Welcome to Penarth and Dinas Runners

We are a friendly running club with mixed abilities of male and female members. Formed in 1988, our Club encourages and welcomes new members. We have trained coaches and members with vast running experience, all of whom are happy to give advice and share their knowledge to enable you to improve and reach your full potential.

Monday is our Main Club Session. We meet at Cogan Leisure Centre at 6:30 pm in the Winter and move to Cosmeston Lakes Country Park for the Summer months.

Wednesday & Thursday sessions are conversational runs, which can be more like mystery tours of the area! These runs take in country paths, woods, fields and stiles and we generally explore the areas of Penarth and Dinas Powys. We start together, stay together and finish together.

We sometimes organise ad hoc  track sessions on Wednesdays, updated weekly on the Club Members' Facebook page.

Weekend runs are often arranged via Facebook. Many of our members participate in local parkrun events on Saturday mornings, either running or volunteering.

We schedule our own Club Championships, which are based on local Road & Cross Country races. Members often travel to races together for a fun day out. 

Weekends away at marathons or other races are action-packed adventures for runners and supporters! These can sometimes be longer trips to overseas events. We have social events throughout the year, and a great camaraderie exists amongst our members.

We organise three races a year; a 5-mile Multi Terrain Race at Porthkerry Country Park, a Relay Race at Cosmeston Lakes Country Park, and a 6-mile Cross-Country race, also at Cosmeston CP. These events are well attended, and are marshalled by our Club members.

Please contact us via our Facebook page, Club email (pdrunners@gmail.com) or the Contact form below.  Alternatively you can send a query directly to our Committee Members' emails, which can be found on the Club Committee page.

*  Please Note: Our sessions are suitable for anyone who can run a continuous 5 km. 

Want to learn a bit more about individual members of Penarth and Dinas Runners? Please feel free to visit our "In the Spotlight" feature page.