Runaways Run Club is the largest weekly run club in Southern Maine, with a variety of fun group runs and social events every Sunday-Thursday. We're open to all paces and all abilities with no membership fee required, just show up and have fun!
Upcoming group runs and other events
Oxbow Brewing
Oxbow Brewing - 6:00pm
Runaways Run Club meets at different locations on Wednesdays at 6:00PM, all year. Each run varies in distance between 3-4.5 miles and will start & finish at the same spot. All paces are welcome on the run!
Common sense protocols: if you aren't feeling well or have Covid, stay home. Attendance at a group run is inherently risky, your presence indicates your willingness to accept this risk.
Lowell Preserve & Firebird Course Preview
Lowell Preserve
Sunday Run Lowell Preserve - 8:00am (NOTE EARLIER START TIME) - Group run and Firebird Trail Races Course Preview
This will be a planned 10 - 13 mile trail run on the Firebird course but runners are welcome to do only a portion (map will be in the Strava group for navigation assistance). These trails are moderately technical and challenging, please plan accordingly and bring fuel and hydration to meet your needs.
Common sense protocols: please do not attend if you are not feeling well. Trail running is inherently risky and your attendance indicates your acceptance of this risk.
Definitive Brewing Company
Definitive - 6:00pm
Runaways Run Club meets at different locations on Wednesdays at 6:00PM, all year. Each run varies in distance between 3-4.5 miles and will start & finish at the same spot. All paces are welcome on the run!
Common sense protocols: if you aren't feeling well or have Covid, stay home. Attendance at a group run is inherently risky, your presence indicates your willingness to accept this risk.
Trail Work Day with Falmouth Land Trust (FLT)
Join us August 16 to improve the Falmouth Land Trust (FLT) trail system! More info to come!
Sunday Run & Pick Your Own Blueberries!
Pineland Farms
Join the Runaways for a summer Blueberry Run (trail run + pick your own blueberries). We will meet at the Pineland Farms Outdoor Center (former YMCA), and head out on a 5 mile run. We can grab coffee and snacks at the market and then we head to Gillespie Farms to pick blueberries, located at 752 Mayall Rd.
The trails at Pineland are well maintained, relatively smooth and non-technical with lots of rolling hills. Trail shoes are not strictly necessary.
Trail running is inherently risky. Your attendance indicates your acceptance of this risk.
Pub Run: Blue Lobster Urban Winery
Blue Lobster Urban Winery
Blue Lobster Urban Winery - 6:00pm
Runaways Run Club meets at different locations on Wednesdays at 6:00PM, all year. Each run varies in distance between 3-4.5 miles and will start & finish at the same spot. All paces are welcome on the run!
Common sense protocols: if you aren't feeling 100% well, stay home. Attendance at a group run is inherently risky, your presence indicates your acceptance of this risk.
Lowell Preserve
Firebird Trail Race is a challenging and wicked fun trail race with distance options of 13M, Marathon, & 50K (be warned, it's brutal), that runs on donations, positive vibes, and a crushingly technical course in Falmouth, Maine.
Unlike other races, to compete here you must donate to a non-profit of your choice in addition to paying the low cost registration fee. Instead of some mega race conglomerate taking the profits, we ask that you pay it forward and contribute to a non-profit that aligns with your values. Donations must be made between 8.25.2024 and 8.22.2025, and we must have proof of the donation (receipt, confirmation letter, copy of your check) by 8.22.25 in order to confirm entry. Donations must be at least $20.
Participants have donated in excess of $30,000, which is nothing short of astounding!
The 10 mile loop in Lowell Preserve and thru North Falmouth Community Forest is technical and challenging, with lots of rocks and roots on mostly single-track trails. All events start and finish in Lowell Preserve at the Windham Fire Station.
- 13M course: one loop in Lowell Preserve and North Falmouth Community Forest plus 5k loop in East Windham Conservation Area trails
- Marathon course: two loops of the 13M course
- 50K course: three loops in Lowell Preserve and North Falmouth Community Forest (this one may give you a little extra for your registration fee)
Pub Run: Modestman Brewing Maine
Modestman MAINE
Modestman MAINE - 6:00pm
Runaways Run Club meets at different locations on Wednesdays at 6:00PM, all year. Each run varies in distance between 3-4.5 miles and will start & finish at the same spot. All paces are welcome on the run!
Common sense protocols: if you're not feeling well, or have Covid, don't come. Participating in a group run is inherently risky. Your attendance assumes acceptance of this risk.
Trail Work Day with Portland Trails
Join us September 20 to improve the Portland Trails trail system! More info to come! If you are interesting in joining, please sign the waiver here for Portland Trails. www.trails.org/get-involved/volunteer-opportunities/group-waiver-rsvp/?nMonthsToShow=0&JobId=a0TP...
Back Cove Park
Year 5 of Portland's only backyard ultra on the iconic Back Cove Trail! Choose to challenge yourself over and over (and over) again until the last biped remains standing. Every hour on the hour you'll head out to complete the 4.16 mile loop in a test of physical and mental fortitude. Think you have what it takes? Let's find out!
The start/finish area is centrally located at Back Cove Park across from a Hannaford Supermarket and other amenities. There will be porta potties and an aid station at the start/finish area with water, snacks, electrolyte/salt packets, basic first aid supplies and ice during the heat of the day. You should plan to bring everything else you think you'll need in addition to these basics. There are water fountains at intervals on the Back Cove trail, and additional public toilets in Payson Park (approximately halfway through the loop). There will be an unattended aid station on the trail at Payson Park with minimal snacks/electrolytes.
**Registration opens 1/1/2026
Swag and other award information TBA.
Check Strava for the routes!
