Running Sucks

Running Sucks

Building your village with run club

Florence Papougnot found her tribe twice over in London, first with Your Friendly Runners and then with Hot Boys Athletics. Flo will be joining the Run Club Culture panel in London next month.

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Raziq Rauf
Jul 03, 2024
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What do you do when you move to a big city? How do you find your place? How do you find your people? Run club, perhaps.

That’s what Florence Papougnot ended up doing when she moved to Hackney, East London a decade ago. Starting out with solo daily 5Ks around Victoria Park to build a personal routine in her new home, she soon found a friend in a runner do…

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