Road Running
The Road Runners welcome new members from complete beginners to international athletes. We vary in age from adolescent teenagers to “adolescent” old age pensioners. We enter a variety of races from 5k to marathon, but welcome fun runners who do not intend to race but who wish to improve.
We meet on a club nights, Tuesdays and Thursdays, and hit the road about 6.30pm. If you are new to the club and want to join us please come down about 6pm and ask for the road runners section. We normally form 3-4 running groups of slow, medium, to fast and run 30-60 minutes.
On a Sunday mornings we meet for a long run (10-12 miles). Feel free to come down and try us out. Club facilities include changing rooms, free weights gym, hot food and a bar.
If you are new to road running and interested in joining our group please contact Barry Roberts 0121 360 8703/07909 471136
Team
Training – Group No. 3 The objective of this group is to provide a coaching programme that will enable new members to make steady progress over their initial introduction to long distance running, eventually giving them the confidence to enter competitive events. The group will also consist of mature runners that wish to retain their present levels of competitive fitness. There will always be the opportunity to move on to a higher group where sufficient progress is evident.Prospective club members should be prepared to take part in club training sessions on Tuesday and/or Thursday evenings. As a guide – anyone wishing to join should be able to jog/run at least two and half miles (4 kilometres) in approximately 30minutes to begin with.
Training – Group No. 2 Description coming soon
Training – Group No. 1
This group is aimed at the experienced road runner who is trying to improve their performance over a range of race distances from 5K to Marathon – or to have fun while maintaining a good standard of fitness. Members of this group tend to have 10K race times of between 34 and 42 minutes. We have a regular training programme devised which includes interval sessions, hill reps, threshold runs and longer easier runs. We run the majority of sessions on road in the winter and off road in the summer, but do include some track sessions. Meeting on Tuesday and Thursday 6.30pm at Alexander stadium. Most weekends the group completes a longer run on Sunday mornings, the location varies but often goes from one of our homes to ensure coffee and cake is available afterwards. Many of the members take part in cross country races in the winter and track during the summer. We also complete in some fun endurance events such as team adventure races, duathlons and many of us have undertaken long distance team relays such as circumnavigation of Anglesey and JonĘĽoĘĽGroats to Lands end. Typical training schedule – here
NOTICES
Marathon & Other Events info
The deadline for the receipt of applications for London Marathon 2012 will be the date of the next scheduled Road Runners Consultation Group Meeting on Thursday 3rd November 2011.
London Marathon Club Entries (2012) – details
Archived Results moved to our new Results section here