Karur's first running club

Run · Rise · Repeat

A hundred and thirty of us, out on Karur's roads every week — the same streets our looms have worked for generations. No pace too slow. Everyone runs.

Run with us

Every week, in Karur

Beginners, regulars, and the odd marathoner. You show up, you run, you come back.
Follow @karur_runners for each week's run.
On the road

Watch us run

One minute if you're short on time. Twenty-seven if you want the whole morning.

The highlights · 1 min
The full morning · 27 min

See every photo

The full album from our first morning on the road. Have a look, and tag yourself.

Open the full album
Dr. C. Sylendra Babu, IPS (Retd.), at the Chennai Marathon
Ran with us
Dr. C. Sylendra Babu, IPS (Retd.)
Former DGP / Head of Police Force, Tamil Nadu

He flagged off our first run — then ran every step of it with us. That's the company this club keeps.

59 marathons Palk Strait swimmer Kashmir → Kanyakumari cyclist Author of 16 books
The club

Woven into Karur

Karur is a textile town. It has spun and woven for generations, and that thread runs through everything here — including our logo. Look closely and the runner is moving through yarn: red, gold, teal, the same colours on the looms of this city every day. That yarn is Karur. We took the fibre this town is made of and put it on the road.

We're the first organised running club here — a hundred and thirty of us now, out every week. Beginners, regulars, the odd marathoner. You show up, you run, you come back.

130+
Active runners
1st
Club in Karur
5K
Our first run
Karur Runners jersey, front and back — indigo with woven yarn stripes in red, gold and teal, name on the back, Run Rise Repeat at the hem
The kit

Indigo, on purpose

Indigo is the colour of endurance — the colour of showing up, day after day. Across the shoulder runs Karur's yarn: the same thread on the looms of this city, woven into the cloth rather than printed on top. Your name goes on the back, because every runner here has earned their place.

Run · Rise · Repeat

Order the jersey

Personalised with your name on the back. Order through the form.

Get in

Start here

Three steps and you're one of us.

1

Follow on Instagram

Every run and every update goes up first at @karur_runners.

2

Join the Strava club

See the routes and log your runs with us. Find the club →

3

Get the WhatsApp group

The community link is shared once you're in — we keep the group runners-only.

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