{"id":69,"date":"2021-03-18T21:11:19","date_gmt":"2021-03-18T21:11:19","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/localhost:8080\/?page_id=69"},"modified":"2025-03-21T12:31:56","modified_gmt":"2025-03-21T12:31:56","slug":"membership","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/bcrunners.org.uk\/?page_id=69","title":{"rendered":"Membership"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<div class=\"wp-block-cover is-light\"><span aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-cover__background has-background-dim-0 has-background-dim\"><\/span><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"2560\" height=\"1151\" class=\"wp-block-cover__image-background wp-image-478\" alt=\"\" src=\"https:\/\/bcrunners.org.uk\/app\/uploads\/2022\/01\/cairn-scaled.jpg\" data-object-fit=\"cover\" srcset=\"https:\/\/bcrunners.org.uk\/app\/uploads\/2022\/01\/cairn-scaled.jpg 2560w, https:\/\/bcrunners.org.uk\/app\/uploads\/2022\/01\/cairn-300x135.jpg 300w, https:\/\/bcrunners.org.uk\/app\/uploads\/2022\/01\/cairn-1024x460.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/bcrunners.org.uk\/app\/uploads\/2022\/01\/cairn-768x345.jpg 768w, https:\/\/bcrunners.org.uk\/app\/uploads\/2022\/01\/cairn-1536x691.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/bcrunners.org.uk\/app\/uploads\/2022\/01\/cairn-2048x921.jpg 2048w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 2560px) 100vw, 2560px\" \/><div class=\"wp-block-cover__inner-container is-layout-flow wp-block-cover-is-layout-flow\">\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Join the club<\/h2>\n<\/div><\/div>\n\n\n\n<div style=\"height:30px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Benefits<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>Membership of Black Combe Runners costs \u00a310 a year, most of which you get back as pies.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Most of us join for the weekly\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/bcrunners.org.uk\/?page_id=372\" data-type=\"page\" data-id=\"372\">social runs<\/a>\u00a0on the best fells and pubs in the South Lakes, and for the company and competition on races and other days out, but with membership you also get:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>Opportunities for training sessions with qualified fell running coaches<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Participation in the club&nbsp;championships,&nbsp;winter league&nbsp;and other competitions<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Free, often compulsory access to the assembled wisdom of generations of fell runners<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>An extremely irregular&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/bcrunners.org.uk\/?page_id=108\" data-type=\"page\" data-id=\"108\">newsletter<\/a><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>A free meal after the club\u2019s summer Black Combe race<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Pie and peas at the&nbsp;AGM<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Fewer people following you on fell races (if you wear the vest)<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p>If you run on the fells, you should join the <a href=\"https:\/\/fellrunner.org.uk\/join-the-fra.php\">Fell Runners Association<\/a>&nbsp;(FRA) which gets you priority&nbsp;entry to popular fell races and often cheaper entry too.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Black Combe Runners is a member of England Athletics. You can also personally <a href=\"https:\/\/www.englandathletics.org\/athletics-and-running\/athlete-registration\/athlete-registration\/\">affiliate <\/a>to England Athletics to get road race discounts.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Joining the FRA and\/or affiliating to EA is necessary to race but you are welcome to all our training, runs, winter league, and socials without.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Second Claim and First Claim Other members are welcome.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>If you have any questions please contact&nbsp;<a href=\"mailto:someone@bcrunners.org.uk\">someone at Black Combe Runners<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Membership Form<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>If you would like to join the club, please <a href=\"https:\/\/club.spond.com\/landing\/signup\/blackcomberunner\/form\/2DDB9A82C477444D94A3EB675F0D6168\">fill in this  simple form<\/a>. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Benefits Membership of Black Combe Runners costs \u00a310 a year, most of which you get back as pies. Most of us join for the weekly\u00a0social runs\u00a0on the best fells and&hellip;<\/p>\n<p><a class=\"more-link\" href=\"https:\/\/bcrunners.org.uk\/?page_id=69\" title=\"Continue reading &lsquo;Membership&rsquo;\">Continue reading <span class=\"meta-nav\">&rarr;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"parent":0,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"_themeisle_gutenberg_block_has_review":false,"footnotes":""},"folder":[],"class_list":["post-69","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/bcrunners.org.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages\/69","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/bcrunners.org.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/bcrunners.org.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/bcrunners.org.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/bcrunners.org.uk\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=69"}],"version-history":[{"count":18,"href":"https:\/\/bcrunners.org.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages\/69\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2007,"href":"https:\/\/bcrunners.org.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages\/69\/revisions\/2007"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/bcrunners.org.uk\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=69"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"folder","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/bcrunners.org.uk\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ffolder&post=69"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}