Carrboro Run Club (formerly known as Station Pub Run) was born on August 30th, 2016.

But the IDEA of this pub run was conceived almost a year prior, during a conversation between two friends. A serendipitous brainstorming session while sitting hanging out in The Station one evening led to the conception of this running group. Steph did not immediately get to work planning the pub run. She let the idea marinate for many, many months, distracted by grad school. Finally, one fateful Tuesday afternoon in August, Steph sent out a simple email to 15 friends, inviting them to run with her from The Station in Carrboro. Day One: 15 people showed up. That first email was forwarded to another 10 people. The runners that attended began to tell their friends. And those friends told their friends. More emails were forwarded to more friends. Slowly, organically, the Station Pub Run began to grow. After a couple of years the club started seeing roughly 75 runners regularly attending our weekly runs, with well over 700 folks receiving the weekly email newsletter.  The Pub Run has grown into a solid community of runners of all levels, attended by the wonderful people of Carrboro, Chapel Hill, Durham and Raleigh, and even some folks from other countries. 😀

Eventually we outgrew the Station, and found our next home at Craftboro Brewing Depot down the hill from town. We also rebranded to our wonderful new identity: Carrboro Run Club! But alas, just before we were able to make our big move down the hill from town, the dreaded COVID-19 PANDEMIC HIT OUR TOWN! All plans were put on hold (like the rest of the world), until we officially restarted in the Spring of 2021. Freshly vaccinated and more than ready to reunite, our Pub Run family sprang back into action and stronger than ever before. For almost three years we called Craftboro our home, and we hosted many wonderful events, like beer miles, costume contests, field day, and even a Pi(e) day because we like to eat. But alas, it is so difficult to run a business in these still-trying-times, and Craftboro had to shut their doors on February 17th, 2024. We already miss this incredible brewery, and at the time of this writing, it has only been a mere couple of days.

Our next chapter in the Carrboro Run Club history starts on February 20th at DINGO DOG BREWERY, up the hill and closer to town. We look forward to building a relationship with this brewery, and continuing our legacy as the best pub run in town!!