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Tuesdays at Maida Vale

Our Endurance track session on Tuesdays is delivered by the following qualified England Athletics coaches: Gavin Edmonds - Athletics Coach Endurance; Will Tucker and Ewan Maynard - Assistant Athletics Coaches; Coach in Running Fitness (CiRF) - Lina Ambruleviciute; Leader in Running Fitness (LiRF) - James Gillanders.

The sessions are for Event Specific Endurance Athletes and Triathletes. If this title sounds confusing, Event Specific is the level up from Foundation in the England Athletics classification. The levels are Fundamental (Juniors), Foundation, Event Specific, Performance, Elite.

You should have a specific time based goal to attend this session and know your current paces and lap times, ie 3k, 5k, 10k pace, etc.

There is no minimum standard for this session but you should be running at least 30 miles per week over 4-7 runs. For Triathletes this may be 3 runs a week and not neccessarily 30 miles but you would ideally be around sub 2:45 for an Olympic diatance triathlon. 

Times: Meet punctually at 7pm by the sprint lanes/ main start line for a dynamic warmup and drills, having already jogged 1km. The session finishes around 8pm.

Contact: The criteria is stated above and if you have any questions about your training please feel welcome to contact Gavin gavinedmonds@yahoo.co.uk

Location: Paddington Rec Track, Maida Vale. There is no fee for the track. Bags can be left by the sprint lanes or there are lockers which require a returnable £1 coin. Showers and changing rooms cost £3.15 payable at reception.

If you are a committed runner or triathlete who is considering joining the club, you are welcome to join one of these sessions to try out the club.  Please sign up here for this.

16 Weeks Spring Marathon Season

The programme is suitable for any endurance distance including the marathon.

Session pace alternates each week between 10k and 5k pace so the body isn't overloaded with too much high V02Max running on a weekly basis, which isn't great for recovery within the schedule of a marathon programme.

For those racing 5k to 10k you might want to add some 5k pace work later in the weeks when we are run 10k pace during our Tuesday session.

There are more important runs that make up a successfull endurance training schedule, so make sure you are also doing those! As always feel free to ask the coaches for advice on racing, physiology, strength, nutrition, etc.