Post by bigoleworm on Jan 21, 2014 17:19:09 GMT -5
are they worth it? we have two different ones in the area and I wasn't sure if the dues are worth what I would get out of it. one runs during the week in the evenings, and dh works nights, so I can't do that although i could do the weekend run.
they are affiliated with road runners, so I was just wondering your experiences.
My running club requires dues - $25 a year. It's used mostly for water (the directors plant it along our routes prior to the run.) I don't go every week, but I love it for when I have to do long training runs - I like the company, the change in scenery, etc.
My local running store also meets twice a week for runs, but their times don't work for me.
Post by CallingAllAngels on Jan 21, 2014 19:40:52 GMT -5
Our dues go to pay our coach, which is really nice to have. She puts together our plans, and is available to answer questions at our long runs or via email. We also have workshops on nutrition, strength training, Chi Running, etc. Also, shirts and water/Gatorade on long runs.
Occasionally, we will get discounts on races and coupons to LRSs.
I like being part of a group. It's fun to have people to travel to races with or to run with at 5am.
My running club is more of a group, no dues, so I don't have that to compare it to, but I love it! I can't say that I would be a part of it if it had dues because due to my travel schedule for work, I end up only joining in a few times a month. However, the group meets VERY regularly. There is a group of at least 3-4 running at varied times/distances every morning and a standing group run with 4,6,10 mile distances with printed routes every Saturday. It's a real community and everyone just pitches in to make it happen. It's awesome and makes me love runners/running that much more.
It's also great to have a group to travel to races with/run with at races. If it's a semi-local race(within 5 hours or so) of the Metro area, some one from my group is usually running the race.
Typing this makes me realize how I need to make the effort to get up there more- they run by my work in the mornings which requires showering/dressing at the office gym- but it's worth it!
Post by bigoleworm on Jan 21, 2014 21:14:30 GMT -5
see i already do races with a few people. there's a group of four of us that do races, and two of them are my neighbors, so we run together fairly often. the one that doesn't live on our block wants to join a running club and has brought it up to me to see if I want to join also.
I run two-three days a week with my neighbors, but with the cold we have all kind of stuck to the indoors. once the weather starts getting warmer, we will start outside again.
i just see that on some races there are discounts for road runners or usatf. i was wondering if it was worth it.
I spend $80/year or so on tri club membership. We have winter training (strength, spinning) and summer training out at a lake. I love it. I get so much out of being a member, not just the training opportunities but meeting with more experienced people than me, learning from them, meeting people who share interests, etc.