Every club has its routes, its race entries, and its Monday night sessions — but what really makes Haxby Runners tick is the people who turn up week after week, in all weathers, for all the right reasons.

This is where we shine a light on some of those faces. Whether they've been pounding the lanes around York for decades or only recently discovered that running is, against all odds, actually quite good fun — each profile tells the story of a real runner from our community. Their motivations, their milestones, the races that went brilliantly and the ones that very much did not.

No podium finishes required. Just honest stories from the people who make this club worth belonging to.