The Saturday sessions offer a base level of training for endurance running, as recommended by England Athletics.
Session Level: Intermediate to Elite athletes (open to all)
Age: School Year 8+
Timing: 6.15pm-7.30pm
Lead Coach: Julian Emery
The 60+ minute sessions incorporate:
* warm up
* Winter months: a focus on cross-country running on the streets and in the forest area around Clevedon School:
* Summer months: concentration on track running with interval training on the 400m grass track
* cool down and stretching exercises
Athletes are spilt into smaller groups based upon running pace; the club does, though, expect everyone who attends these sessions to be able to comfortably run 5km.
Julian is assisted by qualified ‘Running Fitness’ coaches Russ Forsbrook and Steve Parsons together with a number of parents who run with the group as ‘back runners’.
Additionally, at any one time the club has a number of members and parents participating in Coaching and Fitness Running courses.
All our coaches are DBS checked and have attended and completed Safeguarding and First Aid courses.
If you would like to secure an athletics coaching qualification, or just help out volunteering, drop us a line from our Contact Form.