Advent Running

East London's warm, sociable running crowd

🏃 Tower Hamlets Weekly Social Beginner-friendly

An East London crew built around one thing: a friendly, social community where every level genuinely belongs.

There are regular runs and strength sessions around East London (schedule on Instagram), all with a relaxed, supportive feel - people often hang around afterwards for drinks or food - plus structured runs for big goals like the London Marathon.

A cracking way to find your East London running people. Follow on Instagram for the next meets and come say hi.

Tower Hamlets, London
Weekly

From the blog

Real stories of people who found their people in London.

Arjun Mehta · 13 June 2026 I optimised my whole life in London. Except the part that actually mattered. I moved here for a brilliant engineering job and built a life so efficient I barely had to speak to anyone. It worked perfectly, right up until it didn't. A running club fixed what I couldn't. Liam Carver · 17 June 2026 Burnout took me apart. A beginner running club is how I put myself back together. I pushed myself until I broke, then sat at home ashamed and flat. Learning to run slowly, with no one keeping score, taught me that showing up gently beats winning. Erin Walsh · 16 June 2026 Socialising never made sense to me. At a board game night, the rules were finally written down. As an autistic adult, the unspoken rules of socialising always left me lost and exhausted. A board game night was the first place the rules were actually explicit - and I could finally relax.