https://www.independent.co.uk/life-style/running-clubs-dating-apps-meet-cute-b2548844.html
Hayley wasn’t looking for love when she
joined her local running club. “It was
just something I enjoyed doing every
weekend,” the 30-year-old marketing
assistant explains. But then she met a
man – let’s call him Rob. “We were
friends at first and things progressed
from there; he asked me out after a
couple of months.” That was three years
ago. Fast forward and there’s no sign of
things slowing down; the couple live
together in north London and regularly
run alongside one another all over the
world.
...
It’s not hard to see the appeal,
particularly for those who’ve long given
up on the maddening charade that is
online dating. And so perhaps it’s not
surprising that Hayley is far from the
only person to have met someone through
a running club. “We hit it off
immediately,” says Sarah Jane Clark, 53,
of her partner, Paul, whom she met
through her running club’s social media
channels during the pandemic. “I really
missed my running club and, because of
lockdown, I was running by myself. Paul
and I entered some of the same virtual
events and encouraged each other. Fast
forward to September 2021 and we had
arranged to meet up at the Sheffield
Half Marathon.” They tied the knot last
autumn.
It’s not just happening in the UK, either.
Just have a look on social media, where
you’ll find thousands of running clubs
all over the world – plenty of which have
acted as inadvertent matchmaking services.
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