I found out about run club on the back of LHG toilet doors… I’d recently moved to Bristol and was keen to make some friends so was eager to check it out, and what a treat. Everyone was so welcoming, and the no ego approach was a breath of fresh air.

Hi, I'm Rob Taylor and I've been a member of LHG run club for just over a year now. I started running during lockdown in Cardiff, where I did my first ever 5k around Bute Park. Now I have completed my first half marathon in Bristol. All thanks to training at run club!

My running journey started with a couch to 5k. But not your average one. Picture the scene; two months into Covid Lockdown 2020, I'm sitting on my sofa with a beer and takeaway pizza in hand, feeling very unhealthy, unable to go for my usual Tuesday evening swim and suddenly, out of nowhere, I get the urge to stand up and see how far I can run. 

I’ve loved running for years but until about a year ago I didn’t really have the confidence to run in a group and only went out on my own. So the fact that I ended up running the Maverick Jurassic Coast ultra over the weekend is pretty surprising and almost entirely down to the fact that i’ve spent the last year running with LHG most weeks, a club that offers a friendly and casual route into running and seems to inspire so many to achieve and exceed their running goals.

it’s amazing what we’re capable of, so with the help of the beautiful scenery along the coast and the other LHG runners the 56k was done. I owe a lot to this great club, I’ve met beautiful friends, and ran the race of a lifetime because of it. The run never ends.

I had never heard of the West Pennine Moors before our trip to Rivington. I’d never heard of Rivington (the place), although I had heard of their beer (priorities), and I had never run 30km before. I didn’t even know who else was going to sign up to the inaugural Left Handed Giant on Tour trip ‘up north’ before I signed up, but I knew Jay organizes good times, and with the LHGRC for the company it was sure to be a whole lot of fun.