Welcome to Almost Athletes!

We are Cheltenham’s largest running club.

We pride ourselves on being a friendly, inclusive and supportive club that can help and encourage you to get the most out of your running.  Whether your interest is running for fun, getting fit, or training for anything from a 5K race to a marathon or even an ultra, we can help you achieve your aims.

Almost Athletes has been welcoming adult runners of all abilities and ages since 1988.  We are a fully certified accredited member of England Athletics (EA) organised in line with their EA Club Standards. We have fully qualified EA run leaders in both Leaders in Running Fitness (LiRF) and Coach in Running Fitness (CiRF) to help all runners on our social runs and guided expert training sessions. We also have a lively social calendar. With a current membership of about 400 people, Almost Athletes really is Cheltenham’s largest and friendliest running club.  We welcome prospective members joining us for a trial run on one of our evening sessions. If you are interested in doing this please email us on almostathletes@hotmail.com for more information.