Dorchester RIOT

Dorchester RIOT are a running Club which launched in January 2018 and aims to support runners from Dorchester and the surrounding area. We are a social and proudly supportive club which caters for all running abilities from the complete novice to experienced marathon runners. We achieve this through our weekly run sessions, couch to 5km courses and our unique club challenges which ensure we have a lot of fun with our running along the way.

Find out more about us, running RIOT or catch up with our latest news in the blog. Alternatively, if you have a question or want to find out more, just send us an email or visit our Facebook page and find out what we have been up to recently!

when we meet

Mondays – Run for all

Tuesdays – Training Tuesday

Thursdays – club runs or sign up for C25K

We also arrange longer runs on a Sunday. Contact us or join our Facebook Group for information on our latest sessions.

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News Updates

The Man (of Steel) behind the jokes…

For the second of our members’ blogs we hear from our inspiring 2023 Man of of Steel, Mark Brown, with an honest account of his running journey over time. Mark Brown, is known to many of us for his impressive running (across all distances), his regular jokes, for the support he gives to the club

A mile in the shoes of our Woman of Steel!

For the first of our members’ blogs we hear from our amazing 2023 Woman of Steel, Virginie Morris, with an honest and inspiring account of her running journey. Virginie Morris, known to many for her podium positions, inspiring running achievements and the support and encouragement she gives to others, has allowed us all to get

RIOT Round UP: March 2023

The month of march was filled with many RIOT members putting in the miles and training for their April events, other members achieving goals at events, some were focussed on putting in the miles for the recent club challenge, whilst others just got out there rain or shine to keep running. RIOT Couch to 5k!