Mileshyclub - The running and walking club for beginners

SANTA DASH NOW SOLD OUT 🎅🏻
Our Santa Dash on the 1st December is now completely SOLD OUT - thanks so much to all of you that have bought tickets. We can’t wait to bring you our biggest and best Santa Dash yet!

If you’d still like to be part of the big day we’re still looking for volunteers - you can find out what’s involved and get signed up on the following link:
www.mileshyclub.com/sale-santa-dash-volunteers

SANTA DASH ALMOST SOLD OUT 🎅🏻
Our Santa Dash takes place on Sunday 1st December at Sale Water Park - our 9am Family Dash has now SOLD OUT and there are just TWELVE tickets left for our 5K dash which takes place at 10.30am.

If you’d like to join us don’t miss out - get your tickets NOW at www.mileshyclub.com/sale-santa-dash

You can run, walk, dance or crawl your way round - EVERYBODY is welcome and, as always, no one gets left behind.

Your entry includes a Santa Hat, medal and goody bag as well as free race photography AND if you wear fancy dress you’ve got a chance of winning a prize! We have prizes for Best Adult, Best Kid and Best Four Legged Friend in each race.

See you there 🎅🏻

COUCH TO 5K to 5K IMPROVERS ✨
We have loved seeing all of our runners running as one big group this week - they’re all official 5K Improvers since our Couch To 5Kers graduated last Saturday!

All of our clubs have a 5K Improvers group that runs a 5K route every week - if you can already run 5K and would like to improve your running come and join us!

All groups have a monthly intervals session to help you run faster but if you just want to come along for a social run with friends or to feel safer running in the dark that’s totally fine too - our coaches are there to support you whatever your goals!

If you’ve not yet started your running journey our next Couch To 5K course starts week commencing 6th January. You can get signed up on the link below to secure your spot!
www.mileshyclub.com/par-q

WALKING GROUPS ☀️
Struggling to get motivated to go outside now that winter is on it’s way? Come and join one of our walking groups - our friendly clubs are a great way to get your steps in and we always hang around for a coffee afterwards! If you’re not a fan of the cold and rain then come and join our INDOOR walking club at The Trafford Centre - we go bowling every month too!

Our walking groups that take place in the daytime are all led by advanced walk leaders and include a mobility and flexibility warm up and cool down session.

Our evening session at Stretford is a FREE social walk led by volunteers. This group takes place at the same place and time as our running groups so that you can maybe use it as a stepping stone for maybe trying Couch To 5K one day - or simply come along to make new friends and have a chat whilst going for a leisurely 1-2 mile walk in beautiful surroundings.

To find out more and get signed up see the link below:
www.mileshyclub.com/referralformwalking

CHANGE TO WYTHENSHAWE SESSION ⏰
As of Monday 18th November our Wythenshawe session will move to a slightly later time of 6.30pm.

Our next session on Monday 11th November will take place at the usual time of 6pm as we’ve got one of our famous Chippy Runs on and we’re booked in at Mr Bakers after!

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MileShyClub is a running club with numerous locations across Trafford, Manchester and Salford. We have Couch To 5K and 5K Improvers at all clubs and 5K+ options at some clubs. Our next Couch To 5K starts in January - get signed up to join us on the link below: www.mileshyclub.com/par-q

The deadline for applying to run the TCS London Marathon 2025 to raise funds for us passed on Friday 1st November, and what a great response we have had!

Applications are currently being reviewed and shortlisted by a panel of community leaders.  They are:

🌟 George Devlin, local Councillor for Gorse Hill

🌟 Ben Andrews, Managing Director for Beyond Empower

🌟 Shelly Quinton-Hulme MBE, Chair of Friends of Victoria Park, Stretford

We expect to have a decision by 15th November and applicants will be contacted individually with an outcome.

Good luck everyone – we can’t wait to see who’s going to represent us next year on the start line of the most famous marathon in the world!

GET YOUR SANTA DASH TICKETS 🎅🏻
We are delighted to bring you this year’s Sale Santa Dash on Sunday 1st December 2024 at Sale Water Park. As usual, we will be holding two different Santa Dashes with the Family Dash at 9am and another one at 10.30am for all the big kids out there!

BRAND NEW FOR 2024! Expect Christmas tunes on the day from Sale District Scout and Guide Band and we will have some Christmas Angels at the end of our 5K race to help you get to the finish line.

You can run, walk, dance or crawl your way round - EVERYBODY is welcome and, as always, no one gets left behind.

This is a FANCY DRESS event - the bigger the better! Whilst fancy dress is not mandatory there are prizes for the best Christmassy outfits in each race including Best Adult, Best Kid and Best Four Legged Friend!

We have just over fifty tickets left - get yours before they sell out on the link below 🎅🏻

www.mileshyclub.com/sale-santa-dash

ADVICE FOR NEW PARKRUNNERS
Our Couch To 5Kers from all fourteen clubs have their graduation parkrun tomorrow - everybody is super excited and a little bit nervous.

Can you remember your first ever parkrun? What would your advice be to our runners going to parkrun for the very first time? Let us know in the comments!

For the first time ever we’ve split our graduation between two parkruns so that all of our runners have a local event to attend. We’ll be at Peel parkrun and Wythenshawe parkrun - all of the marshals at both parkruns (and some other roles) will be superstar MileShyers so everybody is guaranteed a huge cheer all the way around the course!

We’d love to see as many of you there as possible to support our newest MileShyers - see you there 🐝

LAST SESSIONS BEFORE GRADUATION ✨
There’s been lots of excitement at clubs this week with our Couch To 5Kers running their last sessions before our graduation this weekend - everybody has done SO well and we can’t wait to see you smash it on Saturday morning!

Our graduation runs are taking place at Peel and Wythenshawe parkruns and all of the marshals around the course will be MileShyers so you’re guaranteed a huge cheer all the way round the course! We’d love to see as many as possible of you there to support our newest runners. The run starts at 9am and we’ll start congregating by the start line around 8.30am. Look out for the bee tees 🐝

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MileShyClub is a running club with numerous locations across Trafford, Manchester and Salford. We have Couch To 5K and 5K Improvers at all clubs and 5K+ options at some clubs. Our next Couch To 5K starts in January - get signed up to join us on the link below: www.mileshyclub.com/par-q

Our Flixton Halloween Treasure Hunt walks have been super popular over the last couple of days, with over 75 children taking part! There's still time to get involved - you can pick up a free Treasure Hunt map today until 4pm and Mon-Fri next week (9-4pm) from our friends at The Toy House! (91 Irlam Rd, Urmston, Manchester M41 6DU). The answers are attached to this post!

Huge thanks to everyone who helped get these walks moving - Coach Dennis who created the amazing treasure hunt, Walk Leaders Tracey and Katie for managing the big numbers and chocolate distribution (!) and Vicky from VCM Graphic Design who did an excellent job making the vision a reality! Thank you to Lizzie from Trafford Council for supporting the walks.

Next up, we'll be announcing a nature walk and mindfulness walk in Flixton... watch this space to find out more!

APPLICATIONS TO RUN THE LONDON MARATHON for MILESHYCLUB NOW OPEN 🔔

Could you run the London Marathon in 2025 to raise money for registered charity MileShyClub?

EVERYBODY is welcome to apply - not just MileShyClub members.

You can find out more on the link below:
www.mileshyclub.com/fundraise-for-mileshyclub

We can’t wait to hear from you - the deadline for applications is 1st November 🐝

FEEDBACK FRIDAY 💛
We always ask for feedback from our newest runners halfway through our Couch To 5K courses and we are always super pleased with the amazing comments we get.

MileShyClub is not just a running club - it’s a real running community and we LOVE that even our newest runners feel part of that 💛

BRAND NEW 5K IMPROVERS CLUBS ✨
All ten of our established clubs have a 5K Improvers group that runs a 5K route every week - now that our BRAND NEW clubs in Bramhall, Cheadle and Chorlton are nearing the end of their first ever Couch To 5K programs they too will become 5K Improver groups once our C25Kers have graduated next weekend.

If you can already run 5K and would like to improve your running come and join us! We have a monthly intervals session to help build your speed and running consistently every week will help up build your base fitness. You can take these 5K runs completely at your own pace and of course our “No One Gets Left Behind” motto still applies.

You can signed up on the link below:
www.mileshyclub.com/par-q

PENULTIMATE WEEK OF C25K ✨
Can you believe we’re already in our penultimate week of Couch To 5K? We’ve got our last club sessions next week and then our parkrun graduations on the 2nd November at Peel and Wythenshawe parkruns!

Well done to everyone that has smashed their 25 minute runs this week.. we can’t wait to see you all over the parkrun finish lines next weekend!

Our next Couch To 5K starts in January - with FOURTEEN running clubs across Trafford, Salford, Stockport and Manchester there is bound to be one near you! You can get signed up on the following link to secure your spot NOW www.mileshyclub.com/par-q

Are your kids on half term next week in Trafford? Looking for something exciting and free to do?

Come along to our Halloween-inspired Family Treasure Hunt!

You have two dates to pick from – just turn up – it’s free!

Bring your own pen and we’ll provide the treasure hunt handouts for you to complete on your walk!

Takes about an hour, you know you want to… 👻

***APPLICATIONS TO RUN THE TCS LONDON MARATHON 2025 FOR THE MILESHYCLUB ARE NOW OPEN!***

Could it be you?

To find out more and to apply, visit: https://www.mileshyclub.com/fundraise-for-mileshyclub

Deadline 1st November.

We can’t wait to hear from you! ❤️

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This year, we have experienced a lot more interest in our clubs, and also a lot more coaching applications!

That’s why we’re so incredibly grateful to the lovely people at Salford CVS who recently awarded us funding to pay for 9 new Run Leaders.

This is great news for us as it will help further develop our existing beginner run clubs in Salford… with maybe some more on the way!

If you want to get involved as a volunteer run coach and bring the MileShyClub to the community where you live, check out https://www.mileshyclub.com/becoming-a-running-coach-with-the-mileshyclub and apply here: https://www.mileshyclub.com/c25k-coach

What’s the number 1 requirement for becoming a coach with us?

Kindness.

Running takes you places that not everyone gets to. Today I took a day off, jumped in the car (after dropping kids at school!) and drove up to Lytham St Annes/Blackpool for a run along the coast in the sunshine. Ran all the way out to the shoreline, had a paddle, and it was just me. Take time out for you every once in a while - this for me is way better than a spa day :-) Jane