Free Run Clubs in Melbourne

📍 Collingwood

We meet every other Wednesday at 7am @maap.lab.melbourne

📍 North Melbourne

Bobbie Peels, Kaiju! Beer welcomes all to Bobbie Peels' Pub Run! Join us for a trot around Royal Park (conversational pace) and meet new friends before heading back to Bobbie Peels for a cheeky drink on Kaiju! Beer. After meeting around 5:45pm at the Bobbie Peels' Parklet on Queensberry Street, we will head off around 6pm, heading through the streets of North Melbourne and then around Royal Park before returning back at the pub. Phil, one of Bobbies' owners, will be taking the run. He's an enthusiastic runner who loves to chat all things running. If you have any questions or concerns, you can email him directly at phil@bobbiepeels.com.au We aim to make this a positive and welcoming social event with no stress, no expectations, plenty of smiles, and a good excuse for a mid-week drink. If you don't know anyone, just come and say hi to Phil, and we'll make sure you're welcomed. Hungry? All runners receive 10% off their post run dinner, fuel up! Change rooms and bag cloaking facilities are provided for those who need them. No excuses, really.

📍 Brunswick East

Based at Bridge Road Brewers East Brunswick Bar, we are a weekly run group. We enjoy a social jog, and some beer cheers after (hey and even before if you're that way inclined. The distances will be roughly 5km and there is always people running at a variety of paces. The run is free and Bridge Road Brewers offers club members 10% in store and take aways.

📍 Fitzroy North

A free, weekly social running group in North Fitzroy, Melbourne, operating every Friday at 6:15 am from the Bundha Sports Centre. Led by trainer Connor, it features a 5km, all-abilities run around Edinburgh Gardens, followed by a complimentary coffee.

📍 South Yarra

An inclusive women-identifying run club in Fawkner Park, South Yarra, Naarm

📍 Melbourne

Travel the world together without a passport!🏃‍♂️🏃‍♀️ Running through the city of Melbourne offers a chance to meet and become close friends with mates from all around the globe! While running is our main event, the true excitement unfolds after the run. If you have the time and interest, you can join us for a drink at a bar or a coffee time at a café after running. It's a great opportunity to deepen friendships, exchange languages, and experience new cultures. Our crew's name, "Chill," reflects the importance we place on enjoying our runs and having relaxed interactions. Your level or speed doesn't matter! What matters is that we run and have fun together! Why not enjoy a world journey through running and make new friends? We are waiting for your participation in the next run!😉

📍 Carlton North

Femmi is a women-only running community focused on empowerment, education, and connection over competition.

📍 Footscray

Footscray Run Club is a social, community-focused running group established in 2023 that meets every Sunday at 8:00 AM at the Footscray Wharf. It offers self-paced 4km or 7km/8km runs along the Maribyrnong River, designed to be inclusive for all fitness levels, followed by coffee.

📍 Melbourne

Social and inclusive running community focused on, connection, and consistent training for all ability levels

📍 Albert Park

A community-driven, social running group focusing on movement, coffee, and connection. All paces, from casual joggers to runners training for long distances, emphasizing a welcoming, fun environment

📍 Footscray

A social run club, based at the Hop Nation Brewery in Footscray running 5km each Thursday evening at 6pm.

📍 St Kilda

Kekka Run Club is a Melbourne-based, free community running group aimed at fostering social connection, mental wellness, and fitness, with sessions in St Kilda and Sandringham. Founded to shift social culture away from the pub, it focuses on inclusivity, featuring ~30-minute, all-pace runs, often followed by coffee or a dip.

📍 South Yarra

A community Run Club set up by Henry and Josh with the aim of bringing people together to train, have fun and socialise. We are passionate about connecting people and helping others establish a relationship with movement, the mind, the body and the city we live in. LilBig Run Club is founded on the premise of inclusivity, catering to quite literally everyone.

📍 Berwick

The Lioness Run Club, operated by Lioness Performance in Berwick, is a female-only running community designed for all fitness levels, focusing on community, confidence, and movement. It offers weekly structured sessions at the Berwick Athletics Track and pop-up sessions, aiming to create a supportive, non-judgmental environment rather than a competitive one.

📍 Melbourne

An unorthodox run club tackling The Tan every Saturday @ 9am. Don't hesitate to join us!

📍 Carlton

Grassroots crew meets for weekly runs with a mission to create a space where “nobody gets left behind."

📍 Brunswick

Reload Run Club unites runners of all abilities in Brunswick's northern suburbs. Led by elite runner Kate, physios Marcus and Christian.

📍 Melbourne

The mission of RUN THE TAN is to: Promote a healthy & active lifestyle for ALL Australians and raise awareness of the positive impact that running and exercise have on our Mental Health and well-being. Promote our great City of Melbourne and its iconic Tan Track as well as providing a ‘central source of truth’ of all official recorded run times around the Tan (including the All-time Top 10 and Top 100 fastest times for men and women) and other interesting statistics; Celebrate the amazing times that our own Australian athletes and other international athletes have achieved around The Tan and how they compare to our sporting idols in other sporting codes such as AFL and Soccer; and Promote and raise awareness of some of the great athletic organisations and running groups in Melbourne, whom you can find training at the famous Tan Track.

📍 Cranbourne East

Run Club for the South East Community run All fitness level welcome

📍 Cremorne

RUNVO is a Melbourne community run club built on consistency, connection, and showing up together. What started as a simple Saturday run has grown into a welcoming space for runners of all levels, from first-timers finding their feet to regulars chasing their weekly rhythm. At its core, RUNVO is about more than the kilometres. It’s about the conversations after the run, the familiar faces each week, and the kind of community that makes getting out the door easier. Whether you’re here to move, meet new people, or build a strong weekend routine, there’s a place for you at RUNVO.