Vanta Athletic Club

Run Club

Tuesday intervals and Sunday long runs from the club door, with pace groups from 4:30 to 7:30 per kilometre.

75 minutesMax 30 peopleAll pacesOff-site

The class

What it actually is

Run Club is free to every member and open to guests once a month. Tuesday is structured: a proper warm-up, then intervals on the sea-link approach with target paces set from your last time trial. Sunday is conversational — a long, easy run along the promenade where the pace is deliberately slow enough to talk.

Pace groups mean nobody gets dropped and nobody gets held back. Each group has a leader who knows the route, carries a phone and finishes with the last person in the group. We time-trial every eight weeks so the groups stay honest.

Run Club session in progress
  • Duration75 minutes
  • Class sizeCapped at 30
  • LevelAll paces
  • WhereOff-site
  • Included inAll memberships

Inside the hour

How a session runs

Every Run Club session follows the same shape, so you always know what is coming and can pace yourself accordingly.

  1. Tuesday 06:15 — Intervals. Warm-up, drills, then a structured session: repeats from 400m to 2km at prescribed pace.
  2. Saturday 07:00 — Long run. 10–21km, easy, in pace groups. Coffee afterwards is effectively compulsory.
  3. Sunday 08:00 — Long run. The same route for those who train Saturday, with a shorter 8km option.
  4. Every eight weeks — Time trial. A 5km effort that resets your paces and your group.

What to bring

Road shoes with some life left in them, a phone and something reflective for the early starts. Bag storage is open from 5:45am.

Who it suits

Is this your class?

First-time runners

The 7:30 group exists precisely for people who have never run 5km. Walk-run intervals are entirely normal.

Race season

Half and full marathon blocks are written free for members running Mumbai in January.

Lifters who hate cardio

Running in company is a different activity to running alone on a treadmill. Try it once.

When it runs

This week's slots

  • Tuesday06:15 — Intervals
  • Saturday07:00 — Long run
  • Sunday08:00 — Long run

First one is free

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