Join Community Running

Interested in trying out Community Running? Join us for a workout or two -- after two workouts, we ask you to join the club in order to continue to take advantage of our workouts and fun activities. Please use our Membership application.

Join Us!

Membership, including professional coaching, supported runs, and the use of the indoor track during the winter, is just $120 per year (that's $10 per month!). If you can't join us for the whole year, we now offer Indoor and Outdoor season memberships. The Indoor season runs from December to March and the Outdoor season from April to November. A seasonal member pays $75 per season.

If you have questions, please check out our Frequently Asked Questions page or feel free to contact us.

If you need more reasons to join us, here is a list of some of our latest activities and benefits:

Coached workouts

To begin, our workouts (which tend to involve some fun activity afterwards):

  • Monday and Wednesday are coached workouts with our three, experienced coaches. We go for Mexican food after the Monday workouts and many times for pizza and beer after the Wednesday workouts (see Parties and Social Events below).
  • We move indoors during the cold winter months.
  • Water support for long runs (Charles River and Boston Marathon course): Every Saturday members coordinate to provide water support (financed by the club) for our long runs. Sometimes we even have candy and chocolate!

Fun Runs

We try to organize "fun runs" once a month. These are some of the runs we've done in the past:

  • Getting to Know Jamaica Plain
  • Getting to Know Cambridge
  • Freedom Trail run
  • Trivia run: Coach Brian becomes Puzzle Master for the day.
  • We've also had Trail Running and Rock Climbing Runs, a Red Sox Theme Run around Fenway Park, and a Minuteman Path Run in Arlington.

Participation in Races

We participate in team races. Some of the races we usually enjoy:

  • Lake Winnipesaukee: We have had several teams run this scenic race in past years.
  • Reach the Beach: We have had several teams almost every year since 2003.
  • Hood to Coast in Oregon / Great Lakes in Michigan.

Parties and Social Events

We always have some sort of social event going on. Some of them:

  • Holiday Party: each year we get together in January to welcome the new year.
  • General Assembly: the only time the Board gets a bit serious.
  • Pasta dinner before the Boston marathon.
  • Beer and pizza at Crossroads on Wednesdays: Periodically, we go to Crossroads to replenish carbs after our Wednesday workout. On Mondays we go to Anna's Taqueria at MIT's student center.

Volunteering

We enjoy volunteering together. Some of the things we do:

Other Benefits

  • Boston marathon numbers: two members get numbers for the Boston marathon every year. We choose two members who have made significant contributions to the club over the year.
  • Discounted CR merchandise: members always get discounted CR merchandise.
  • Discounts at running stores.

And this is only a summary! Mail the membership application soon...