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Clubs
7 min read
Inside the Riverside Run Club
Three hundred runners, three parks and one Sunday ritual. How Lena Kaur's club grew without losing its warmth.
Claire Dunn
Riverside started with eight friends and a WhatsApp group. Today it has three hundred members across three parks and still feels small on a Sunday morning.
One pace group per ten runners
Lena’s rule: every ten runners get their own pacer. Nobody runs alone and nobody feels slow.
Coffee is mandatory
The run ends at the boathouse café, every week. It’s where half the friendships in the club started.
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