Running for Love

To what extent do the worlds of Running and Modern Dating intersect?

By Brittany Hambleton

Sam Montgomery loathes even the thought of getting on a dating app. “Dating apps are the worst,” she says, “and if my girlfriend and I break up, I’ll probably just move to the woods for a life of solitude, rather than download Hinge.” Montgomery serves on the executive of Frontrunners Toronto, which bills itself as “a social running club for LGBTQ2S runners and friends,” and is a member of International Frontrunners, which has clubs around the world. But Montgomery actually met her girlfriend at a different run club. “My primary club is Frontrunners, but I was getting over a breakup, and decided to try out a different club for the purposes of meeting new people who did not know that I was sad,” she says. “That’s how I met my now…

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Canadian Running (Digital) - 1 Issue, November/December 2024

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