MILESHYCLUB LEAD FLAGSHIP RUN FOR THIS GIRL CAN'S "LIFT THE CURFEW" CAMPAIGN

We were so proud to have been asked to take part in the flagship event for This Girl Can’s “Lift The Curfew” campaign - a campaign highlighting how 72% of women in the UK don’t feel safe in the dark and have to change their exercise habits as a result.

We led the flagship run around Manchester with lots of runners from other clubs and we also contributed to the glow-in-the-dark display of UV-lit footsteps which lit up the ground with words such as ‘vulnerable’, ‘anxious’ and ‘afraid’, spotlighting the feelings women experience when getting active outdoors after the clocks go back.

You can see fantastic footage of the event featuring MileShy HERE.

MILESHYCLUB SALE SANTA DASH RETURNS FOR 2024 - GET YOUR TICKETS NOW!

MileShyClub’s Sale Santa Dash will be taking place on Sunday 1st December 2024 at Sale Water Park. We will be starting outside Treetops Café on Rifle Road, Sale, M33 2LX. As usual, we will be holding two different Santa Dashes with the Family Dash at 9am and another one at 10.30am for all the big kids out there!

BRAND NEW FOR 2024! Expect Christmas tunes on the day from Sale District Scout and Guide Band and for our 5K race we’ll be calling upon some Christmas Angels to help you get to the finish line - whether you walk, jog or crawl! Everyone is welcome and no one gets left behind.

This volunteer-led event is about bringing the local community together. In previous years we have raised over £1,000 for Trafford Choices, Papyrus and 3 Dads Walking, Stockdales and Prostate Cancer UK! This year, we’re raising money for… MileShyClub! As a registered charity we want to raise money to support people to get more active to improve their physical and mental health.

This is a FANCY DRESS event - the bigger the better! Whilst fancy dress is not mandatory there are prizes for the best Christmassy outfits in each race including Best Adult, Best Kid and Best Four Legged Friend!

GET YOUR TICKETS HERE

WELCOME MILESHYCLUB BRAMHALL, CHEADLE, CHORLTON AND LONGSIGHT

We launched four BRAND NEW beginner run clubs this September - launching two more clubs in Manchester and two in the brand new borough of Stockport. Welcome to MileShyClubs Chorlton and Longsight and Bramhall and Cheadle.  We now have an amazing FOURTEEN running clubs across Manchester, Salford, Stockport and Trafford. We are constantly asked when we will be opening in other boroughs of Manchester - we’re working on it!

We’re currently in Week Three of Couch To 5K - this is the last week that beginners can realistically join this group intake so if you’d like to start running this year be sure to get signed up HERE and join us.

Our next Couch To 5K starts in January 2025!

"NO ONE GETS LEFT BEHIND" MILESHYCLUB VIDEO SHOWCASE BY SALFORD COUNCIL

We were recently approached by Salford City Council who wanted to produce a short video to showcase the services MileShyClub provide across the borough. We invited videographer Alex along to our Swinton and Salford Quays clubs to show him what MileShy was all about - thanks so much to all of our runners and coaches that took part and did exactly that!

We LOVE the resulting video that perfectly encapsulates our “No One Gets Left Behind” ethos and shows there’s so much more to MileShyClub than just running!

Thanks so much Alex and Salford City Council for the support.

MILESHYCLUB ANNOUNCES FOUR NEW RUNNING CLUBS - INCLUDING OUR FIRST STOCKPORT CLUBS!

We are so happy to announce that we are launching FOUR new running clubs in September - welcome to MileShyClub Bramhall, MileShyClub Cheadle, MileShyClub Chorlton and MileShyClub Longsight. All four clubs start week commencing 9th September to tie in with the launch of our next Couch To 5K - you can find the details for each individual club on the links provided. We are over the moon to be branching out into Stockport - our fourth Manchester borough alongside Trafford, Salford and Manchester!

We’d like to thank Sport England for funding our Chorlton and Longsight clubs - we are so happy to be bringing MileShyClub to these areas! Our Longsight club will be slightly different to our other sessions -  it’s our first ever ladies only session and it’s our only session that will be held entirely indoors. This group initially will be a beginner jogging and walking wellness session which is slightly different to the Couch to 5K we offer at all our other clubs. If you’d like to find out more please do come along to the Q&A session on the 9th September where you can meet the team (Soraya, Saima, Sana and Jane) and also help yourself to free refreshments.

Couch To 5K returns to ALL clubs week commencing 9th September - if you signed up previously but didn’t finish the course (it happens more than you think) due to illness, injury or just plain, old life getting in the way do come back and give it another go! You can get signed up HERE.

MILESHYCLUB STARGAZING SUMMER SOCIAL - TORCHLIT HIKE IN THE PEAK DISTRICT!

After putting many weird and wonderful options for our Summer Social to the vote we hosted an evening to really remember this year! A large group of us met in the Goyt Valley late at night for a moonlight walk up to the spooky ruins of Errwood Hall -  we even had a talk about the history of the area courtesy of Jane, Mrs MileShy herself. After returning to base we had the most amazing and informative stargazing talk from MileShy Wythenshawe runner Kyle who is also part of Wythenshawe Stargazers. We were SO lucky to have had such a clear night - we saw the moon rise, identified satellites passing overhead and even saw the rings of Saturn through a telescope. We can't thank Kyle enough for giving up his time - we were fascinated and learnt so much! You can see our video from the evening HERE.

The moonlight walk wasn’t our only venture into the Goyt Valley this month - we also took our Old Trafford walkers there for what has turned into their annual trip to the Peak District! The weather was not as good that day out but it definitely didn’t dampen our walker’s spirits - for some of them it was their first venture into the countryside and they were amazed by the views.

MILESHYCLUB TALK C25K ON THE BBC BREAKFAST COUCH WITH JO WHILEY!

We announced last month that MileShyClub runners would be featuring in a new BBC campaign to relaunch the Couch To 5K app and on Thursday, 18th April the advert was played for the first time on BBC Breakfast. If you haven’t seen it yet you can see the advert HERE. It was played during the London Marathon coverage and look out for it during the Great Manchester Run coverage too!

Club founder, Jane Dennison, appeared live on the BBC Breakfast Sofa with radio broadcaster Jo Whiley and BBC presenters Naga Munchetty and Charlie Stayt where they talked all things Couch to 5K. Jane and Jo then went to join a very excited group of thirty MileShyers along and presenter Mike Bushell who interviewed some of our runners about their amazing stories. Natasha talked about how running helped with her grief. Lisa talked about running through chemotherapy. Mike talked about starting running at the age of 75. And Mark talked about how running helped him through a period of poor mental health. You can watch the full group interview HERE. We then all ran Week 1 Run 1 of Couch to 5K with Jo Whiley around Salford Quays.

There was also much radio coverage on the day.  Jane and runner Natasha were interviewed alongside Jo Whiley on BBC Radio 5 Live at 6.50am. Later that day Jo Whiley dedicated the song ‘Titanium’ by Sia to Jane and Natasha and then went on to dedicate another song, ‘Fools Gold’ by Manchester band The Stone Roses, to everyone at the MileShyClub.

We are grateful to everyone who took the time to take part in the coverage and for sharing their stories, as well as BBC producers Emma and Kath who took very good care of us on the day

MILESHYCLUB FEATURES IN NATIONAL BBC CAMPAIGN TO PROMOTE THE NHS COUCH TO 5K APP

A few weeks ago a BBC producer contacted us and said they’d love to collaborate with us on a new project. We are absolutely thrilled to announce that MileShyClub runners will be featuring in a new BBC campaign to relaunch the Couch To 5K app! We’ll be in a brand new advert, as well as being interviewed across coverage of the World Athletics Championships, the London Marathon and the Great Manchester Run.

It was so hard to choose who to put in front of the camera from all of the amazing people that make up the MileShy community, but here are the face you’ll be seeing on your TV screen soon! All eight people in the photo represent MileShy through and through. You’ve got Mike, former Dean of the University of Manchester and trainee run coach – he’s 75. Razia, MileShy trustee dedicated to getting more Muslim women running. Dr Louise Grant, just one of the GPs running with us and practicing what they preach. Coach Kerry who lost five stone and is now training for Manchester Marathon. Coach Mark, the life and soul of the party who also talks openly about his mental health. The other Mark, who says that running saved his life and is my “wild card”. Vladi, one of the many Eastern Europeans accessing our club. And Vicky, a born and bred Ordsall resident who started this “running thing” with her sister, Billie-Jo at the end of last year.

There’s more planned and more happening with the BBC - watch this space!

GO TEAM MILESHY!

MILESHYCLUB STEPS INTO THREE BOROUGHS - FIND US IN SALFORD, TRAFFORD AND MANCHESTER!

MileShyClub, the running and walking club for beginners, today announced the launch of five new beginner running clubs coming to Salford, Manchester and Trafford this September.

The award-winning club already has ten clubs across much of the borough of Trafford, with five beginner run clubs in Sale, Urmston, Old Trafford, Partington and Stretford plus five beginner walking clubs in Sale, Stretford, Old Trafford, Trafford Centre and Wythenshawe.  In addition to these clubs, MileShyClub also regularly collaborate with other VCSE organisations in the local area including GM Ringway for a monthly walk in Longford Park (Stretford) and GreaterSports’ Right to the Streets Project in Gorse Hill Park (Stretford).

Club founder and CEO, Jane Dennison said,

“Like with many other organisations in the health and wellbeing sector, we experienced funding cuts this year which placed our walking clubs at risk. Therefore, we’ve had to get creative to look at ways to raise funds to keep our clubs going.  Opening more beginner running clubs was a natural move as they’re always well attended and super popular, but remain affordable at £2 a session, pay as you go”.

 With previous experience working in Salford for the social enterprise Beyond Empower (a service which supports disabled people to get active), Jane Dennison has wanted to make a move into the area for a while.  She left the service in April this year to focus on opening the new clubs.

“I am so pleased that Sport England got behind us to make this move into Salford.  It was easy to sell the idea of a new club in Altrincham as we’ve had people there wanting us there for a couple of years now, and the Altrincham Funeral Partners Fund backed us, thanks to Forever Manchester.  We were also successful with The Big Life group and were able to start a walking club in July, with the run club to follow in September.”

For full details and to sign up visit www.mileshyclub.com

MILESHYCLUB RUNNERS JOIN TOGETHER FOR A BANK HOLIDAY TRAIL RUN AROUND TATTON PARK!

Earlier this week on Bank Holiday Monday Coach Charlotte arranged a beautiful trail run from Knutsford to Tatton Park and back and a great time was had by all. We loved that there were runners from all of our clubs there, the whole MileShy Community came out for a spectacular run on the trails!

Our next Bank Holiday get together will be Coach Dennis’ always amazing Bank Holiday Monday MileShy MashUp on Monday 29th May, starting from Victoria Park in Stretford at 6.30pm. See you all there!