The running club in Lochgilphead is a Jog Scotland group and there is also one in Tarbert. Jog Scotland is a link up between Scottish Athletics and the local councils and there are a lot of groups being set up around the country. It's a great idea, with the emphasis being on fitness and the social aspects rather than being as competitive as a running club might be.
I am a Jog Leader in a North Lanarkshire group at Chryston, just outside Glasgow, and we've been going since 2003 but the Tarbert group, who I ran with last year, only started up around March 2005, so there are new groups being set up all the time.
Have a look on the website at
www.jogscotland.org.uk for more info or email
jogscotland@argyll-bute.gov.uk for more details.
You really just need some local people who are willing to commit to take the club and be jog leaders. They then have to do a one day Scottish Athletics training course. You would also need to arrange a suitable location with appropriate facilities for your group to meet before and after their runs. Your group could then, subject to having enough jog leaders, offer runs at beginner, intermediate and advanced levels - there are set programmes for each level. We have around 75 members across all levels at ours, and I think Lochgilphead got about this many on the first night alone.
Let me know if you want any further details on this.
Mags