West Chiltern Hills trail running
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18 Mar
11:21am, 18 Mar 2024
First-time poster!!
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Lozza4269
Over the past few years I have taken the plunge from road running to trail running and in all honesty haven't looked back. The only issue I have found however is finding a trail group/club in my area so I can run with others particularly on the long runs over the weekend. I live about 15 mins north-west of Henley-on-Thames and wondered if anyone knew of any trail running clubs/groups/communities in this area? I'm referring to this area as the "West Chilterns Hills" i.e. west of High Wycombe, north of the Thames, east of Goring and south of Wallingford/Watlington. I'm brand new to this website so not sure how many other trail runners there are but thought its worth a try. All the best, Lozza |
18 Mar
11:27am, 18 Mar 2024
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♪♫ Synge ♪♫
Welcome, lozza. I have had a go at tagging this thread, so the "Related Threads" box over there > may be worth a look. And take a look at the map here: fetcheveryone.com/clubs.php |
18 Mar
1:50pm, 18 Mar 2024
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ptr_runner
Firstly, welcome. Secondly, what a wonderful place to live. I used to live near Princess Risborough and loved running through the Chilterns. The "On the run Aylesbury" used to do a lot of trail running, but they might be a bit far north for you. Worth checking out if there's any clubs from the base at benson that might do stuff. Sorry I can't be more helpful! |
18 Mar
2:22pm, 18 Mar 2024
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NordRunner
Welcome to Fetch. There are many of us trailrunners, though not necessarily in you area. Feel free to discuss the issue in general.
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18 Mar
2:25pm, 18 Mar 2024
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fetcheveryone
Welcome to FE  You could also try looking for public routes in your area: fetcheveryone.com/routes-public.php Each route has been uploaded by a Fetchie, so if you click on someone's profile, you can see a bit more about them. If they look local, I'm sure most wouldn't mind if you sent them a polite Fmail to ask about local groups. |
18 Mar
2:36pm, 18 Mar 2024
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Windsor Wool
I wrote this below and then realised that these clubs are NE of Henley rather than NW. All the same, have you googled for clubs in your local area? I think you’d be best simply getting in touch with them and sounding them out. Good luck. - - - - - - - Have you spoken to anyone from Handy Cross Runners or Marlow Striders? I’ve never been a member of either but know members from both clubs and they are friendly and well organised. They are not ‘trail-only’ clubs but I’m not sure that you’ll find that down in our neck of the woods. I’m sure both clubs take to the hills at the weekends though. |
21 Mar
2:56pm, 21 Mar 2024
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Oranj
There is a group called Watlington Runners who organise this race: watlingtonrunners.com but the website seems pretty short on other information.
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21 Mar
4:06pm, 21 Mar 2024
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StuH
Not quite within the boundary you describe but there is Tring Running club, who organise the Coombe Hill fell race.
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4 Apr
4:58pm, 4 Apr 2024
2 posts
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Lozza4269
Thank you all for your help and tips. I've found there is a club in Benson, which is c.15 mins from where I live and will join them on a few runs over the coming weeks. I've had a quick look at routes in my area but they are mostly created by runners who live elsewhere.. I think the Benson running group is probably the best shout in order to meet new people. Thanks all for the help |
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