Group Runs
Here you will find regular group runs that are organized by Wicked Running Club members. Each run has a description and an identified Wicked Running Club Run Captain. We recommend you follow Wicked on Facebook and Instagram for any updates, time changes or cancellations of any of these runs. If you have any questions about any of these runs, please contact the run captain or Wicked’s communication director.
Monday Night Group Run in Beverly
Every Monday night at 6PM we leave from The Indo Pub at 298 Cabot Street in Beverly (near the Cabot Theater) for a 5K. Afterwards most folks hang out at The Indo for beverages and/or food. In the warmer months, you’ll usually find us hanging out on The Indo’s back deck.
The main run starts at 6PM and all paces are welcome to join us at that time. However, there is also a run/walk group option that has an earlier start time of 5:45PM. We are always ready to accommodate new runners, just let us know when you get there if we don’t ask ourselves!
On-street and lot parking is available. Be mindful of the Beverly Parking policies.
Run Captain: Chris Nolin
Tuesday Track Workouts with Wicked Team Coach
Coaching is one of the benefits of being a member of the Wicked Running Club. Our club coach is Fernando Braz of Going the Distance Coaching. Fernando has coached many of the best runners in the region, and is also a stalwart in Peabody High School athletics.
Starting in mid-April and going to mid-October, we convene at the track at Beverly High School at 6:30 PM for an on-site workout. The start times do shift as we head toward the winter and depend on when the sun goes down, these time changes are announced through the year over email and posted on our club Facebook page. Once on-site workouts wind down for the season, year-round, Fernando emails weekly workouts to members.
On-street and lot parking is available. Be mindful of the Beverly Parking policies.
Run Captain: Chris Nolin
Thursday Night Group Run in Salem
Every Thursday night at 6PM we leave from The Village Tavern at 168 Essex Street in Salem (near the Peabody Essex Museum) for a 5K. Afterwards most folks hang out at The Village Tavern for beverages and/or food. In the warmer months, you’ll usually find us hanging out on The Tavern’s patio.
ALL paces are welcome to join us. We are always ready to accommodate new runners, just let us know when you get there if we don’t ask ourselves!
On-street, lot and garage parking is available, sometimes requiring a small fee.
Run Captains: Anna Marie Nocente and Rebecca Raymond
Saturday Rail Trail ‘Long Runs’
On Saturdays, we meet at 8:00 AM at the covered picnic table by the parking lot adjacent to the Cherry Street Fish Market (26 Hobart St, Danvers, MA), take a group pic, pair up by paces and run a 10k (or more if you wish) on the flat, safe, and scenic Danvers Rail Trail. There is a portapotty where we meet and a drinking fountain at the 1.5 mile mark.
Run Captain: Chris Nolin
Sunday Donut Be Happy Run
“Donut Worry Be Happy Sundays” is a fun four-mile scenic route through Salem – rain or shine, at 9:00AM each Sunday. Runners meet at the Salem Commons entrance by the Hawthorne Hotel (in case of rain – under the hotel canopy). We welcome all paces and abilities! This is an untimed “you do you” run – feel free to stay with the group, cut the route short, make the route longer, do a tempo run, walk/run etc. The most important thing to keep in mind if you get separated from the pack, is to join us at In A Pig’s Eye at 10am for “refueling.” (Beer, bloodies, pancakes… this run is just a clever ruse to make unwise dietary decisions and socialize with your fellow runners).
(Um, so what’s the deal with the donuts? We used to meet up at 62 when they had a home-made donut and cocktail bar on Sundays. Sadly, that no longer exits – but we kept the name out of convenience/laziness. And of course, the “spirit of the donut” lives on in all of us).
Here is a garmin link to the course.
Run Captain: George Mclaughlin, Facebook Group: Donut Worry Be Happy Sunday
Slowest Runner Sets the Pace
Are you new to running? Making a comeback? Do you enjoy running with a fun group of people? The Slowest Runner Sets the Pace group might be just perfect for you! The group meets at various times through the week for both running and cross-training opportunities.
Run Captain: Kelly Pheulpin, Facebook Group: Slowest Runner Sets the Pace – Wicked Running Club.