New to running? Returning after a long pause or injury? All of our runs are designed to cater for a mixed range of abilities, and all paces and fitness levels are welcome.
Thursday, 24th September
“Eight Pubs” SOCIAL RUN @ THOMAS A BECKET
- Time: Run starts at 6.45pm. Meet from 6.30pm onwards.
- Meeting point: Thomas A Becket pub, 146 Rectory Road, Worthing BN14 7PJ (Google Maps)
- Route options: 10.2km // 8.1km // 6.3km
- Parking: Free parking in the car park on Poulters Lane (about 50m away)
Count the pubs! All routes go past Thomas A Becket, John Selden, The Park View, The North Star, George and Dragon, and The Vine. The longer routes may go past the Sussex Yeoman and the Cricketers as well.
Tuesday, 29th September
HILL REPS @ FIRST AVENUE/LONGLANDS
- Time: Session starts at 6.45pm. Meeting up and warm-up from 6.30pm onwards.
- Meeting Point: On the corner of First Avenue and Fifth Avenue, Worthing BN14 9NL (Google Maps) (It’s the road opposite the Charmandean Centre)
- Parking: Either in Hill Barn Rec car park (Google Maps) or residentially on First Avenue
Sarah Webb, fresh from her Berlin Marathon heroics, to lead a session of longer hill rep circuits. The session will consist of two blocks of twelve minutes:
- First 12 minutes: Anticlockwise loop around the block. This means a longer steady climb to the stop, and a walking recovery down the steep hill.
- Second 12 minutes: Clockwise loop around the block. This means a hard, intense hill rep, but a long steady running recovery back down to the start.
October
Thursday, 1st October
Last of the Trail Runs @ Swallows Return
- Time: Run starts at 6.45pm. Meet from 6.30pm onwards.
- Meeting point: Swallows Return, Titnore Lane, Worthing BN12 6PB (Google Maps)
- Route options: 11.1km / 8.2km / 6.8km
- Parking: Limited parking options. Parking at the Swallows Return for customers only. Additional parking at Highdown Rise, possibly Northbrook college, or a nearby residential street.
It’s now October, and so we figured we’d do one last trail run of the year. Super Important: Please wear headtorches, chest torches, glow sticks, x-ray vision goggles, or whatever you’ve got in order to see where you’re going. Parts of the route will be pitch black.
Tuesday, 6th October
Intervals @ Central Avenue, Findon
- Time: Meeting up and warm-up from 6.30pm onwards. Session starts at 6.45pm.
- Meeting Place: At the bottom of Central Avenue, Findon, BN14 0DR; where it means the A24 (Google Maps)
- Parking: Two free car parks near by – Storrington Rise and Coombs Rise – and plenty of on-street parking round there too.
We have a guest coach for the evening, so best behaviours all round please! Tracey will be leading a session of Kenyan Hill Reps, starting from the bottom of Central Avenue in Findon.
Thursday, 8th October
Social Run @ New Amsterdam Pub
- Time: Run starts at 6.45pm. Meet from 6.30pm onwards.
- Meeting point: New Amsterdam Pub, 79 High Street, Worthing BN11 1DN (Google Maps)
- Route options: 12km // 10km // 7.7km
- Parking: Very limited residential parking available on the roads behind the New Amsterdam, such as Sussex Road, Upper High Street, etc.
Sunday, 11th October
WSFRL @ Ardingly Showground
- Time: 11am
- Address: Ardingly Showground, Selsfield Road, Haywards Heath RH17 6TL (Google Maps)
- Distance: 8km (5 miles), consisting of two laps within Ardingly Showground. The course is undulating (obviously!) and possibly muddy.
- Parking: Free parking, via the North Gate
- Deadline: Midnight, 3rd October
Tuesday, 13th October
550m Reps @ Fernhurst Drive, Goring-By-Sea
- Time: Meeting up and warm-up from 6.30pm onwards. Session starts at 6.45pm.
- Meeting Place: Outside the Goring Cricket Club, Fernhurst Drive, Goring-by-Sea (Google Maps)
- Parking: Plenty of residential parking available on Fernhurst Drive and surrounding roads
Sarah Webb to lead a session of intervals around Fernhurst Drive. Starting from the corner of Fernhurst Drive and Bodium Avenue (outside the Bull pub), we’ll do lots of twelve minutes of 550m reps at high effort, following by an 80m walking recovery. Focus to be on running the 550m as hard as possible and “enjoying” a decent recovery, rather than running full loops at a mid-pace. For the second batch of twelve minutes, we’ll go clockwise instead of the first batch’s anti-clockwise.
Thursday, 15th October
Social Run @ Broadwater Pub, Broadwater
- Time: Meeting up and warm-up from 6.30pm onwards. Session starts at 6.45pm.
- Meeting Place: Outside the Broadwater Pub, Broadwater Street West, Broadwater, Worthing BN14 9DA (Google Maps)
- Route options: 11.2km // 9.3km // 7.8km
- Parking: Parking is a bit tricky here. There’s a paid car park opposite (Rectory Gardens: £1.40 for two hours), a free car park behind KFC for 90 minutes, or some residential parking on a road nearby.
Friday, 16th October
Night of the 1-mile PB @ Worthing Leisure Centre (Track)
- Time: 6.30-7.30pm
- Meeting Point: Worthing Leisure Centre, Shaftesbury Ave, Goring-by-Sea, Worthing BN12 4ET (Google Maps)
- Parking: Free parking in the Leisure Centre car park
- Cost: Free. More the merrier, invite people along.
- Kit: Speedy shoes! We’ve invited a few guests from other clubs to come and join us for this, so we’re politely asking that Club vests/kit is not worn please.
Night of the 1-Mile PBs! Basically thought we’d have a bit of a race night. Based on the fact that none of us ever race a mile distance, we’re hoping for a few PBs! Bring snacks or a cool box full of beers and we’ll have a bit of a social whilst cheering each other over the line. What else would you rather do on a Friday evening?
- Race #1: 8:30 or longer (suitable for those who race 5K 28:30 or longer)
- Race #2: 7-8:30 minutes (suitable for those who race 5K between 24:00-28:30)
- Race #3: 6-7 minutes (suitable for those who race 5K between 20:30-24:00)
- Race #4: 6-minutes or quicker (suitable for those who race 5K in 20:30 or quicker)
For those who have never run track or have no idea how far a mile is, don’t worry. To estimate your mile race time, think of a recent race time and look it up on this website.
Tuesday, 20th October
“Naked” Run @ Splashpoint, Worthing
- Time: Meeting up and warm-up from 6.30pm onwards. Session starts at 6.45pm.
- Meeting Place: On the Worthing parkrun start line, on the promenade between Steyne Gardens and Crabshack (Google Maps)
- Parking: On the seafront parking available for free after 6pm – but please double-check that yourself! Otherwise there’s a paid car park at Splashpoint.
No, a Naked Run still requires you to wear some shorts, thank you. Plenty of us use our watches to judge our pace, rather than going by feel. So the goal is to run 5km (on the Worthing parkrun course) without a watch to see how it affects our pace! We’ll ask everyone to estimate their finish time and then whomever gets closest to their estimated time wins.
Thursday, 22nd October
Social Run @ The Brewhouse, Worthing
- Time: Run starts at 6.45pm. Meet from 6.30pm onwards.
- Meeting Point: Brewhouse and Kitchen, Wykeham Road, Worthing BN11 4JD (Google Maps)
- Parking: Available in the pub car park for customers, or residential parking available in nearby roads, such as Richmond Road. If parking in the pub, please register your licence plate at the bar.
- Routes: 13.0km // 10.2km // 7.6km
Sunday, 25th October
WSFRL @ Lancing Steepdown
- Time: 11am
- Address: Lancing Manor Leisure Centre, Manor Road, Lancing BN15 0PH (Google Maps)
- Parking: Parking here is a nightmare, so would recommend lift sharing and getting there early! If parking residentially, please do so mindfully and avoid the Miller and Carter car park.
- Deadline: TBC
Tuesday, 27th October
Hill Reps @ Adur Avenue, Durrington
- Time: Session starts at 6.45pm. Meeting up and warm-up from 6.30pm onwards.
- Meeting Point: Corner of New Road/Adur Avenue, Worthing BN13 3JS (Google Maps)
- Parking: Plenty of residential parking available on Adur Avenue
Charles to lead. Three periods of running up hill, and then easy recovery on the way back down, and a short break between periods.
- 12 minutes: Up to bollard the top of Colne Close each time
- 8 minutes: Up to the corner at Welland Road each time
- 6 minutes: Up to Dart Close each time
Thursday, 29th October
Halloween Run @ Henty Arms, Ferring
- Time: Run starts at 6.45pm. Meet from 6.30pm onwards.
- Meeting Point: The Henty Arms car park, Ferring Lane, Ferring BN12 6QY (Google Maps)
- Routes: TBC (but will broadly follow the Ferring Scarecrow Trail)
- Parking: If you’re planning on having a drink afterwards (or before, we don’t judge) then you can probably park in the pub car park. Otherwise, there’s a bit of residential parking on Langbury Lane.
- Optional drink afterwards in the Henty Arms
Happy Halloween! Tonight’s run is only for the bravest souls as we see the terrifying residents of Ferring – I mean, the frightening scarecrows they’ve put up! Fill free to dress up as something absolutely bone-quivering (although a Striders vest is probably a little too far…)
Ferring is notorious for being unlit, so please bring headtorches if possible.
November
Sunday, 1st November
WSFRL @ Gunpowder Trot
- Time: 11am
- Address: Horsham Sports Club, Cricket Field Road, Horsham, RH12 1TE (Google Maps)
- Distance: Approximately 4.5 miles or 7.25 km, mainly on bridleways and footpaths
- Parking: Please note however that there is NO RACE PARKING at Race HQ. Please park in Horsham town centre car parks. Use postcode RH12 1NU for the closest car park, the Forum, Blackhorse Way. Alternative parking can be found in Denne Road car park.
- Deadline: TBC
December
Saturday, 12th December
PlaceHolder for Christmas Do
Goring Cricket Club already booked (14/12/25)
Friday, 18th December
Night of the 1-mile PB @ Worthing Leisure Centre (Track)
- Time: 6.30-7.30pm
- Meeting Point: Worthing Leisure Centre, Shaftesbury Ave, Goring-by-Sea, Worthing BN12 4ET (Google Maps)
- Parking: Free parking in the Leisure Centre car park
- Cost: Free. More the merrier, invite people along.
- Kit: Speedy shoes! We’ve invited a few guests from other clubs to come and join us for this, so we’re politely asking that Club vests/kit is not worn please.
Night of the 1-Mile PBs! Basically thought we’d have a bit of a race night. Based on the fact that none of us ever race a mile distance, we’re hoping for a few PBs! Bring snacks or a cool box full of beers and we’ll have a bit of a social whilst cheering each other over the line. What else would you rather do on a Friday evening?
- Race #1: 8:30 or longer (suitable for those who race 5K 28:30 or longer)
- Race #2: 7-8:30 minutes (suitable for those who race 5K between 24:00-28:30)
- Race #3: 6-7 minutes (suitable for those who race 5K between 20:30-24:00)
- Race #4: 6-minutes or quicker (suitable for those who race 5K in 20:30 or quicker)
For those who have never run track or have no idea how far a mile is, don’t worry. To estimate your mile race time, think of a recent race time and look it up on this website.