“Are you interested in joining a run club but not sure how to find the right one? Perhaps you’re new to running and apprehensive about whether you’ll be able to keep up, or you’ve moved to a new city and aren’t sure what’s available. With ARunningList.com, Toronto-based runner Lauren Mantha aims to take the stress and anxiety out of joining a running club, by providing a growing database of club information”….
— Chelsea Clarke
“Lauren Mantha, a dedicated runner, communications student and nurse at a Toronto-based fertility clinic, has developed a groundbreaking idea to unite running communities across Canada through a website called A Running List.”
— Marley Dickinson
Lauren sat down with us to discuss her journey in creating this website including topics such as:
Why running clubs are an important part of the running community
How an Instagram post about running clubs became a mapping tool for running clubs across the globe
How A Running List is helping to make running clubs more accessible
How runners can find running communities that suit them best
How to make joining a new running club less daunting
— Runners Connect
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“Lauren Mantha is deep in the midst of figuring out her path in life and trying a bunch of new things along the way…This sparked a new passion and she created A Running List: a website that breaks down barriers to participation in run clubs and crews and is working to bring the running community closer together…”
—Kirsten Parker
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