Clapham PiONEERs Running Club

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Welcome to Clapham PiONEERs, a running club based in the heart of Clapham Old Town made up of very sociable people who love running together! Come say hi!

Welcome to Clapham PiONEERs. We are a friendly, inclusive and sociable running club based in Clapham Old Town. We are made up of a mixture of both competitive and non-competitive runners. Join us. Clapham PiONEERs meet Tuesday evenings 19:15 at Wingate Square SW4 0AG. Sessions start promptly at 19:30. We offer taster sessions to anyone who is interested in joining the club. Training sessions. Each

week we offer a coached interval session and a social 5km run. The interval session vary each week focusing on strength, endurance and speed.

3 miles / 5km run. Aimed at beginners or those who aren't in the mood for a tough interval session. The route is around our beautiful common starting and finishing at Wingate Square SW4 0AG. Ready, Steady… Race Night. The first Tuesday of the month we have our 5km timed run in Battersea park. It's a chance to race against the clock and other PiONEERs, test your pace and to see if you can improve your speed month by month. We meet at Wingate Square using the one mile jog to Battersea park as a warm-up.

26/09/2024

A Bel(ated/fast) (sorry that was poor) post!🕺

Enjoy this photo dump of our fantastic weekend away, a HUGE thank you to for his organisational prowess (although he’s currently running 300 miles so won’t see this yet ).

The run was so fantastically organised and everyone was SO friendly. We had a huge number of PBs, some first time half marathons, and lots and lots of Guinnesses. 🍻 We also made up nearly 1% of all runners at the race, with 63 PiONEERs representing the holy land of Clapham incredibly. 🤩

As always, huge PiONEERs love xox🧡🧡🧡🧡

17/09/2024

Spirit of PiONEERs is a way of giving recognition to members within the club who go above and beyond to contribute to the club. If you would like to nominate somebody, click on the linktree link in bio, and find the link there to anonymous Google form!

Our first Pioneer in this series was (unsurprisingly) nominated not once, but twice! A true asset to PiONEERs, Johan is not only a fantastic runner, but more importantly, a kind and ever-friendly presence within the club! Well done Johan!🧡

16/09/2024

The lovely Grace is joining our team of volunteer coaches!🥰

We are looking for one more male coach, if you are interested and would like to find out a bit more about what the role entails please contact one of our head coaches, Laura or Will (their numbers are at the bottom of the newsletter each week under the welfare notice!)

As always, a HUGE thank you to our team of dedicated coaches, who give up their time to help us as a club. 🧡

09/09/2024

A huge well done to all our pioneers who ran the Surrey Half Marathon yesterday!🦸🏼‍♀️🏃‍♂️

02/09/2024

A huge thank you to for such a fantastically organised race (and to Michael for his organisation on our end💪). I’d go out on a limb and say that, as a club, this is perhaps our favourite annual race🧡. A marathon distance, split between 5 team members🏃🏼‍♀️, with everyone having a great time each year🤩!

PiONEERs had an incredible 40 runners🤯 (8 teams), and team Laryn (Michael Wiggins, Laura, Michael White, Stacey, Johan) managed to come 3rd! I’m sure they made 🍻proud. Johan ran an incredible leg, winning the fastest time for it🏆, as well as performing a show-stopping sprint finish🏁.

Well deserved post-race drinks were held in The Avalon🍾 and there were lots of smiley faces😆 all round. A far more comprehensive race report written by the wonderful Stacey to follow in this week’s newsletter📰🚨!

See you next year River Relay🫡 xox

08/08/2024

Club champs races until the end of the year! 🧡🏃🏼

02/08/2024

What. An. Evening.🪩☀️🏃🏼‍♀️🧡🕺🤩❤️‍🔥🏅

On Tuesday, 66 PiONEERs braved the heat🔥 and went down to Battersea Park to run in the annual Sri Chinmoy 3 x 1 mile relay. These 22 team (3 more than last year) put in a huge effort and represented PiONEERs fantastically!🧡 Our fastest women’s team (Laura, Grace, Stacey) did 17:12 (absolutely SMASHING their sub-18 target💁🏼‍♀️) & our fastest men’s team (Reynald, Matt R and Michael White) did 15:37! An extra shoutout to Matt, who managed our fastest time, running a 4:43 mile😮

A huge well done to all who ran, and an equally huge thank you to those who came down and supported!!

‘Till next year…🌟💥

25/05/2024

Meet your 2024/25 PiONEERs Committee!

Chairperson - Jo Winnick
Club Secretary - Elise Dowell
Club Treasurer - Kirstie Norgate
Race Secretary - Michael Wiggins
Media and Communications Secretary - Josie Winnick
Membership Secretary - Adam Tidey
Social Secretary - Matt Raeside
Head coach/ Welfare lead - Laura Collier and Will Bunker

We are super excited about the next year and hope you are too!🎉🧡

24/05/2024

Meet your 2024/25 PiONEERs Committee!

Chairperson - Jo Winnick
Club Secretary - Elise Dowell
Club Treasurer - Kirstie Norgate
Race Secretary - Michael Wiggins
Media and Communications Secretary - Josie Winnick
Membership Secretary - Adam Tidey
Head coach/ Welfare Secretary - Laura Collier and Will Bunker

We are super excited about the next year and hope you are too!🎉🧡

20/05/2024

A huge congratulations to our 22 PiONEERs runners who took part in the annual Green Belt Relay this weekend.

A consistent highlight in the club diary, this weekend was filled with sunshine, smiles, hills, pints, and of course some fantastic running.

Despite a 5am fire alarm (courtesy of Basildon Holiday Inn) and some minor navigation issues (nice one Hal), we had a fantastic weekend. A huge thank you to for such an incredibly well organised event, and an equally huge thankyou to our own for her mastermind logistical planning ensuring everything went smoothly!

Until next year GBR…
🧡🍻🏃‍♂️🕺👊🏼🤩🪩🥳

06/05/2024

Our summer timetable is here!☀️🏃🏼‍♀️

In addition to our usual Tuesday sessions, during the summer we also run summer pop-ups. These are on Thursday evenings (except weeks where the Wimbledon trail runs are on Wednesdays) and aim to make use of our members’ diverse skill-sets! Come along and try something new, members and new-comers welcome! Timings and locations will be put on Facebook, Instagram, the newsletter, and the WhatsApp chat on a weekly basis.

To subscribe to the newsletter see Instagram highlight “welcome”. Any questions feel free to send a DM!🧡

01/05/2024

Dates for your diary!🕺🕺

Address

Wingate Square
Brixton
SW40AF

Website

http://www.claphampioneers.co.uk/

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