I've recently brought up the idea of having numerous "run leaders". I'm going to completely define what this will involve (like sign out sheet, etc.) on the a page on the site here but the idea is to keep it simple and have one or more people committed to leading up a run. There are some really good advantages to this: runs don't hinge on one person's availability, we can offer more advance notice as they're more likely to go ahead and we can utilise people's knowledge of their local trails.
From Daniele Foti's suggestion, we're also looking to have a bi-monthly special location run (i.e. not the You Yangs). We've had a lot of demand for SCC course runs and Brisbane Ranges so they will be in there quickly, and I've run some great stuff recently that people would enjoy, like Macedon, and would love to check out the waterfalls in Lorne.
Finally, I'd like to get some of these run leaders to volunteer a run of their own to lead on a weekend or at night somewhere (fairly ad-hoc) and have a regular meet up. I'll put out an official call for volunteers and for suggestions to flesh out the details but thought I'd put it out there first. The main idea here is to tap in to what we have in our group, which is a lot of great people that love to run trails, and then extend that to the wider group to offer more of what we all love. Check back soon for more info!
