Village Runners Ely

Village Runners is all about getting people running in Wilburton, Stretham, Haddenham and Ely, whatever their starting point, returning from injury or from a running break.

The group is run by two people with a personal passion for running. Clive and Rebecca, a husband and wife tag team, have been running for many years now. Clive is a qualified BAA CiRF & LiRF Coach and Rebecca is a qualified Nutritional Therapist.

Clive – “It’s our aim to help as many people as we can to develop a love for running like Rebecca and I share. We want to provide what was missing for us when we started out at an affordable price for like-minded people and to have fun.”

We currently provide Couch to 5k, Couch to 10k, 5k and 10k improvement, Half Marathon and Full Marathon sessions and Mental Health awareness run sessions (#runandtalk). Training for the London Marathon usually starts in October.

Next Sessions starting:

5k evening course will start on Monday 29th April 2024. Numbers are limited to 12 runners to 1 Coach.

5k daytime courses 2024 currently un-available.

10k course 2024 available to join by request only.

Half Marathon course currently running 2024 - in progress.

Marathon course 2024 available to join by request - coming soon .   

Our starter group will build you up gradually, at your own pace, aiming to complete 5k at the end of the 6 weeks. This will give you your very own official PB (personal best). No one is left behind and we encourage individual effort. The group meets at different locations to provide run variety as below.

When and where:

Couch to 5K

Mondays: 6:30pm near Wilburton pavilion. We aim to help runners progress to running 5k comfortably and is a 5k program for all abilities.  Sessions are physical preperation & running about 2k.  

Thursdays: 6:30pm at Stretham sport field.  Our aim to help runners progress to running 5k comfortably and is a couch to 5k for all abilities. Sessions are on road, running about 2-5k.

Half Marathon 2022 training course is running and open for applications.

Wednesdays: 

Sundays: 9:00am at Ely Country Park TBA.

You must register with us prior to joining any run. Email Villagerunners to get your printable form to fill out and bring with you.

The cost for the 6 week course is £5 per session, £60 to be paid at the first session. Once booked you will attend 2 sessions per week for 6 weeks and gain free access to our nutritional advice program, Nutritional Therapist and core training. We recommend 3 sessions per week so we provide you with information for a solo run or you can purchase another session at £5. Don’t worry if you’re not ready for 5k after 6 weeks, we will keep working with you until you are.

The cost of all other sessions are £5 per 45 minute session.

Village Runners supported Whizz-Kidz childrens charity in 2017/18.

From 2018 to the present day we support JOY and MIND and are registered CHAMPIONS for MIND. #runandtalk.

Village Runners will be supporting Jordie On You (JOY) again as our primary charity and hope to continue as CHAMPIONS for MIND.

We look forward to running with you soon!

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