Marathon Training Seminars

I'm pleased to announce that we will be holding two marathon seminars early in the new year that will be aimed at those targeting a spring marathon. Sign up for both is now open.

Seminar 1 – with David Chalfen

Seymour Centre, Monday 16 January 2017 7.00pm

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A session to help guide your current and future marathon preparation and racing. It will thoroughly cover what you would expect a marathon coach to cover. It should be of use to anyone in a range of 2:20 to sub 3:30 and has been presented on behalf of England Athletics to groups of coaches/runners in that sort of range. It won't focus much on what you would expect to see a physio, physician or nutritionist for.

Presenter will be Serpentine Coach David Chalfen. He has been coaching for over 14 years, is a Level 4 performance coach and was an England Athletics Area Coach mentor in Endurance from 2009 to 2014. He has coached hundreds of runners from international standard down to modest recreational level, with a focus on the longer distances up to marathon. He is author of Improve Your Marathon and Half Marathon Running, which is on England Athletics' recommended reading list for endurance runners and coaches. As a runner he ran 20 marathons with a PB of 2:32.

Seminar 2 – with Andrew Reeves

Seymour Centre, Monday 23 January 2017 7.00pm

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This seminar is aimed at those preparing for their first marathon, or for more experienced marathoners aiming to finish in between 2:45 to 4:00. Whilst there will be some overlaps with the first seminar, the aim of this seminar is to develop a clear understanding of the fundamentals behind successful marathon training and how the training sessions on offer at the club can help with this.

Presenter will be Andrew Reeves. He is a UK Athletics Coach Level 2 (Endurance) and holds an ITEC Diploma in Holistic Massage and a VTCT Diploma in Sports Massage. Andrew has coached with Serpentine for many years, and presented at several earlier marathon seminars. He races regularly across the range of distances, and has a marathon PB of 2:41.

Future seminars

I am also looking to arrange further seminars, particularly around injury prevention and sports medicine. Further details will be announced in due course.

Tom Poynton
running@serpentine.org.uk

Submitted: 29 December 2016

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