About Us
Here at West Hull Ladies, we pride ourselves on being an friendly and welcoming running club that caters to a wide range of running abilities. We are a women-only running club affiliated to England Athletics – something that makes us rather unique to Hull and the surrounding area! We are committed to supporting women of all ages and abilities in their enjoyment of running. We expect you to have some running ability: however, we aim to make all our training sessions inclusive to all abilities. So, if you are a relative newcomer to running, returning from injury or just looking for company on your runs, please think about giving us a try.
Club Runs
Join us for regular club runs on Mondays, Wednesdays, and Fridays:
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Mondays & Fridays – Interval sessions
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Wednesdays – Social run with pace and distance groups
Details and updates (including location and any changes) are shared in our private Facebook group – click here to find out more about training and club runs.
All members and trial runners are welcome. Got questions? Just ask – we're happy to help!
Come give it a try!
We welcome all women to try a few sessions before deciding if we're the right fit for you. After training with us or joining our Facebook group for about a month, we’ll ask you to confirm your membership to continue enjoying our sessions and stay connected via email and Facebook.
You’ll find our membership form (with fee info) here.
As a member, you can take part in our club challenges—like the popular 10k series and the yearly mileage goal—and get involved in volunteering at our home parkrun (Peter Pan) and local races.
We also host fun social events like our awards night, summer BBQ, quiz nights, and away weekends—plenty of chances to swap your athletic wear for something a bit more glam!
The club meeting place is the entrance to Hull Sports (Latus) on Chanterlands Avenue (the old YPI), postcode HU5 4EF
This is on the west side of the street, across the road from the Hull and East Riding Sports Centre.
We also meet at Haltemprice car park (120 Springfield Way, Anlaby, Hull HU10 6QJ) and Warners Gym car park (80-86 Pickering Rd, Hull HU4 6TE)
So you’re thinking about joining a running club but are not sure which one to go for. I have, in the past, belonged to a running club which included men and women of various abilities. Sometimes this was quite stressful, men are sometimes a bit competitive and if you’re slower will make you feel inadequate. Even the faster ladies can ignore you.
I started training after a long ‘rest’ of ten year in April this year after losing my precious pet dog, Holly. I was very brave and even entered the Jane Tomlinson 10k run in Hull. Whilst running this race at my leisurely pace I noticed lots of ladies running with nicely coloured vests on, West Hull Ladies. Didn’t think too much about it but the image must have stayed in my mind. I think I needed a club to join to help me to get back into my training properly.
A couple of weeks later I entered the Humber Bridge 10k race, I found this a bit more challenging and hilly with a bit of wind too, I was struggling a bit and slowed down even walking for a while. This lovely girl called Vicky, was looking a little poorly and I was concerned about her and asked her if she was alright, then I noticed that someone on a cycle was looking after her, hugging her and encouraging her. She passed me a few times as she also walked, jogged like I was doing.
But the extraordinary thing she did was pat me on the back and told me how well I was doing and encouraged me on. I started running again and was soon through the finish.
I found her to give her a hug and to thank her for supporting me knowing how poorly and upset she was herself she thought of another runner, credit to her. She was stood amongst some West Hull Ladies and I found myself asking if I could join their club.
I was invited to join them in their training the next day which was hill training at the Humber Bridge! Tough for me as I’d just run the 10k (so had they), but how I enjoyed myself. Everyone at every training I’ve attended has been so friendly, no-one leaves you behind if you are slower and the faster girls encourage and spur you along.
So if you’re thinking of joining a running club and you are a lady or girl (there are a variety of ages and abilities), come along and meet up we’d be pleased to have you along.
Linda