The reluctant run club founder

Koreatown Run Club is one of the most firmly established Los Angeles institutions, but, in the beginning, founder Duy Nguyen didn’t even see himself as a runner.

Koreatown. It’s the bustling and diverse beating heart of Los Angeles.

Situated slap bang in the middle of central Los Angeles, it’s a neighborhood defined by everything from beautifully grimy dive bars and world-class Korean BBQ to strip mall speakeasies and neon-hued karaoke. It’s got it all.

So how did a 200-mile run across Haiti in 2016 inspire the creation of Koreatown Run Club? Over the seven days he spent filming a documentary of the event, Duy Nguyen saw first-hand how much more there can be to running.