| WHAT WE ARE As the name suggests we are a running club. We have around 60 members drawn from the town and local villages, and cater for all abilities from "keep fit" to marathon and beyond. |
| A BRIEF HISTORY "Striders" was formed in 1989 by Gay Jeffery (our current President) as a ladies club running from the local supermarket car park! Men joined in 1990 and now, but not because of the men, we are based at the Lord Butler Leisure Centre. |
| WHEN WE MEET Twice weekly at the Lord Butler Leisure Centre, 8:00pm on Tuesday, 7:30pm on Thursday and a few dedicated souls at 09:30am on Sunday for some cross-country running. We have some favored runs around the town and country lanes (light permitting) offering a varied degree of ease, or difficulty, depending on your outlook. |
| EVENTS Throughout the winter the club competes in a closed cross-country league in the local region. In the summer we compete in a 5k road race league, run in the evening, with four local clubs. Club members also compete in a varied selection of races, locally, nationally and internationally. We also organise an annual "Saffron Walden 10K" open race of mixed road and country track. |
| CLUB ORGANISATION The general ethos of the club is for members to do what suits them. We do however, have a very active committee, organising lists and entry forms for running events, the sale of running kit below shop prices, a library of relevant literature, a quarterly newsletter and various social events. |
| THE SOCIAL SCENE Of course we have an annual dinner, who doesn't? We go a bit further with a "Tinsel" run around the town at Christmas with mulled wine and mince pies "Al Fresco" followed by a meal. Then there's barbecues, wine tastings and anything else we can think of. Tuesday is the evening for "Apres Run " in the Railway Arms for an exchange of stories and a drink or two. WE ALSO DO SERIOUS RUNNING |
| HOW TO JOIN Just turn up any Tuesday or Thursday evening and you will be made very welcome. Come suitably attired and we can usually find someone to run at your pace and distance (high speed marathon runners excepted). The annual subscription is extremely reasonable and we have a "no pressure" culture. |
| IT'S FUN! COME AND JOIN US |