The Stragglers Running Club

A big, friendly bunch on the Bushy Park doorstep

🏃 Kingston upon Thames 2–3 times per week - Mondays, Tuesdays, Thursdays & Sundays Beginner-friendly Social Competitive Trail

Several hundred of us, affiliated to England Athletics, based around Bushy Park and Kingston - with running, cycling and triathlon sections to dip into.

We're out Monday, Tuesday and Thursday evenings plus Sunday mornings, from various Bushy Park gates and the YMCA Hawker Centre in Kingston. Beginners to racers, group runs alongside structured intervals, hills and time trials, and we race the Surrey cross country and road leagues.

A brilliant club if you're anywhere near South West London or Bushy Park. Come along to a session and see for yourself.

Kingston upon Thames, London
2–3 times per week - Mondays, Tuesdays, Thursdays & Sundays

From the blog

Real stories of people who found their people in London.

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. Hannah Cole · 3 June 2026 I moved to London for the job. The loneliness nearly sent me home. Arriving in a city of nine million people and feeling invisible - and the ordinary Tuesday evening that slowly changed everything. Marcus Bennett · 9 June 2026 I can't do small talk. At a board game night, I finally didn't have to. Parties, pubs, the dreaded "so what do you do?" - I'd given up on meeting people. Then I sat down at a board game night and the talking just happened sideways.