Avon Valley Runners are a Running club based in West Wiltshire. The club was founded in 1986 from the road running section of Trowbridge & District Athletics Club and now has over two hundred members of varying ages and abilities.

 

We meet at least three times a week at our training venues in Trowbridge, Melksham and Bradford-on-Avon with typically between 10-40 members running anywhere between 1 and 10 miles in different pace groups. Evening winter training tends to be around the towns and during the lighter evenings, a wide variety of routes are followed through the beautiful Avon Valley. For those who want a little more structure to their training we have a number of qualified coaches on hand to provide advice, guidance or even produce a plan to get you into peak condition for your big race or just to get you running.

 

Avon Valley Runners host a number of open events throughout the year including the "Over the Hills" 12K Multi-Terrain Race and the Conkwell Killer which includes one of the toughest climbs in the area, but rewards with a simply breath-taking view! We also hold a few closed events including the Avon Valley Mile and the Stan Farr 5K, which celebrated its 50th running on Boxing Day 2009.

 

Avon Valley Runners compete in a number of local events in the South West that form our annual Race Series allowing us to concentrate our presence at key races, which serves to promote the club and to hopefully pick up a good selection of prizes!

 

Our members also participate in events right across the United Kingdom including at both regional and national championship events. Internationally Avon Valley Runners have had members present at the Amsterdam, Hong Kong, New York and Berlin Marathons, to name a few. We also compete in the Cotswold Way and other Relay races and plan to host our own Avon Valley Relay in 2010.