Thinking about joining the Essington Harriers Running Club? here’s all the information you need.
We run a ‘Couch To Awesomeness’ course that will take you from 0k – 5km running non-stop, culminating with a club run at Parkrun.
You will progress in a friendly and supportive atmosphere with other C2A runners, and in 10 weeks we will take you from 0km – 5km. We finish the course with a run at Chasewater Parkrun.
Runners who complete the Couch To Awesomeness course can then join as full club members by paying and upgrade fee for the first year.
If you’ve run before but lost your mojo, we can help you find your love of running again.
We will support you back into running and help you get your mojo back on track. We run three distanced based groups on Monday and Wednesday night runs, and you’re welcome to join any of them.
We try to group similar paced runners together, but pace is not an issue as all our groups perform loopback running to maintain the group as a single unit while out. No runner is ever left on their own.
If you are already running either on your own or with another running club, come and join the Essington Harriers and we can guide and support you to your next running goal whatever that may be.
Our members regularly organise weekend running groups as training for races or doing different kinds of running, such as trail or track.
Already have an England Athletics membership? You can add Essington Harriers as your second claim club (or move us to your primary club) and continue your EA membership through us.
We can offer a discounted membership for second claim members, contact us for more information.
Couch To Awesomeness
MEMBERSHIP IS CLOSED
Our Couch To Awesomeness membership is closed at the moment, but you can use the pre-register link below to be notified when the next Awesomeness course is about to open!
New Members
If you’re not already a member of an EA affiliated running club, and able to run 5km already, click here to join as a full club member.
See below for all the benefits of being a member of Essington Harries Running Club
Our membership runs from April – March. Renewal each year is £47.
2nd Claim Members
If you’re already registered with England Athletics via another affiliated running club, you can join Essington Harriers as your second claim club (or move your affiliation over to make us your first claim club and join as a full member)
What do you get for your membership?
We will register you for your England Athletics (EA) number when you join up*, meaning you get to be a member of England’s premier athletics association, giving you access to discounts with EA affiliated races when you represent our club.
If you’re joining as a C2A beginner, your EA number will be applied for once you complete the beginners course and pay the upgrade fee to full membership.
As a member of the EA you will be eligible to discounted (affiliated) entry costs at most EA registered events.
*We may delay membership of EA between Dec-Apr to allow for your membership to run a full year without extra fees being incurred.
Essington Harriers are based at the Working Men’s Club in Essington, and included in your EHRC membership is membership to the Working Men’s Club.
If you are already a member of the WMC, let us know before you pay your membership fee, this can be deducted from your membership.
Membership of the WMC runs from January – December, so renewal fees for WMC are asked for in December.
You’ll get access to discounts for online sports shops and with some local businesses.
COUCH TO AWESOMENESS members can upgrade their C2A membership to full club membership on completion of their course by paying the difference in membership fees (meaning you get the C2A for free!)
Renewals are discounted to align with the discount from the WMC – at the moment the renewal fee is only £47!
We’re a hugely supportive club and the welfare of our members is paramount.
We are sure you’ll make many friends in the club who will support and encourage you on your running, we also have a dedicated Welfare Officer and a team of Mental Health Champions who are there to support you.
We run on Monday and Wednesday night starting around 6.30 pm.
We run a beginners course and three club runs, short distance (usually around 5km) a middle distance (usually around 10km) and a longer distance route.
You’ll be assigned to a running group on the morning of the run. The running groups should stay together, with any faster runners circling back to maintain the group. No runners will ever be left behind on their own.
There is no minimum pace and no minimum distance requirement, and no pressure for you to attend every club run, we know that lives are hectic and don’t always go as we plan!
We also run various weekend sessions, the time and location can vary on these, as can the running surface.
We offer a series of training programs for free to our members.
These include Technical Training to help you improve running and breathing techniques, Marathon training to help you prepare to run the distance, and progression training to take you to the next step.
You’ll have a user account to log into the members only area of the website where you can upload your running photos, share details of your running achievements, and post information about events your taking part in.
You’ll also be added to our members Facebook page and WhatsApp account where we share information about club runs and other club news.
And we’d like to follow you from our club Facebook page, Instagram account and Twitter account so we can share your successes and running stories.
Have a specific question?
If you have any questions or would like any specific information about the Essington Harriers before joining us, you can email us or contact us on Facebook, Instagram or Twitter. Head to our Contac Us page for all the information