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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.

9 Weeks Late Autumn to the end of 2023

Most of us have finished the season with a big race in September or October and this time of year allows for more time to work on strength and endurance with the Cross Country season being one of the more popular things to be excited about. There's still the Club Championshp Half Marathon at St Neots on the calendar and many runners are targeting races abroad later in the year.

We're doing a bit more strength than usual with the inclusion of 3 Oregon sessions over the 9 weeks and there are some sessions bookended with marathon pace to be a bit more gentle on the body. Lately there have been a lot of minor injuries with members, mostly on the same muscle group and we've got the opportunity to address this over the coming months. The warmups will reflect this too with additional mobility exercises. What you can do is make sure the runs you do outside of the track session all have a purpose and a deliberate balance between easy and fast pace running. If you need any advice do ask, we love technical questions!