5000+
Runners Supported
20+
Locations Nationwide
8
Week Programme
2024
Est. Cape Town
"It certainly helped me to achieve my goal of being able to run 5km with no walking - and this at 64 years old!"
Sonja Briggs | Stellenbosch | Programme Grad 2025
"I highly recommend joining. It certainly helped me to achieve my goal of being able to run 5km with no walking- and this at 64 years old!"
5000+
Runners Supported Since May 2024
20+
Active Locations in South Africa
8 WEEKS
from the Couch to your first 5km
AS HEARD ON
Cape Talk 567am, KFM, Voice of the Cape, and Women's Health Mag
Sonja Briggs | Stellenbosch | Programme Grad 2025
WHAT MAKES US DIFFERENT
RUNNING DESIGNED FOR
BEGINNERS. ACTUALLY.
Most running clubs are built for people who already run. We built ours for everyone else.
01
Your Pace.
Your Programme.
We don't have a minimum speed requirement. Walk breaks are built in on purpose. You go at the pace that works for you, and we make sure you're never left behind.
02
Coaches Who Run
With You.
Our coaches don't shout from the sidelines. They run alongside you, check your form, offer encouragement, and actually remember your name.
03
Nobody Gets
Left Behind.
The group waits. The group regroups. The group cheers. That's not a rule - that's just how CPRC works. Because running is better when it's shared.
OUR STORY
STARTED ON A COUCH IN TOKAI.
Couch Potato Run Club started in May 2024 with a single group in Tokai, Cape Town. That first cohort - nervous, first-time runners who weren't sure they belonged anywhere near a running club, still runs together today.
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Since then, we've grown into a community of over 5,000 runners across South Africa, and have now launched in the United Kingdom. What hasn't changed is why we exist.
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We built CPRC for the person who thought running wasn't for them. The one who felt too slow, too unfit, too overweight, too old, or too self-conscious to start. Our entire programme is designed around that person.