EPiC Runners

15/09/2026

TOMORROW! COME FOR THE RUN. STAY FOR A BARM CAKE AND A BREW! 🏃🏽‍♂️☕️

Working with our brilliant partners at Leisure United Leisure United William Foster for National Fitness Day, we’re inviting you to come and join EPiC Runners tomorrow and there’ll be FREE breakfast barm cakes and a brew! ☕🥪

Alongside our usual running groups, we’re also launching a BRAND NEW COUCH TO 5K, with TWO sessions at ~

☀️ 10.30am
🌙 7pm
📍 William Fosters Playing Fields, The Grove, Ince, Wigan, WN2 2BE

If you’ve always thought “I could never run” this is exactly where you start.

Couch to 5K is gradual, supportive and designed for complete beginners. It can help you build your fitness and stamina at your own pace, but the benefits go far beyond running. Regular movement can help with your mood, reduce stress, give you a reason to get out of the house, build confidence and connect you with other people.

And with EPiC Runners, nobody is expected to keep up with anybody else. You start where YOU are.

Already running? Brilliant! Our usual running groups are still going out too, so you can join them.

Come on your own. Bring a friend. Walk through the nerves (with a ton of support) and give it a go.

Small steps can make BIG changes.

Run for You – Run for Hope 🏃🏽‍♂️🏃🏼‍♀️🏃🏿‍♂️

14/09/2026

12/09/2026

LOOK AT OUR EPiC RUNNERS GO!

We’re ridiculously proud of some of our EPiC Runners who were out bright and early this morning taking on parkruns!

Some headed over to Crosby, while others were running at Pennington Flash getting the miles in, supporting each other and showing just how far they’ve come. 👏🏼

For us, EPiC Runners has always been about so much more than running. It’s confidence, friendship, getting out of the house, looking after your head and discovering what your body can do.

And seeing our runners now heading off to different parkruns together on a Saturday morning makes us VERY proud. 💜

Well done guys! You’re smashing it! 🏃‍♀️🏃‍♂️🏃🏿‍♂️

11/09/2026

BRAND NEW COUCH TO 5K STARTS NEXT WEDNESDAY! 🏃‍♂️🏃🏽‍♂️🏃🏼‍♀️

For National Fitness Day, EPiC Runners and Leisure United are teaming up to get our community moving, and we’d LOVE you to join us! 💜

📅 Wednesday 16th September
☀️ 10.30am – Couch to 5K
🌙 7pm – Couch to 5K
📍 William Fosters Playing Fields, Leisure United William Foster The Grove, Ince, Wigan, WN2 2BE

Never run before? Haven’t exercised for years? Feel nervous about joining a running group? Come anyway. This is exactly who Couch to 5K is for.

And if you’re already a runner, don’t worry, our regular faster groups are still running too, so there’s something for every ability.

And there’s another very important incentive ☺️

☕ FREE BREAKFAST BARM CAKES AND A BREW! 🥪

Come for the run, the fresh air, the people, the brew — or simply because you fancy giving something new a go.

Run for You! Run for Hope!

09/09/2026

Ready to move?!

You don’t have to be fast. You don’t have to run the whole way. You just have to turn up. 🏃🏽‍♂️🏃🏼‍♀️🏃🏿

Walk it. Jog it. Run it. Every step counts.

We’re a friendly, supportive bunch and runners of ALL abilities are welcome including complete beginners.

📍 William Fosters, The Grove, Ince, WN2 2BE Leisure United William Foster
⏰ 10.30am & 7pm every Wednesday
7pm every Friday

Come for the movement, stay for the people.
Further together.

07/09/2026

06/09/2026

WHAT. A. TEAM.

We honestly don’t know where to start after today.

So many brilliant people pulled on their trainers and took on the Wigan 10k for EPiC HOPE UK raising money to help us continue supporting people in crisis and ultimately, save lives from su***de.

And WOW! a number of those running for us were our very own EPiC Runners, and EPiC MEN and seeing people who train together, encourage one another and turn up week after week crossing that finish line with pride was pretty special!

And then there were the monsters… 👹💜

Our incredible run leader Rob took on the whole 10K dressed as HOPEY, while his 13-year-old daughter, our brilliant Ava was MOPEY for the Family Mile, joined by some of the other children of our EPiC runners.
Mopey and Hopey actually tell quite an important story.

When we’re struggling with our mental health, the thoughts in our heads can become pretty monstrous. Fear, sadness, self-doubt and hopelessness can get louder and louder. When someone is experiencing suicidal thoughts, that darkness can become so overwhelming that it can be difficult to imagine ever feeling differently.

But Mopey doesn’t have to stay Mopey.

With connection, movement, support, kindness and somebody willing to stay beside us, things can begin to change.

Mopey can find Hopey. 💜

And that’s exactly what EPiC HOPE is all about. Being there when someone’s hope has become difficult to find and walking, talking, sitting or even running alongside them until they can begin to see it again.

To every person who ran, walked, fundraised, sponsored, cheered, dressed as a monster or brought their children along today, THANK YOU.

And to our brilliant younger EPiC runners who completed the Family Mile, you were incredible! 🌟

Every mile today mattered.
Every pound raised matters.
Every conversation about su***de matters.

Because hope saves lives from su***de.

We are ridiculously proud of you all! 💜

A huge thank you too to everyone behind the Wigan 10K for another fantastic event and for helping charities like ours raise vital funds and awareness.

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04/09/2026

Join us for tonight’s run as we warm up for Sunday! 🏃🏽‍♂️🏃🏽‍♀️🏃🏿

03/09/2026

We’re looking forward to another Wigan 10k ! 🏃🏽‍♀️🏃🏽‍♂️🏃🏼‍♀️🏃🏿

This Sunday, some of our brilliant EPiC Runners, EPiC MEN, and some amazing supporters will be joining the Joining Jack Wigan 10K, alongside some fantastic people who are running and raising money for EPiC HOPE UK

And also in our brilliant running tops are Hopey and Mopey 😂
One looks considerably more enthusiastic about the 10K than the other! 😂

We’re so grateful to everyone choosing to support us this year. The money you raise helps us continue our su***de prevention, intervention, and postvention work and be there for people in crisis, as well as providing support in our communities before things reach crisis point 🛟

You’ll spot other members of the EPiC HOPE team at Mesnes Park on Sunday too, so please come over and say hello. If you’d like to know more about what we do, want information, or need support yourself, come and find us 💜🛟

A MASSIVE thank you to everyone running for EPiC HOPE this year. We appreciate every single one of you and we’ll be cheering VERY loudly! 📣

And thank you to the fantastic Wigan 10K team for putting on another amazing event and continuing to give local charities the opportunity to raise vital funds and awareness.

See you Sunday, Wigan! 💜

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26/08/2026

NO Group Run this morning. If anyone wants to join us for this evenings group we are meeting at the fountain in Mesnes park and will be doing the Wigan 10k route in preparation for the event a week on Sunday.
All welcome to join us for a run/Jog or walk. We are a bunch of friendly people enjoying the outdoors. Keeping our selves active and more importantly we are there for each other for support and encouragement. EPiC HOPE UK EPiC MEN