Step into Spring 2025 with the Duke Run/Walk Club

Registration is open for the spring session, which begins March 10

A group of people runs on a gravel path on Duke's East Campus
The Duke Run/Walk Club's Spring 2025 season begins March 10. Photo by Travis Stanley

Amy Hendry’s work as the Integrative Recovery and Performance Specialist for the Duke women’s basketball team often takes her out of town and requires long hours. But after almost two years at Duke she found a way to feel like she was linked to the campus: The Duke Run/Walk Club.

“I wanted to be connected to Duke in some way because when I moved down here it was so difficult to meet people,” she said. “Our schedule doesn’t really warrant social activities.”

Hendry signed up for the Run/Walk Club, offered by Duke’s staff and faculty wellness program, and participated independently in both the fall and spring sessions in 2024. She’s signing up again for the Spring 2025 season, which begins March 10 and lasts until May 26. Registration is open.

“I was almost obsessed with it,” Hendry said. “I put down that I walked three days a week, but I continue to walk seven days a week.”

Amy Hendry said she walks a 4-mile route through Duke's campus each day, thanks to a habit formed by the Duke Run/Walk Club. Photo courtesy of Amy Hendry

Support and coaching is offered by LIVE FOR LIFE to anyone who wants to walk, run or do a combination of both in twice-weekly meetings each Monday and Wednesday at 5:30 p.m. Beginner to intermediate-level walkers train at East Campus, while all running levels and advanced walkers meet at the Al Buehler Trail on West Campus.

East Campus walkers should note that a segment of the East Campus Loop trail along Broad Street is closed for a construction project through May. A detour redirects users around the construction.

“This is about building community and meeting other people outside of your usual department,” said LIVE FOR LIFE Fitness Specialist Julia Phu. “It’s something that can hold people accountable and motivate them to get out.”

Hendry said she’s eager to join group training once the women’s basketball season ends.

“That’s my next goal – as soon as the season’s over to jump right in and be able to meet some people,” Hendry said. 

For now, she continues the habit she started during last year’s Run/Walk Club, walking a 4-mile route daily from Cameron Indoor Stadium to Sarah P. Duke Gardens and back.

“It gave me such self-fulfillment to be able to check those boxes off and said ‘Yes, I did it this week and I was good to myself,’” Hendry said. “It totally makes my day.”

To register and learn more, visit hr.duke.edu/runwalk.

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