Running - Peckham Rye Common

[BernieMat]

Hi all,

I know there are a couple of running clubs in the Dulwich Park/Dulwich Village area, but there doesn't seem to be any organised groups based around Peckham Rye Park/Common, even though it's a hub for runners. Myself and a couple of friends are toying with the idea of starting something up, but I thought I'd send out a feeler first to see if the interest is there. The initial idea would be to meet a couple of times a week and go out in a couple of different groups running at different speeds/distances. It would just be casual to start off, but if the desire is there, we could start to going to a range of races together and organising car shares etc.

It would be great if I could get peoples thoughts, and obviously let me know if you think there's already a saturation of running clubs in the area.

Cheers,

Anthony

[Gyuri]

Hi Anthony,

I'm new to the area and wouldn't mind finding fellow runners locally. I'm interested in medium distance trainings - something between 10-15k.

Cheers,

Gyuri

[Ananas]

I would be interested - I think there is a Peckham Rye Park Run that happens on a Saturday AM already...

[BernieMat]

Hi both,

Yeah, I know about the Parkrun, but this is a weekly race. I was wanting to get a group of people who could train together regularly. But it might be a very good idea to make those who do the Parkrun aware of the group if we do set one up.

I've had a chat with a few people and no one seems to say it's a bad idea. I'll continue to do a little more research and update you if something gets off the ground.

Cheers,

Anthony

[TJc]

Hi, i have been searching for running groups around the Peckham Rye area (rather than formal running clubs). Did anyhing come about as a result of your february post Anthony?

Is there any interest from others in some sort of running group, whether as a beginner or training for events / races?

Thanks

Tim