Club Contact & Member Benefits

 

The Nashville Striders running club is a non-profit organization whose mission is to promote running, walking, and general fitness as lifelong endeavors. When you join the Striders, you become part of the largest and oldest running club in Middle Tennessee. To help you achieve your fitness goals, whether those goals are primarily social or competitive, the Nashville Striders sponsor a broad range of events including weekly fun runs and fitness walks, road races, trail races, and track events. Your membership puts you in the fellowship of others with common fitness objectives to yours and helps to ensure the continuation of club-sponsored activities throughout Middle Tennessee.

 

• Bi-monthly issues of our world-class Funrunner newsletter, packed with Middle Tennessee race information, race photos, race results, and various articles related to running, walking, and maintaining a healthy lifestyle

 

• Organized fun runs, training runs, and fitness walks

 

• Discounts at various running specialty stores (See tab "Members Only" - "Member Discounts" for current stores)

 

• Networking with others interested in running, walking, and fitness

 

• Invitation to the annual Strider Holiday Party, Summer 5k Picnic & other activities

 

• The satisfaction of knowing your annual dues help support running, walking, and fitness in the greater Nashville community

 

• The opportunity to serve as a volunteer at various races and other club activities—and to earn tokens of appreciation that can be redeemed for race entry or merchandise. 

• The Nashville Striders are committed to providing a Fair Play sporting environment in which everyone is treated with dignity and respect.  Every individual's experience should be positive and provide them the opportunity to contribute and experience success. Our program encourages participation in the joys of running and walking in an atmosphere of true sportsmanship. Keeping running and walking fun--it's why we do it.