Running club - The Nashville Striders running club is a non-profit organization whose mission is to promote running, walking, and general fitness as lifelong endeavors. When you join the Striders, you become part of the largest running club in Middle Tennessee—a club of some 1,000 members. To help you achieve your fitness goals, whether those goals are primarily social or competitive, the Nashville Striders sponsor a broad range of events including weekly fun runs and fitness walks, road races, trail races, and track events. Your membership puts you in the fellowship of others with common fitness objectives to yours and helps to ensure the continuation of club-sponsored activities throughout Middle Tennessee.