Good evening everyone.
Last Friday the Storm Strollers committee met with all their committee members in attendance. It had been on the cards for a little while, but on the night the decision was made to pull the strollers away from Storm Plymouth Running Club and set up on their own.

Strollers was originally set up by Storm to help support and rehabilitate injured runners. It served great purpose initially but soon became a big group in its own right, with many of its own regulars. The strollers committee consider their future to centre around encouraging more and more people to come for walks with their group and they will be placing a large focus on people’s mental health and wellbeing going forward.

The relationship between the running club and strollers had become a distant one over the years. The current Storm committee have attempted to bring us together as one, but it never really got off the ground. In the past 12 months it became apparent there was a resistance from the strollers group to join in with the running club, and for the running club to join in with the strollers.

Strollers move on under the stewardship of our very own Becki Ford, whose passion for the group is commendable and truly appreciated by all strollers.💜

As chair of the running club and on behalf of all our members, I would like to wish the Strollers all the very best for the future and hope they have every success as a stand alone walking group. Whenever we have requests for walking, as we often do, we will always send them in strollers direction.

Lastly, in recent weeks we have seen injured members at the club take their own walking groups which has been greatly received. We are committed to keep these groups on, as and when someone is available to come up with a route and take the group. I would like to personally thank Kath Williams for not taking injury lying down, and her passion to still be involved on club nights and see friends has been great to see. Brilliant for those who can’t run to still have this opportunity so we hope to keep them going.

Onwards and upwards for both Storm Running & Strollers Walking Group. 💜⚡️

Kind Regards
David McCarthy
Storm Chair