Running with the Cruisers
Nearly all of our runs start and finish in the Woking Leisure Centre car park. We meet on the corner by the zebra crossing at 19.00 on Tuesdays and Thursdays. Please scroll down for further information on our meeting point.
Regular runs:
- Every Tuesday at 19.00 (summer months) - a 10k group run, usually off-road. If numbers permit, we can split into a slower and faster group, and the slower group can do a shorter run if desired.
- Every Tuesday at 19.00 (winter months) - alternating between hill reps @ Ashwood Road or intervals around Woking park (still meeting at the usual meeting point).
- Every Thursday at 19.00 (summer and winter months) - a 10k group run.
- Saturdays at 9.30 - if you would like to join our chairman for a run, please email [email protected] in advance.
- Many of our members do local parkruns on a Saturday morning so do look out for us there!
Summer Handicap runs:
- Our 4-mile Pyle Hill handicap runs are typically held on the third Tuesday or Wednesday of each month from April to September. The route is run on mostly paved footpaths. Please see our 'running routes' page for the route. The idea is that runners start according to their predicted finish times (slowest first). In theory, everyone should finish together!
- For this run, we meet at the top of Westfield Avenue (near David Lloyd and the football stadium).
- Details of these runs are advertised via email, on our WhatsApp group, and on our Facebook page (https://www.facebook.com/share/1B8wFLApfH/?mibextid=wwXIfr).
Special Events:
We try to organise additional fun events throughout the year for members.
- Our Train 2 Train event - We meet at Woking station and catch the train to Ash Vale, then run back along the towpath of the Basingstoke Canal back to Woking. The route is 10 miles and is run at your own pace.
- Throughout the summer months, we organise several 'off-site' runs that start at various different locations such as Chobham Common, Newlands Corner, and Swinley Forest.
- During the winter months, we try to book the Sportsbox track on a few Wednesdays for our 5 in 1 Track Evening. This is where you run for 50 minutes and get 5 different results (5k time, 10k time, age-adjusted times etc.).
- Inter-club pub quizzes! - At least twice a year, we challenge the Horsell Runners and Up and Running to a pub quiz at The Wheatsheaf pub. This event proves very popular every year.
- Simon Young memorial run - Every year, we do a memorial run in May to commemorate our friend, Simon Young, who sadly passed away in February 2023. Simon was a huge part of the running community here in Woking and was known and loved by many. The run (option for a walk also) starts at the Four Horseshoes pub in Chobham and ends with a celebratory drink.
Prospective new members are always welcome! Please email us in advance so that we can keep an eye open for you: [email protected]
Our club is best suited to runners who already feel comfortable with running a 5k - please do get in contact if you would like to know more about what it is like running with us.
