We’d like to welcome to the most supportive and friendliest club on the planet. Whatever level of run experience you have, you’re now part of something really special; a community that will help lift you up to find a new inner strength, improve your health and your overall wellbeing, and open your eyes and mind to new goals and experiences. Just one warning: you’re about to experience endorphin highs that may change you into a mile-chasing segment queen who will run further and faster than you’ve ever run before – simply for the thrill of it.
One of the biggest hurdles to starting running is your own perception of yourself. This may involve negative thoughts such as: ‘I was awful at running in school’, ‘I’m not a real runner’, ‘I can’t join a running club as everyone will be fast and I’ll get left behind’, ‘If I have to walk I’m a failure’ or even ‘Running this slowly makes me feel like a fraud’.
We’d like you to shake these thoughts from your mind as you reset your focus before taking your first – or returning – steps as a runner. Whether you’re blessed to be able to run five-minute miles, or you’re working towards 12-minute miles, you are a real runner. Whether you finish a marathon in under three hours or over six, you are a marathon runner. Whether you walk, walkjog, jog-walk, jog-walk-run, or run, you are still a runner.