Sat15Aug
WeeklyFirst timers
Long Run Club
Saturday morning, all distances
- Time
- 08:00
- Distance
- 10K · 16K · 21K
- Meet at
- Riverside Park
Free
Riverside · Free · No-drop · Since 2021
All you have to do is to show up.
A running club with no joining fee, no qualifying time and no way to be too slow for it. 180 people run with us in an average week — walkers, first-timers, and people chasing a Boston qualifier, all from the same start line.
1,240
On the books
180
Out each week
412k
Club km logged
£0
To turn up
Always
Next run
Long Run Club
Saturday morning, all distances
Saturday·08:00·Riverside Park
Every week, without fail
- Tue19:00Track intervals
- Thu18:30Bridge loop 5K / 8K
- Sat08:00Long run 10 / 16 / 21K
- Sun09:30Coffee run 5K
What's on
Next out
the door
The next six things happening. There are 106 weekly runs and a full season of races, socials and trips in the calendar.
Sun16Aug
WeeklyFirst timers
Sunday Coffee Run
5K, no watches, all welcome
- Time
- 09:30
- Distance
- 5K
- Meet at
- Grind & Go
Free
Tue18Aug
Weekly
Track Tuesday
Pyramid: 200-400-600-800-600-400-200
- Time
- 19:00
- Distance
- 5K · 8K
- Meet at
- Eastfield Track
Free
Thu20Aug
WeeklyFirst timers
Thursday Bridge Loop
Easy social miles along the water
- Time
- 18:30
- Distance
- 5K · 8K
- Meet at
- Old Mill Bridge
Free
Sat22Aug
WeeklyFirst timers
Long Run Club
Saturday morning, all distances
- Time
- 08:00
- Distance
- 10K · 16K · 21K
- Meet at
- Riverside Park
Free
Sat22Aug
Race
Sunset 10K Time Trial
Find out where your fitness actually is
- Time
- 19:30
- Distance
- 10K
- Meet at
- Riverside Park
Free
How this works
Three things, then you're a runner here
People overthink joining a running club. There is genuinely nothing to it, and we have designed every part of the club around making the first time easy.
01
Just turn up
No sign-up form at the gate, no membership card, no email confirming your place. Find the meeting point, look for the red vests, say hello. That is the entire process.
02
Pick a group
Five pace groups from Walk & Talk to sub-5:00. Nobody asks your time. Pick the one that sounds too easy — you can always move up next week, and most people do.
03
Nobody runs alone
Every group has a leader at the front and a back marker in a red vest. The back marker never overtakes anyone. That is the whole promise, and we have never broken it.
Pace groups
There is no back of this pack
Five groups go out on every run. Each one has a leader who knows the route and a back marker in a red vest whose only job is to make sure the last person is never the last person on their own.
You do not have to declare a group in advance and nobody will hold you to the one you picked. If it turns out to be too fast, drop back at the first regroup — that is what the regroups are for.
How to pick your groupWalk & Talk
AnyWalkers, run-walkers and comeback runs.
Social
7:00–8:00 /kmConversation pace. Where most people start.
Steady
6:00–7:00 /kmComfortable but working. Full sentences, not paragraphs.
Tempo
5:00–6:00 /kmHonest effort. Three or four words at a time.
Quick
sub 5:00 /kmFront of the pack. Bring your race legs.
Put these in your diary
The big ones
The events that fill up, sell out and end up as the photos on the wall of the café.
Sat 22 Aug19:30
Sunset 10K Time Trial
Find out where your fitness actually is
An honest 10K on a flat course, timed properly, with a clock at the finish and a marshal on every corner. We run it four times a year so you can watch a number move. Everyone starts together, everyone gets a split at 5K, and the last finisher gets the loudest cheer.
Details and sign-upSat 29 Aug10:30
New Members Brunch
Meet the crew before you run with it
No running. Just eggs, coffee and twenty minutes of us explaining how the club works — pace groups, the crew chat, what to wear in February. If you have been lurking on the website for a month, this is the low-stakes way in.
Details and sign-upSun 6 Sep09:00
Riverside Half Marathon
The club's home race
Our race, our roads, our volunteers. A fast riverside half with three drinks stations, club pacers from 1:25 to 2:30, and a finish line inside the park with the whole club shouting. Entry includes a technical tee, a proper medal and a photo you will not hate.
Details and sign-upFrom the crew
Why people keep coming back
I sat in the car park for twenty minutes on my first Thursday before I got out. Someone knocked on the window and asked if I was here for the run. Two years later I do the knocking.
Priya
Thursday regular · 3 marathons
I came for the training and stayed for the fact that eleven people noticed when I stopped coming for a month.
Marcus
Track Tuesday · 10K PB 38:12
I could not run for one minute in September. I finished the graduation 5K in November with the whole club shouting my name down the last straight.
Ellen
0→5K graduate 2025
Club kit
Wear it, and someone will shout your name
Kit is how a hundred strangers on a start line become one club. Every item is priced to cover its cost plus a bit for the junior section — nobody is making money here.
You already know whether you’re coming
An account takes thirty seconds, saves your pace group, and means we know how many people to expect at the gate. You can also just turn up — that has always been fine.
Questions first? Read the honest FAQ or email hello@showup.y99.tech