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Running club ideas: 20 social runs your crew will love

Fresh ideas for your running club or crew: themed runs, new routes, brunch runs, scavenger runs, relays, track nights and challenges that suit every pace.

The same Tuesday loop gets old. A different kind of run every few weeks keeps a group interested, brings back people who drifted off, and is a good excuse to invite new ones. Here are twenty ideas that work for mixed paces.

Food and drink

  1. Brunch run: finish at a café and eat together.
  2. Bakery run: a route that passes the best bakery in town.
  3. Coffee crawl: short loops between two or three cafés.
  4. Picnic run: one person brings the food to the park at the end.

New places

  1. Mystery route: one person plans it and nobody else knows where it goes.
  2. Trail day: drive or take a train somewhere off-road.
  3. Landmarks run: hit five spots in town and take a photo at each.
  4. Point-to-point: take a bus or train out, run home.
  5. Sunrise run: meet before dawn, watch it come up.

Games

  1. Scavenger run: a list of things to spot or photograph in teams.
  2. Prediction run: everyone guesses their time without a watch; closest guess wins bragging rights.
  3. Relay: teams split a distance between them.
  4. Handicap run: slower runners start first; everyone aims to finish together.

Training with a twist

  1. Track night: easy intervals on a track, everyone at their own pace.
  2. Hill session: repeats on a hill where the group stays in sight.
  3. Pacing practice: take turns leading at an agreed pace.

Seasonal and charity

  1. Fancy dress run for holidays.
  2. Lights run in winter: headtorches and reflective kit.
  3. Charity run: pick a local cause and run for it together.
  4. Race day: enter the same local race and cheer each other in.

Between the events

Events are the highlights. The everyday runs in between are what keep a crew together. A weekly challenge set from each person’s own running gives everyone something to aim for, whatever their pace. RunPack’s next version sets one for your crew automatically every Monday, free. Want a name to go with the group? See running crew names.

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