A Running Experience

This is a great running club in the heart of Long Beach (group meets near Joe’s Crab Shack) and you can’t beat its $ 25 annual membership fee. The group has multiple runs per week, with its longest run on Saturdays. It is very well organized with aid stations along the way. Maps are emailed a few days prior so you know exactly where you are going (plus there are many other runners on the route). One of my favorite things about the group is that the runs start promptly at 7 a.m. The runners are very friendly and membership includes discounts!!! I’ve been part of other clubs, and this is certainly my favorite.

A great running club that has all levels of runners that train together. There are great mentors and great people within the group. I highly recommend this running club!

A fun running group with all levels welcome ! Very friendly group!

AREC is a super social running group. I just moved here from Chicago and did a bit of research on the local running clubs, and chose to test out AREC for the first year or so. I like how the running clubs in LBC seem to be friendly and don’t charge if you want to hop in for a weekly run. The annual dues are dirt cheap compared to my other running clubs, and include marathon or half marathon training. I also got a running shirt out of it. Definitely worth the money.
The runs start and finish at Buster’s Beach House, and it’s a very casual atmosphere. You can run any mileage that you like and everybody meets up at Buster’s for some good old fashioned fun after their run. (hehe, that rhymes).
The club also has fun themed runs on holidays and kitschy runs like their annual poker run, where you collect 5 cards during the run and whomever has the best hand wins, so I gather.
I’m happy with my choice, and I’ve made a few friends already!