Seminar for First Time Marathon Runners
Planning to run your first marathon in 2011? Feeling a little overawed or need specific questions answered? The Club has organised a Seminar aimed at guiding you through the whole experience from training to post-race recovery. Specific topics will include:
- Are really ready for the challenge?
- Target-time setting (and adjusting)
- The key training sessions
- Building up the miles safely
- Injury/illness Prevention
- Race practice
- Tapering
- The Race and what to expect
- Post race recovery
Followed by a 15mins Q&A session
Speakers will be John Cullinane and Andrew Reeves - both UKA Level 2 coaches. John has 7 marathons under his belt including Berlin, London, Snowdonia and Cape Wrath and is the Club Coach Liaison committee representative. Andrew is currently training for his 5th London, with a debut time of 2:41 in 2005 and is Men’s Road Relays Field Captain.
Where & When
14th February 2011, 6.30pm
Greycoat Room, Civil Service Sports Club, 1 Chadwick Street, Westminster, London SW1P 2EP
Registration
Please sign up here if you wish to attend. Places are limited to 50.
If your plans change or you can no longer make it please take your name off the list so others can benefit.
Note: This seminar is for first-time marathon runners — i.e. runners who already have some experience of running and are moving up from 10k or half marathon distance to the full marathon and are seeking a specific time) — rather than complete running beginners who may just want to finish the race.