This week I'm joined by Ryan Guilfoyle, the man who started Sydney's favourite run club - Tribal Run Club.
Tribal run club has only been running (pardon the pun) for less than a year and in that time has seen some incredible growth. It now regularly attracts over 300 runners of all different capabilities each week for it's weekly Wednesday evening run.
Moving to Sydney can be difficult and quiet a daunting place, so Tribal came about as a result of Ryan's own struggles when he moved out to Sydney and not having the safe place to go to and meet new people while he was struggling to get himself setup in a new city. So to fill this void and so that others don't have to go through the same experience Tribal was born and it's stayed true to those values ever since.
In this episode we talk all things Tribal:
- Setting it up and the backstory
-Struggles faced
- Running clubs being the new Tinder
- Personal and Run club growth
- Favourite memories
- Marathon prep beers
& much much more.
Give it a listen and let us know what you think.
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Time Stamps:
0.35 – Introduction.
1.35 – How Tribal started.
8.20 – Story of the first run.
12.50 – The uncertainties that come from moving to Australia and picking jobs to do things you enjoy over what pays the best.
16.30 – The learnings that comes from working jobs you don’t enjoy.
21.31 – The first videos which set the run club in motion.
24.13 – How long he spent thinking about it before setting it up.
28.23 – Importance of the people around him who are involved in Tribal.
30.23 – Learnings from starting the run club and how it’s benefited him personally.
32.40 – How Tribal creates the community vibe and how it can help people.
35.25 – What to expect if you go to a Tribal running session and the development of it.
40.40 – Half marathon and marathon Sunday training runs.
45.25 – Winter track sessions.
46.25 – 1,200 at one run club session and run clubs being the new dating scene.
49.15 – Highlights from the year so far.
51.45 – Sydney marathon becoming a major and entry for next year.
54.14 – Christmas day run.
56.15 – The growth Ryan has went through the past year and the stages of it.
1.05.10 – Tribal London.
1.06.20 – Things currently looking to be improved.
1.08.40 – Tribal track sessions and evolution continued.
1.22.28 – Long long term goal of removing himself from the club if it stays going.
1.25.36 – Someone who wants to do their first tribal what would you say to them and come talk to the Tribal people.
1.30.30 – Advice Ryan would give to his old self a year ago.