstriders.com/ St. Helens Striders] |
| South East
|[http://www.eastleighrunningclub.org.uk/ Eastleigh Running Club] |
| North West
|[https://247running.club #247RUNNING - Cheshire] [http://www.burndenroadrunners.co.uk Burnden Road Road Runners - Bolton] [https://rochdaleharriers.org.uk/ Rochdale Harriers] |
| Scotland
|[http://www.linlithgowathletics.org/ Linlithgow AC] |
| Wales |
=United States=
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| National |
| Northeast |
| Pacific Northwest |
| West
San Francisco Track and Field Club Tamalpa Runners |
| South
[https://www.runnersworldtulsa.com/ RunnersWorld Tulsa] |
Running crew
There is a distinction between a running club and crew, the latter emerged in the early 2000s, and they differ from traditional running clubs as the focus is on urban running on city streets.{{Cite web |date=2017-09-09 |first=Matt |last=Gross |title=We Run The Streets |url=https://www.runnersworld.com/runners-stories/a19445629/urban-running-crews/ |access-date=2023-09-30 |website=Runner's World |language=en-US}} One of the crews widely considered to be the first is the Bridge Runners formed by Mike Saes in New York City in 2004.{{Cite web|url=https://blog.strava.com/the-genesis-of-urban-running-crews-11328/|title = The Genesis of Urban Running Crews|date = 3 February 2016}} In 2006, Charlie Dark formed Run Dem Crew in London which has since grown to several hundred people who meet every Tuesday,{{Cite web|url=https://www.standard.co.uk/lifestyle/health/dj-and-mentor-charlie-dark-is-the-marathon-man-bringing-diversity-to-londons-runners-a4118071.html|title = Charlie Dark's run club is bringing diversity to London's runners|date = 16 April 2019}} and has led to Dark receiving a Points of Light award from the UK prime minister Theresa May for his dedication to establishing the alternative running community.{{Cite web|url=https://www.pointsoflight.gov.uk/run-dem-crew/|title = Run dem Crew|date = 21 November 2018}}
Running crews have since proliferated in popularity with many North American cities, such as Vancouver, becoming home to dozens.{{Cite web |date=3 January 2025 |title=Common Ground: Run Crew Catalogue |url=https://joincommonground.com/ |url-status=live |access-date=3 January 2025 |website=Common Ground Run Crews}}
See also
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