What initially started as an offseason conditioning workout has turned into a weekly meeting club that has brought students even outside of cross country and track to their common love of running.
Cross country captain Ailesh Sadruddin ‘26 fell in love with cross country’s environment during freshman year when his friend asked him
In past years, the run club was exclusively for the upper school cross country and track team. This year however, senior cross country captain, Sadruddin was inspired to open it up to all of upper school.
“This year, I just decided to open it up to the school to try and get more people to join,” Sadruddin said, “because I knew that there were quite a few people who were already running on their own who weren’t part of cross country or track, and I just thought we should create a place on campus where everyone could run together.”
The club isn’t just for students, it’s for anyone who enjoys running.
“We’ve had teachers like Mr. Mac, Dr. Moody, and Mr. Hillier come out and run with us whenever they can,” Sadruddin said. “It’s cool because it helps build bonds between students and teachers.”
He doesn’t want to stop there; however, he hopes to schedule some official runs outside of school where they could get times, or maybe just some bonding events rather than weekly casual runs.
“I want to grow it out a little more so it’s not just daily runs,” Sadruddin said. “Maybe we can organize some 5k outside, or maybe a chocolate milk mile.”
He is currently working with middle school sports schedules to see if they would be allowed to join in on the clubs weekly after school runs.
