AIBU to ask the local running club to move its Sunday stop?

It’s probably best mentioned face to face. I’d go out in my pjs and ask them in a friendly even joking way if they wouldn’t mind moving their meeting place as you could do with a lie in. I’d poke a bit of fun at myself too to try and win them round. If they are decent sorts they will - if they aren’t you risk them turning up earlier and making even more racket!
Good luck.

I'm surprised this running group lack the common sense and decency to realise that they might be causing a disturbance.

Cycling groups I wouldn't be so surprised at...

(I belong to both running and cycling groups)

What's "nice enough" about behaving as if they are the centre of the universe outside someone's house?

I'd definitely ask.
I have neighbours who have young children so are up from 6am - they bang around the house, kids running about etc. Always wakes me and my kids up but I don't say anything as I had young kids once (mine are now 11 and 15)
What does bug me, however is when they stand on their drive directly outside my window/my sons window and start shouting hellos and using hoses/car hoovers at 7.40am.
It's so unnecessary.
I come home from work at 11pm sometimes so am awake but wouldn't dream of mowing my lawn, or chatting on my phone outside their house!
Grrr. Sorry, I've added my mini rant and no, YANU!

We were asked to move our parkrun start as people could hear (at 9 on a Sat) we would move if there was an option, most runners are nice enough people and someone who sets up a free group is probably super nice, just haven't heard your perspective. If we could move and fit the course requirements we could, but we can't - sounds like your lot could, I suspect they will.

Cheeky fuckers

Agree with the majority- 8am is too early for a group to regularly congregate outside of someone’s house and make noise although doubt you have any particular legal remedy.

I would also proceed on the basis that they are reasonable people who haven’t realised they are disturbing you so I would send a friendly email along the lines of “Hi, I live at number 3 (the house on the corner) and your group congregates outside at 8am every Sunday which is disturbing my much needed Sunday morning sleep. I’d be really grateful if you could move the regular stop to x or x. Thanks so much and good luck with the running “

Vast majority of running clubs (and people in general) would be straight back with so sorry to have disturbed you, of course we’ll move. If they don’t you might have to confront them in your pjs and make your point slightly more forcefully.

I hope they'll change the location but they've not shown much consideration so far by picking the current spot

I disagree
8am is early on a Sunday.
I wouldn't like this outside my window.
They probably don't even realize how loud they are - you know what it's like when you're in a group and runners are generally excitable people.

I think you are within your rights next Sunday to pop outside and point out the problem with the group leader (discreetly).

Suggest the 2 stopping points that you have mentioned.

It would then be really arsey behaviour if they don't move on.

Good luck
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They are rude and inconsiderate. I'd be furious too.

For those people who say 9am isn't early - it is when you've worked a late shift and only been able to go to bed at 3am.

Or when you’ve been out on the piss all night and just got into bed.

Absolutely ask them to move - they won't know there is a problem if you don't tell them. Do it politely and positively and suggest the alternatives.

8am IS the crack of dawn on a Sunday!

For fucks sake, there's always dicks like you who pipe up with this shit on threads about getting woken up in the morning. It may not be early to you, but it is for some people who may have went to bed later than you.

@Welshmum2010 whenever my local parkrun gets re-routed I sometimes get woken up at 9am on a Saturday & Sunday. I message the organiser anytime they make unreasonable noise. I'm not talking about normal parkrun noise, I mean when you get a volunteer standing outside my bedroom window who decides to "WHOOP" really loudly at every single fucking runner. The organiser is always very apologetic and then it doesn't happen again for a long time.

For those people who say 9am isn't early - it is when you've worked a late shift and only been able to go to bed at 3am.

Contact them. They quite possibly haven’t thought about it.

I think you may have wanted to quote @LondonLass2026, as I was?

Of course it's early on a Sunday.

I’m In a running club and we would be more than happy to move if needed. Just drop them an email.

I would politely ask them and they will probably be happy to move! Most runners are decent and will be upset they have caused you this issue

Isn't is the case you're not allowed to have noisy things (tradesmen etc) going on earlier than 9? Not sure if it's a law, but definitely in the block I used to live, people weren't supposed to mow/have kids playing football before 9. And this is earlier, and there's really no need for them to be chatting there-the run clubs near us have meeting places away from houses for this exact reason.

It is on a Sunday.

OP it's fine to ask them to move (and at the very least they should quieten down). We routinely meet outside houses in the winter months (in the evenings) and the coaches also routinely tell us to pipe down if we are being too noisy.

I think if you ask nicely and suggest the alternatives it’ll be fine.

Sorry no, 8am on a Sunday IS early. It may be the one day that week that people have a chance to have a lie in

just because YOU don’t think 8am on Sunday is early, doesn’t mean others do

I can't believe someone would think it ok to organise an activity outside someone's house at any time of day. Especially one involving shouting instructions.

They don't live in the area but have chosen the area because it's rural and nice and quiet and then are being bloody noisy outside people houses who chose to live in the nice quiet rural area.

I really hope they apologise and change their rest location immediately. It seems really disrespectful to start up a running club and stand outside someone's house on a Sunday morning chatting noisily.

This post is replying to the first reply that said 8am wasn't early