Run club in Sydney
Athletics East is a Sydney-based athletics and running club serving the city's Eastern Suburbs, training at Centennial Park and ES Marks Athletics Field in Moore Park. It offers sprints, middle distance and distance training and competes in Athletics NSW, Masters and fun run events across track and field, cross country and road racing. Members can join either the Athletics East Runners group, which also caters for higher-level competition, or the Fun Runners group, which trains for community fun runs around Sydney and has a social focus.
The club has two main groups: Athletics East Runners, which trains Tuesday and Thursday evenings and Saturday mornings in and around Centennial Park and caters for higher-level competition, and the Fun Runners, who train Monday to Thursday evenings and Saturday mornings with a focus on community fun runs around Sydney. Training venues and meeting points vary week to week and are posted on the club's training page; recent Tuesday sessions meet in Centennial Park at 17:30 to warm up for a 18:00 start, and Saturday sessions start at 08:00 from a Centennial Park cafe. Both groups are open to all abilities and ages with no prerequisites. Membership is taken out through Athletics New South Wales via the club's online registration link, with fun runners generally choosing the ANSW "community runner" option and other athletes full membership; coaching fees are arranged directly with individual coaches and can cover single sessions or longer-term training plans. Prospective members can come along for a session or two first, and contact details are on the club website. NSW Athletics affiliated club.
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