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

[Welshmum2010]

About the local running club. I live in a smallish village with others close by. Someone who doesn’t live locally has started a running club in the area , due to I would guess demand and you can also do a good circuit on very quiet roads and through flat fields. This as a concept is absolutely great and I have no overall issue. However they have one of their ‘exercises stops’ outside my house at 8am on a Sunday. This includes a a lot of shouting and then loud chatter from 10-15 people for 5 mins. It wakes me up , this is the only day I don’t have work. Now I don’t own the road and I understand that. But I think it’s inconsiderate. There is a large secluded car park area they could use literally 50m down the road or a field 50m the other way. Also for context I have neighbours but I don’t think it would be so loud for them. So I am really considering asking them to move to one of the other areas not near houses. It’s not the crack of dawn but it’s really annoying and seems no reason why it’s right there. I have the organisers fb from her promoting the activity.

Yabu
8am isnt early

It’s definitely worth asking!

Ask them!

I’d find a group of people standing outside my house chatting and shouting really annoying at any time of day. The group can move down the road beyond the houses!

Yes I would ask nicely if it’s that annoying - and suggest the 2 alternatives

If there's another obvious place they can use then ask them. Seems reasonable to ask them to move 50m up the road.

I would ask. Good luck.

I'd be friendly and polite and ask them. In my experience running clubs are considerate and don't want to disturb people, I'd be surprised if they don't move if there are other nearby more suitable options as you say.

Definitely ask nicely
I am in a running club and we organise similar things. We would be mortified if we knew we were upsetting people and would definitely do the alternative.

It’s relative really if prefer to not get up until 10 on a Sunday so it’s early to me

Definitely ask. My running club would be really apologetic and would move, although I don't think we'd be inconsiderate enough to do this in the first place.

When it’s your only day to catch up on sleep, yeah 8 is early. You are being unreasonable

first post doesn’t nail it

It’s not terrible I just think it’s a logical move to use the field where they’ll be in 30 seconds later

It’s not for me, I’d probably be in the running club, but it is for other people. Not everyone gets the pleasure of a sound nights sleep from 10pm-6am.

Plus even if you are awake, having a group of people making a load of noise like that would be really annoying. If there’s a better spot a few yards away I don’t see any harm in asking. They probably haven’t realised they’re being annoying.

Given there’s a reasonable alternative, I don’t see any harm in asking.

Thats ridiculous, how are people so inconsiderate to think that’s ok outside someone’s house at any time of the day

Agree with (most!) PPs that you should ask and suggest carpark.
Annoyingly we will now need to wait until next Sunday to see how it goes!

runner here
if they are anything like my running group they will be totally nice about it and be accommodating

yes defo ask. nicely. at the end of your email adding along the lines of: “I would be obliged if you would keep the fact that it was me that made this request and my reasoning (noise) confidential as it’s a small town and i dont want any backchat and expect my privacy to be respected under GDPR. The pavement inside the car park is presumably a good suitable stopping place so i assume this reasoning should suffice in your explanation to the group, and i wish you all well in this venture”

It’s worth asking, especially as there’s alternative places for them to stop at close by.

I think it's pretty well-established that it's too early for noise in the UK. Things like building works are restricted on Sundays. I'm up every Sunday before 8am but doesn't mean I don't recognise that it is generally considered early. I wouldn't let my children out in the garden at that time for example.

It's totally reasonable to ask, given that there are 2 suitable alternatives nearby.

I agree its antisocial for fitness groups to not consider people's sleep, especially on a Sunday. I have a friend who lives by our local park and gets woken at 6am by drill sergeant style fitness instructors running "boot camp" sessions in the park.

Definitely ask!

performative early Sunday rising … that’s a new one!

I would ask - hopefully they’ll be mortified at how inconsiderate they’ve been and apologise.