FLRC Group Runs bring together runners for fun, fitness, and camaraderie. Everyone is welcome, regardless of age or ability! See below for details about weekend runs, Tuesday workouts, week night social runs, and other seasonal opportunities.
Weekend Group Runs
In 2026, we are doing more group runs than ever before! For any weekend when the club is not putting on a race, we are having a group run. Most of these runs are an hour-long out and back: 30 minutes out on a designated “course” and 30 minutes back, so everyone starts and ends together for social time—and snacks! Look in the Group Runs & Workouts forum for what’s happening each week.
Monday Night Couch to 5K/Zone 2 & Chill
Designed for beginners and returning runners alike, the spring Couch to 5K (C25K) program builds fitness gradually over several weeks, combining run/walk intervals and consistent group support to help participants reach their first 5K. Once the C25K program is complete, the timeslot will evolve into the biweekly Zone 2 & Chill runs, emphasizing relaxed, conversational-paced movement focused on staying in low heart rate zones. Look in the Group Runs & Workouts forum for what’s happening each week.
Tuesday Night Workouts
We try to create workouts where people who run at different speeds can all have a real workout—and participate together. We train for cross-country racing (5K–8K) in the fall, the mile in the winter, and general speed in the summer. See the Weeknight Group Workouts page for more details and look in the Group Runs & Workouts forum for what’s happening each week.
Thursday Night Social Group Runs
A fun, social, and supportive group designed with young professionals and grad students in mind—but open to runners of all ages and abilities. Meet every Thursday, rain or shine, at 5:30 PM (run starts at 5:45 PM) outside Bike Bar in Ithaca. Runners head out in pace groups for roughly 30 minutes—routes and distances are flexible and decided by each group. After the run, we gather at Bike Bar to hang out, grab a drink, and enjoy the company (we’ve even been known to take over all the picnic tables!). Look in the Group Runs & Workouts forum for what’s happening each week.
Electrical Box Art Quest
A one-time group event in the spring, this is a fun adventure with scavenger hunt-like attributes and low-key, group run vibes to find painted electrical boxes around Ithaca.
You need to sign a one-time waiver for all in-person FLRC group runs every year.
For questions, or to help with a run, contact FLRC Group Run director Heather Cobb.