Run club runners keep on running
Six months on from its launch, Oban Lifeboat’s run club is still going strong as runners of all ages and abilities take to the streets around Oban every Wednesday evening.
The club is organised by deputy mechanic Jasmin Manning as she continues her preparations to run as the only Scottish lifeboat crew member in the RNLI’s team for the 2026 London Marathon at the end of next month.
“The run club is a fun way of bringing people together to have a run on a Wednesday evening,” says Jasmin. We meet at the lifeboat station on the South Pier at 7pm and try to do something different every week.”
Jasmin’s fundraising has been going well, thanks to the generosity of people and businesses across Oban and far beyond.
A second pub quiz is planned for Sunday 12 April at the View in Oban, following the huge success of the first fundraiser quiz in December.
And Jasmin says the run club will continue on after the London Marathon:
“We’re absolutely going to keep the club going.
“I think we’ve filled a bit of a gap and we’d really miss our Wednesday nights together if they weren’t there. Besides, we’ve managed to make it through the worst of the dark winter so why would we stop just as the evenings get lighter and the weather gets brighter!”
If you want to support Jasmin’s fundraising, please click through to her fundraising page https://www.justgiving.com/page/jasmin-rnli?utm_medium=FR&utm_source=CL
Key facts about the RNLI
The RNLI is the charity that saves lives at sea. Its volunteers provide a 24-hour search and rescue service around the United Kingdom and Republic of Ireland coasts. The RNLI operates 238 lifeboat stations in the UK and Ireland and more than 240 lifeguard units on beaches around the UK and Channel Islands. The RNLI is independent of Coastguard and government and depends on voluntary donations and legacies to maintain its rescue service. Since the RNLI was founded in 1824, its lifeboat crews and lifeguards have saved over 146,700 lives.
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