We organise courses aimed at beginners, novice runners and improvers.
We run these courses 3 or 4 times a year, usually in Spring, Summer and Autumn.
Beginners Course
Our beginners running course is suitable for adults of all ages looking to start or gain confidence in their running.
Objectives:
- Discover or re-discover the fun of running and make new friends along the way
- At the end of the 8 weeks runners should be able to run continuously for 30 minutes and possibly to a distance of 7k
- Runners will learn the club “two parks” route and an alternative, shorter, route around Hyde Park to enable them to join the weekly club runs
Our next course starts on Saturday 31st May, sign up below.
Duration: 8 weeks
When and Where: All our sessions are held in Hyde Park alongside our club runs.
- Saturday mornings 9.45am. This is a coached session focusing on running technique followed by an opportunity to catch up socially over a coffee in the park.
- Wednesday evenings 7.00pm. This session is a led run focusing on building up the distance of continuous running interspersed with some walking as needed.
To get the best from the course, runners should be able to commit to running twice a week (three times would be even better!).
Cost: Free for club members. Membership is £45 a year, £20 for concessions.
You must be a current member of the club to sign up for the Beginners’ Course. To join the club, please click here, and then come back to this page to sign up for the course.
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If you have any questions you can contact us at beginners@serpentine.org.uk
Improvers Programme
Our improvers programme is aimed at adults looking to extend their distance to run continuously for at least 10k or to improve their pace.
The programme is suitable for people moving on from our beginners course, anyone looking to run their first race. It is also suitable for new club members at foundation level looking for a introduction to club sessions to help them improve their running.
10k course graduates with run leaders and other Serpies in Kew Gardens 10k, April 2023
To join:
- you should be a club member (please join here)
- be able to run pretty continuously for 7km (it doesn’t matter how fast)
Objectives
- to improve running endurance to run continuously for 10k or further
- to improve running pace
- provide a next step for graduates from the beginners course
- introduce a framework of existing club sessions to enable participants to improve
The programme is aimed at foundation level runnners. If your target 10k time is faster than 48 minutes, this is probably not the group for you.
Structure:
- Saturday: Whole Group Session.
A structured session in Hyde Park, at the Club Handicap, or at a variery of diferent (Central London) locations for introductions to trail running, hills and varied pace sessions.
- Monday: track session at Paddington Rec, to develop strength and pace. 7:00pm at Paddington Recreation Ground.
- Mid-week: endurance run which we recommend is done as part of the club runs on Wednesday evening session at club runs on Wednesday’s evenings. 6.45pm from St Mary’s School, Enford Street.
Our next course will start on Saturday March 22nd 2025
Duration: 8 weeks
Contact us at improvers@serpentine.org.uk
Cost: Free for club members. Only £45 a year, £20 for concessions.
Next Improver Course Autumn 2025