A running community for people who work in education, helping them build healthier habits, stronger connections and more sustainable lives.

More than running.

STRIDE is a running community for people who work in education. We come together through running and movement, but what we gain from it can go much further — space to think, time to reset, healthier habits and connection with people who understand the realities of working in education.

Whether you’re taking your first steps, returning after time away, walking or run-walking, or training for your next race, there is a place for you here. There is no minimum pace or distance. Just find your stride.

STRIDE is moving.

There’s always something happening across the STRIDE community.

From shared challenges to everyday runs and walks, every stride contributes to something bigger.

Current Challenge

STRIDE to Transylvania

4,770 km. One community. Can we make it back before Halloween?
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The three pillars.

WE RUN

Every journey begins with a single stride.

From first runs to race training, everyone has their own stride.

WE BELONG

Running is better together.

A community across education, encouraging and connecting through the miles.

WE FLOURISH

Find a stride you can sustain.

Healthier habits, stronger connections and more sustainable lives.

Why I started STRIDE.

Running has been part of my life since childhood, but as my career in education became busier, it was often the first thing to disappear.

Rediscovering it reminded me what running had always given me: space to think, time outside and connection with others.

I created STRIDE to bring together people across education who want to make movement part of a healthier, more sustainable life.

Start the journey.

Walk. Jog. Run. Run-walk. Race. It all counts.

Join people from across education moving in their own way, at their own pace.

Stories from the STRIDE community

Different roles. Different reasons. Different relationships with running. These are the people behind the miles.

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  How Do We Find a Stride We Can Sustain?
  What a new running community is making me think about work, belonging and flourishing in education. How do we continue to do work that matters to us without continually depletingContinue reading “How Do We Find a Stride We Can Sustain?”
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  More Than the Miles
  What running — and finding a running community — gives me Running has become one of those things in my life that gives me far more than I ever expectContinue reading “More Than the Miles”
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  The Lie We Tell Ourselves: “I’ll Start When Things Calm Down.”
  It’s getting late. You know you should go for that run. But you’re tired. Tomorrow feels like a better option. Tomorrow becomes next week. Next week becomes next term. AndContinue reading “The Lie We Tell Ourselves: “I’ll Start When Things Calm Down.””