Singles Run Club: 5km Marina run gives Cork singles a route past the apps

As dating trends shift towards more authentic connections, focusing on shared values and hobbies, Breda Graham heads along to Cork’s first Single Run Club. The only rule? If you’re single wear black, if you’re taken wear colour

Breda Graham on the Marina, Cork, enroute to the Single Run Club. Picture: David Creedon

Connection. As human beings, it is fundamental to our existence and yet, in this day and age, more and more people are struggling to forge healthy and meaningful connections.

Why? I think we’ve become accustomed to ‘staying in our lane’, head buried in our phones, rushing with nowhere to rush to. All distractions from what truly matters.