Welcome to Axe Valley Runners
The Little Club With The Big Feets

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The start of The Grizzly.

Pain is temporary. Pride lasts forever.

Welcome to Axe Valley Runners' website. We used to be "the little club with the big feets" but we're not so little now, having a hundred-odd members ... some of them very odd! Our homebase is Seaton in East Devon but many of our members hail from the surrounding area including Beer, Axminster and West Dorset. While it is true that some of us have rather sublime running inclinations most are just normal runners (more or less!) with 10K times ranging from 34 minutes to over an hour. We cater for a wide range of ages from our very active juniors up to to some members being in their seventies (and no less active!).

We are infamous for some of the events we organise, including The Grizzly, a tough twenty mile multi-terrain race.

All it takes is all you've got.

There's a door in the wall.

Many charities have benefitted from our events over the years. The Colyton 10K supports the BBC Children in Need appeal and the Grizzly a wide range of charities, mainly local, currently averaging about £20,000 each year. Many of our other events are organised in collaboration with local village communities in order to raise money for them.

Club nights are on Mondays from 6:30pm at Seaton Scout Hut in Scalwell Lane. We have a 3.5-mile handicap race on the first Monday in each month and also hold occasional special events such as racing a tram from Seaton to Colyton and the infamous Mars Bar Relays. Some of the slower runners meet on Wednesdays for a sociable jog and many faster ones do speed sessions elsewhere that night and/or hit the hills around Beer on Thursdays. We have also just started an occasional absolute beginners session on Friday evenings for those who would struggle even on the Wednesday runs. We also organise occasional club outings to races en masse (e.g. Haselbury Trail, Clarendon Marathon, Wessex Ridgeway relay) or just to run (e.g the River Coly, a day in South Wales).

Pain is inevitable. Suffering is optional.

What does not destroy me makes me stronger.