Chorley Runners

Welcome to Chorley Runners

Chorley Runners is an award-winning, friendly and inclusive running group, based at Astley Park, Chorley, Lancashire. 

We started as an informal friends' running group in April 2015, following the first Chorley C25K course. We were set up as the C25K follow-on running group and then became a RunTogether group in October 2016.

We have been supported through a Chorley Council Small Community Grant.

We are currently offering sessions on Monday, Wednesday, and Thursday evenings and Wednesday and  Saturday mornings. Our current running sessions have been posted online.  Additional sessions are being added and updates will be posted here and in our Facebook groups.

Our group motto is #MyRunMyPace

We offer several free, regularly held running sessions. The details of our running sessions are listed under the Our Runs tab above.

We meet on Monday and Thursday evenings, Wednesday mornings and evenings and on Saturday mornings. We offer:

• Regular 5 km running sessions on Monday and Wednesday evenings, and occasionally on Saturday mornings.
• Wednesday Morning run sessions from Astley Park
• Longer distance sessions to help you progress and push yourself a little,  Wednesday and Thursday 7km and Monday 10km runs.
• There are monthly sessions on Saturdays, including:
  • Monthly group trips to a local parkrun in the area
  • Monthly Trail running sessions - 10+ Km 
  • Monthly long runs - 10+ km arranged informally between members
• Occasional running courses
  • Beginner to Winner - learn to run sessions during the year
  • 5-7km running course to help improve distance running
  • A 5-10k running course is held three times a year.  Sessions are focused on helping runners progress their running distance to 10k over 7 weeks.
  • A 10-16k running course is held, subject to demand.
• The groups UK Athletics coaches can also offer
  • Free athletics coaching sessions
  • Running technique assessments
  • Creation of individual coaching plans to meet your needs
  • Check out Chorley Runners Coaching on Facebook and the website at https://clubspark.englandathletics.org/Chorleyrunnerscoaching

Our objectives are:

• All sessions are suitable for all running abilities, including those who may have completed a Couch to 5K course. 
• We aim to make running a fun and sociable activity which keeps us all fit. 
• We are a friendly group run by volunteers and cater to anyone who wants to run with no pressure and no time limits. 
• We focus on running distances, not pace or speed; everyone and anyone is welcome to any run session.
• All groups loop or pause at regular intervals to ensure no runner, regardless of their ability or pace, is ever left behind and to ensure everyone runs together.
• All the run leaders and group helpers are volunteers.
• All Run Leaders are trained, qualified, licensed and insured UK Athletics Coaches (CIRF or Endurance Event Group) or Leaders in Running Fitness (LIRF)
• All Run Leaders are DBS checked and First Aid qualified.
• To cater to visually impaired runners, we have several licensed, experienced and qualified Guide Runners. 

All sessions are free; the only requirement is that we ask you to sign up for RunTogether via this website, and then add Chorley Runners as your running group. #BookCheckInRun

Come along and join Chorley Runners for a friendly run. #MyRunMyPace

We also offer a great range of good value, high-quality running kits including technical shirts, hoodies, hats, bags, shorts and leggings, as well as ICE tags and Event Pins with the group’s logo on them. We have also arranged discounts with Sportsshoes.com and High5. See our club kit tab on this website.

The group has won several awards since its creation in 2015, including:

• October 2017, awarded Group of the Month by RunTogether
• September 2018, awarded Sports Club of the Year at Chorley Council's Sports Awards
• In September 2018, we were awarded Runner Up in Bolton Council's Sports Awards.
• November 2018, awarded Sports Club of the Year - Runner Up at the Lancashire County Sports Awards.
• October 2019, Daniel Rivett, one of our Run Leaders, won Volunteer of the Year at Chorley Council's Sports awards.
• October 2019 nominated again for Sports Club of the Year at Chorley Council’s Sports Awards

#MyRunMyPace #StaySafe #KeepRunning