This Girl Runs Club: Run & a Brew

This Girl Runs Club are back at Café Ver on Sunday 29 November, the final date of a five-part series that started back in October. If you've missed the previous ones, the format is always the same: the group meets at the café, heads out for a run, and then settles back in for a brew and a chat.

It's a women's running group based here in St Albans, and they're open about what they're about. They value the social side of running over racing or chasing a time, so the focus is more on the company than the pace. The 'Run & a Brew' outings are the sociable Sunday morning side of that — a chance to get some miles in and then spend as long as you like catching up over coffee afterwards.

Café Ver is an independent spot on Abbey Mill Lane, right beside Verulamium Park, and it serves as a regular coffee stop and meeting point for local community and fitness events. It's a good place to start and end a morning like this, with the park on the doorstep for the run itself.

This is the last of five dates in the series, which also ran on 4, 18 and 29 October and 1 November. If you're thinking of joining in, the group keeps all the joining information on their Instagram, so that's the best place to check before you head down. The run starts at Café Ver, 16 Abbey Mill Lane, AL3 4HE, on Sunday 29 November.