# Running club

A running club, is an eclectic institution specialising in running and oriented towards the sport and recreation of running or track and field. The club may train for and compete in cross country, road running, fell running, track and field some clubs even branch out into multi discipline sports such as triathlon.

## Clubs by country
### International

* Achilles International
* HSI

### Australia

| Region | Club |
| Australia | 440 Run Club Unfit Run Club |
| Bondi Beach | Bondi Beach Run Club |
| Coburg, Victoria | Coburg Harriers |
| Coogee, New South Wales | Coogee Run Club |
| North Hobart | Knockoffs Run Club |
| Melbourne | Malvern Harriers Athletic Club |
| Melbourne | Melbourne University Athletics Club |
| Sandy Bay, Tasmania | Sandy Bay Harrier Club |
| Brisbane | SoSo's Run Club |
| Sydney | Sydney University Athletic Club |
| Melbourne | Old Melburnians Athletics Club |
| Brisbane | Thompson Estate and Eastern Suburbs Athletics |

### Greece

| Region | Club |
| Athens | Panathinaikos Athletics |

### Portugal

| Region | Club |
| Lisbon | Sporting CP |

### Turkey

| Region | Club |
| Istanbul | Beşiktaş Enka SK Fenerbahçe Athletics Galatasaray Athletics Üsküdar Belediyespor |
| İzmir | İzmir Büyükşehir Belediyesi GSK |

### United Kingdom

| Region | Club |
| National | 100 Marathon Club Road Runners Club (UK) |
| London | Chelsea Running Club Enfield and Haringey Athletic Club Herne Hill Harriers Ranelagh Harriers Run Dem Crew Serpentine Running Club Sudbury Court Running Club Thames Hare and Hounds Highgate Harriers Thames Valley Harriers Victoria Park Harriers and Tower Hamlets Athletics Club |
| Cambridge | Cambridge University Hare and Hounds |
| Plymouth | Plymstock Road Runners |
| Leeds | Kippax and District Harriers |
| Leicestershire | Hermitage Harriers |
| Merseyside Kirkby Milers Knowsley Harriers | Liverpool Harriers Liverpool Running Club Penny Lane Striders St. Helens Striders |
| South East | Eastleigh Running Club |
| North West | #247RUNNING - Cheshire Burnden Road Road Runners - Bolton Rochdale Harriers |
| Scotland | Linlithgow AC |
| Wales | Swansea Harriers Athletics Club |

### United States

| Region | Club |
| National | Road Runners Club of America |
| Northeast | Boston Athletic Association DC Road Runners Club New York Road Runners NYCRUNS Reebok Boston Track Club |
| Pacific Northwest | Bowerman Track Club Nike Oregon Project Oregon Track Club |
| West | Athletics West Divine Madness Running Club Dolphin South End Runners San Francisco Track and Field Club Santa Monica Track Club Skid Row Running Club Southern California Striders Tamalpa Runners |
| South | Atlanta Track Club West Texas Running Club RunnersWorld Tulsa |

## Running crew

There is a distinction between a running club and crew, the latter emerged in the early 2000s, and they differ from traditional running clubs as the focus is on urban running on city streets. One of the crews widely considered to be the first is the Bridge Runners formed by Mike Saes in New York City in 2004. In 2006, Charlie Dark formed Run Dem Crew in London which has since grown to several hundred people who meet every Tuesday, and has led to Dark receiving a Points of Light award from the UK prime minister Theresa May for his dedication to establishing the alternative running community.
Running crews have since proliferated in popularity with many North American cities, such as Vancouver, becoming home to dozens.