Running club

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

Region	Club
Australia	440 Run Club Unfit Run Club
Bondi Beach	Bondi Beach Run Club
Coburg, Victoria	Coburg Harriers
Coogee, New South Wales	Coogee Run Club
North Hobart	Knockoffs Run Club
Melbourne	Malvern Harriers Athletic Club
Melbourne	Melbourne University Athletics Club
Sandy Bay, Tasmania	Sandy Bay Harrier Club
Brisbane	SoSo's Run Club
Sydney	Sydney University Athletic Club
Melbourne	Old Melburnians Athletics Club
Brisbane	Thompson Estate and Eastern Suburbs Athletics

Greece

Region	Club
Athens	Panathinaikos Athletics

Portugal

Region	Club
Lisbon	Sporting CP

Turkey

Region	Club
Istanbul	Beşiktaş Enka SK Fenerbahçe Athletics Galatasaray Athletics Üsküdar Belediyespor
İzmir	İzmir Büyükşehir Belediyesi GSK

United Kingdom

Region	Club
National	100 Marathon Club Road Runners Club (UK)
London	Chelsea Running Club Enfield and Haringey Athletic Club Herne Hill Harriers Ranelagh Harriers Run Dem Crew Serpentine Running Club Sudbury Court Running Club Thames Hare and Hounds Highgate Harriers Thames Valley Harriers Victoria Park Harriers and Tower Hamlets Athletics Club
Cambridge	Cambridge University Hare and Hounds
Plymouth	Plymstock Road Runners
Leeds	Kippax and District Harriers
Leicestershire	Hermitage Harriers
Merseyside Kirkby Milers Knowsley Harriers	Liverpool Harriers Liverpool Running Club Penny Lane Striders St. Helens Striders
South East	Eastleigh Running Club
North West	#247RUNNING - Cheshire Burnden Road Road Runners - Bolton Rochdale Harriers
Scotland	Linlithgow AC
Wales	Swansea Harriers Athletics Club

United States

Region	Club
National	Road Runners Club of America
Northeast	Boston Athletic Association DC Road Runners Club New York Road Runners NYCRUNS Reebok Boston Track Club
Pacific Northwest	Bowerman Track Club Nike Oregon Project Oregon Track Club
West	Athletics West Divine Madness Running Club Dolphin South End Runners San Francisco Track and Field Club Santa Monica Track Club Skid Row Running Club Southern California Striders Tamalpa Runners
South	Atlanta Track Club West Texas Running Club 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.^[1] One of the crews widely considered to be the first is the Bridge Runners formed by Mike Saes in New York City in 2004.^[2] In 2006, Charlie Dark formed Run Dem Crew in London which has since grown to several hundred people who meet every Tuesday,^[3] 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.^[4]

References

^ Gross, Matt (2017-09-09). "We Run The Streets". Runner's World. Retrieved 2023-09-30.
^ "The Genesis of Urban Running Crews". 3 February 2016.
^ "Charlie Dark's run club is bringing diversity to London's runners". 16 April 2019.
^ "Run dem Crew". 21 November 2018.

[1] Gross, Matt (2017-09-09). "We Run The Streets". Runner's World. Retrieved 2023-09-30.

[2] "The Genesis of Urban Running Crews". 3 February 2016.

[3] "Charlie Dark's run club is bringing diversity to London's runners". 16 April 2019.

[4] "Run dem Crew". 21 November 2018.

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