Sober Fun Run Club - Fraser Valley

👉 HUGE cheers to our club regular, Robyn, for achieving her new 5k PR of 23:39 at the annual Run For Water around Mill Lake in Abbotsford! Pictured with a family member, what a joy to share your milestone! 🎉

Sharing our growth and joy as a community is why this club exists. Whether your pacing injuries, walking, jogging, running or smashing records; your the spirit in the momentum of our community. ✨️

Robyn is our Team Captain for the annual this October 4th in Langley. Click the link in our bio to join our team while the early bird pricing lasts! Entry fees go charity. You won't want to miss this 5k or 10k event with our first SFRC Team where you can run or walk at your own pace. 🫶

Fraser Valley | Run Club | Wellness | Community Spirit | Recovery | Movement

Spots are open for this workshop bear spray training with June 7th. Join via the link in bio and register on Eventbrite! By $5 donation for the Great Blue Heron Nature Reserve venue. 🐻🫶

✨️The Power of the Pause.

Pausing is not the same as losing momentum. And momentum is not always the same as growth.

Sometimes growth looks like slowing down long enough to heal.

Right now, I’m pacing a recurring load injury to prevent another setback I can't afford, and SFRC Saturday runs will pause until June 13 while I rehab & reset.

But healing isn’t only physical.

Reducing emotional, financial, mental, and social overload matters too. Sometimes the strongest thing we can do is make intentional shifts instead of continuing to perform through exhaustion.

May is Mental Health Month, and I want to be honest about that. 🌿

This is the face of a woman who has carried grief for a long time. Who lost her father to a sudden death in 2015. Who has been caregiving through her mother’s dementia journey since 2019 — a journey often called “the longest goodbye.”

This is also the face of a woman who was bullied deeply as a teen for being seen as ugly. Who was told she would never become anything by a coworker. Who spent years with no self-confidence, rebuilding, relapsing, learning, healing, and trying again.

And somehow, through all of it, she kept finding how to move herself forward.

Now 16+ months sober. Her final year of her 40s. Creating a community rooted in connection over performance. 💕

Not because life became easy. But because slowing down taught her how to stay present. ✨️ Presence is your power, if you pause long enough you'll feel it too.

So if you’re carrying too much right now, this is your reminder: You do not have to hold everything at once.

Micro shifts matter.
Rest matters.
Pausing matters.

Pace yourself.
It’s okay.
I see you. 💖

♡
SFRC Founder
Board Director,
Field Leader,

📣 We’re proud to officially be recognized as an RLAG Approved Run Club! 👉

What started as a simple Saturday run 6 months ago on October 25/25, has naturally grown into a welcoming community space rooted in wellness, movement without pressure, and genuine connection. 🌿

Through this partnership, SFRC is now featured in the RLAG community section and movement map on their website.

You’ll also catch Founder participating in different RLAG events and initiatives throughout the year, with opportunities for future special events to pop-up near you!

As our club continues to grow across the Fraser Valley, this connection helps expand community in a meaningful and organic way — bringing more people together through movement, inclusivity, and shared support.

Together, we continue building stronger and wider community connections to keep pacing sobriety forward and reduce the stigma around recovery. 💛

Many of our members are sober supporters, in recovery or simply showing up for the slow pace and social vibes.

We respect everyone's journey, and welcome you to show up as you are. 🏳️‍🌈

🔗 Click the link in bio to visit the RLAG community page and learn more about there events.

Fraser Valley | RunClub | Sobriety | Community | Wellness | Friendships

🐻 BEAR SPRAY BASICS + WILDLIFE SAFETY COURSE by WildSafeBC!

Want to feel more confident on the trails this summer? Join us for a hands-on community workshop focused on bear spray safety, wildlife awareness, and preparedness.

📍 Great Blue Heron Nature Reserve
📅 Sunday June 7th
⏰ 1030am - Noon
🎟️ FREE registration to save your spot via the link in bio.

💵 Minimum $5 cash donation requested at the event to support the Great Blue Heron Nature Reserve non-profit for the venue.

WHAT YOU’LL LEARN:
🐻 What bear spray is + how it works
🎒 Safe ways to carry and store it
🖐️ How to safely deploy bear spray
🌲 Basic wildlife encounter safety tips
❓ Open Q&A with WildSafeBC

Bring your quick-release holster if you have one, plus any questions you’d like answered.

WildSafeBC is part of the British Columbia Conservation Foundation. Bear spray has been determined to be an effective deterrent that can reduce injury and potentially save your life in the case of an attack by a predator. Carrying it is a personal choice.

Hosted by SFRC - Fraser Valley
✅️ RLAG approved club

The work isn’t always the run.

Sometimes the work is slowing down when your mind wants to push harder.

Sometimes it’s physio, meditation, patience, and learning how to adapt instead of quit.

My journey toward the Backyard Ultra in March 2027 was never just about mileage. It’s about resilience, recovery, connection, and continuing to show up honestly through every phase of the process.

Lately it’s felt like a few steps forward, a few back with recurring strains. Right now, the body is healing. The mind is still training. In place of morning miles, I’ve leaned into meditation — learning that resilience isn’t only built through movement, but also through stillness.

No matter what happens, the most important thing to me is my sobriety. 16 months sober and continuing to pace connection forward, whether my feet are moving or not.

I’m working toward my first BYU start line in Abbotsford next March. If you’d like to support the journey and help pay it forward, the link in bio supports my charity of choice:

📣 Running on Faith Project

Your donations help people in recovery access:

🏃‍♀️ Weekly run training
🏃‍♀️ Shoes + gear
🏃‍♀️ Race entries

One step at a time 💛

🎉🎉🎉 I wanted to take a moment to share this past weekend cheering on the milestone's of our club community. These are friends I've made after getting sober last year and putting myself out there to keep pacing forward. By doing so, I've met these freaking amazing women who inspire me as they dare greatly!

They have all done the work on every level to overcome something and become the version of themselves you see today.

Please give three cheers to:

🎉 Robyn on her first trail race ever, 12k at 5 Peaks Trail Running Golden Ears!

🎉 Charity on her first 21.1k half marathon road race ever! From our sober sister club in Squamish!

🎉 Lana on her first 42.2k marathon ever at the BMO in Vancouver!

You inspire me not because you ran, but because you crossed the start line and embraced the unknown even when you didn't think you could go any further at some point in your life. I'm humbled to share your joy and grateful that SFRC brought us together. 🙏

I also celebrated my 16 months sobriety at 5 Peaks Golden Ears, hiking the 7.5km Sport course on a beautiful blue bird BC day on May 2, 2026.

Our little run club is now 6 months the old as well. 🥰

♡ Alli


♡ Alli

🎉 We started our first Team for the 6th Annual 5k/10k run taking place Sunday October 4, 2026 in Langley!

📣 Robyn is our 2026 SFRC Team Captain!

To join our Sober Fun Run Club - Fraser Valley R4S Team ⬇️

🔗 Click the link in our bio to sign up now under our team.
🏃‍♀️ You don't have to be a part of our club, but we'd love for you to join us through the Strava link for our weekly runs.
🥇 Everyone is a winner at R4S as we pace sobriety forward in the spirit of health and wellness.

The Run For Sobriety Association is a non-profit supporting people and their loved ones who are struggling with mental health and substance use.

Each registrant helps raise funds through choosing to donate their entry fees for or 💕

SFRC is proud to be a part of this movement. With 500 participants joining, it's going to be a beautiful new beginning to have our first team contribute to it's success! 🫶

Club Founder
Is a Board Director and the Volunteer Coordinator for this year's event!

Sober Fun Run Club | Fraser Valley

We have exciting news to share! Can you guess? 🥇😉 Make sure you've subscribed to our newsletter through our link in bio to get the news drop next week!

Sober Saturdays is a ritual devoting one hour outside, moving together, clear-minded and connected to pace sobriety forward in the spirit of health and wellness.

📍 8am Rotary Stadium
🏃‍♀️ 6.7km BYU loop/7-8min pace
☕ 9am Coffee
25% off for your sweat equity!

🔗 Link in bio to join on Strava
✅️ RSVP on the event
➡️ Meet at the parking by the track
We walk over to the BYU start area

We welcome all people who support sobriety and recovery to pace it forward together. 🫶

Hosted by Club Founder


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🌅 Super Special Sunset Edition – Sober Saturday!

Special guest pacing with us this Sober Saturday!

🎉 Haven
Founder of

..and perhaps a cameo from ?

We will be fresh off the OCC Course and I'm treating us to tailgate 🍕 pizza after we run our SLOW pace lap.

✅️ RSVP on Strava link in bio
🕖 7:00 PM Meet at the track area
🏃‍♀️ Slow 6.7k loop (BYU pace 7-8mins)
🚗 8:00 PM Tailgate social!

Bring:
🥤 Your NA beverage of choice (or skip it — no pressure at all)
🪑 A chair to kick back while we pop our trunks, cool down, and vibe!

This is about connection — not performance. Our events are substance-free and built on a supportive, friendly social vibe where you can show up and enjoy a low-key fun run.

Sober and sober-supportive friends are welcome.

Let’s catch the sunset together and maybe we'll see pink clouds. 💗

Club Founder

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