Welcome to Weston Whippets Running Club
Weston Whippets is a local, friendly running club that supports all abilities from ages 4+ in the Weston-Super-Mare area, based in Haywood Village. We are affiliated with England Athletics and are dedicated to supporting and inspiring our members to reach their running goals, whether on the road or trails.
More importantly, we strive to provide a fun, friendly and inclusive environment, as we believe it should be a place not just to run, but also to meet with like-minded people.
On weekday evenings, we run on Mondays, Wednesdays, and Thursdays. At weekends, we run in the morning on both Saturday and Sunday. To find out more about our club runs, check out our Club Runs Page.
Looking to start your running Journey
If you're interested in starting your running journey but aren’t sure how to get going, our Couch to 5K courses, led by experienced coaches, are here to support you every step of the way.
With friendly run leads by your side, you can relax knowing you won't be left behind. Soon, you'll be running 5k, making new friends, feeling healthier, and celebrating your achievements. See our Courses Page for more information.
And if you're not quite ready to run, no worries! We also enjoy a walking group that runs alongside our Thursday 5k run, where people meet up at the pub afterwards for some good company.
What we do
Weston Whippets meets regularly for our Club sessions.
We offer many varied sessions throughout the week and all sessions are available to book on our booking system Spond
All of our run sessions are led by our UKA qualified and insured CiRF or LiRF.
All of our coached sessions are delivered by our UKA qualified and insured CiRF.
We offer Road and Trail sessions for all aged 16+ on Monday, Tuesday, Thursday, Saturday and Sunday.
We also offer England Athletics funetics to children aged 4 to 11 years. These sessions are managed by Shelley who is our Lead funetics Coach. Shelley is supported by a small team who have qualified in funetics Coaching and leading, are qualified Coaching Assistants or are LiRF.
On Wednesday and Saturday we offer Coached sessions to our Youth Team supporting them on their running journey with specialised plans. This team is open to those aged 12 to 18 years.
History
Weston Whippets is a relatively new running club and was founded in 2015 by one of our club coaches.
In 2017, we started offering 0-5k courses and after the first set of courses, we set up a rota of runs to keep our runners running.
Since then we have settled our club in Haywood Village with support from the Village Committee who were keen to build their new home into a friendly and vibrant community and we have been here ever since.
Weston Whippets has funded a large number of LiRF and we also have 4 club CiRF (Coaches in Running Fitness). Our team are always on hand to support new runners as well as our club members and visiting runners too.
Our club also offers England Athletics funetics to children age 4 to 11 years. We managed to secure funding to support 4 members of our team to become funetics coaches. Our funetics team meets on a Saturday (term time).
We support a team of 12 to 18 year olds to access running to support them to build positive relationships with exercise in a safe environment with a team of coaches and support.
Our club is always searching for support from the community to assist us in delivering sport to our under 18's. If you're interested in a role within our under 18 team, please do get in touch with us at westonwhippetsrc@gmail.com
Our club is affiliated to England Athletics and we deliver our sessions in line with their standards.
We also have insurance through The Association of Running Clubs.