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January Bingo Challenge

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Do you need a bit of extra morivation for the New Year?

Your Coaching Team have put thier thinking caps on and have come up with a series of challenges for you to consider during Janury.

You might just fancy a single challenge, you may want to fill a line, you could go for the four corners or those super competitive ones may fancy filling the whole card. It’s entirley up to you how many challenges you choose to take on and it’s purely there for some fun and motivation…

Full challenge details:

Carol – Complete a Parkrun First,

  • Complete your first ever Parkrun, if you’ve already run a Parkrun complete your first at a new venue.

Dave W – Complete your favourite route in reverse,

  • Take your favourite running route and turn it on it’s head by running it the opposite way round.

Dave D – Attend every club session in January,

  • Show us 100% commitment and attend all 8 club sessions throughout the month of January.

Elaine – Try something new for the New Year,

  • This could be a new run route, run a cross country, try a new exercise class, just do something that running related that you’ve never done before.

Gareth – Set a distance target and hit it EXACTLY,

  • Set yourself a distance target for the month then get as close to it as you can.

Kevin – Run naked once a week,

  • Leave your running tech at home, forget about how far, how fast etc and run purely for the love of running. 

Nadine – Complete your own 2023 challenge,

  • Take the numbers 2, 0, 2 & 3 and make your own challenge. You could run 20.23k (or miles), swim 202.3 lengths, complete 20 squats a day for 23 days. Use your imagination and have some fun.

Ollie – Give something back…

  • Give a little of your time to help other runners, you could volunteer at a Parkrun or marshal at a race, you know how much you appriciate the support so give a little back.

Sarah – Take some time for yourself,

  • Treat yourself to a bit if self care, complete at least 30mins of stretching, yoga or pilates every week during January.

Coaching Plans for 2022…

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We are pleased to announce your club coaches have been working hard behind the scenes to help improve the coaching offer we give you as Running Somewhere Else members.

Over the coming months we will be delivering your Wednesday night efforts sessions not as individual sessions but as part of a bigger picture which is designed to help you all improve as runners.

In fact we’ve already been doing it since Christmas…

Below you will find the coaching calendar we are working to highlighting the various training blocks within the first 6 months of the year.

  • Jan 3rd > 23rd – 3 Week New Year Kick Starter
    • A short sharp program of efforts to burn off the Christmas excess and start 2022 in style.
  • Jan 24th > Feb 27th – 4 Week Drill Introduction & Development
    • Introduction to the importance and benefits of running drills.
    • Development of ability to complete drills.
  • Feb 28th > April 24th – 8 Week Speed Endurance
    • 8 weeks of targeted efforts sessions designed to give runners the ability to run faster for longer.
    • These sessions will help runners improve thier times over any distance from 5k to Marathon and will be of particular benefit to those looking for a good time at the Stratford 1/2 Marathon.
  • April 25th > June 19th – 8 Weeks Running Stronger
    • This 8 week training block will focus on making you a stronger and more injury resistant runner.
  • June 20th > July 17th – 4 Weeks of Fun with Form
    • During the summer months efforts can be exactly that, an effort.
    • This 4 week block provides an opportunity to have some fun, look at our running form and take the chance to enjoy ourselves on what we hope will be some sunny, warm summer evenings.

We want to assure you that the plans we have in place are as inclussive as they always have been (so much so I doubt anyone really noticed we have changed things) but we are now all working towards a targeted goal.

For those of you competing in the club championship races these sessions will act as a great spring board towards improved performances and for those who aren’t we will still help you improve and maintain your running fitness just the same as we always have…

In addition to this later in the year we will be looking at providing individual training plans to work alongside the club structure for members who are targeting specific events. More on this to follow so watch this space.

If you have any questions about what we are doing feel free to speak to either Carol, Dave or Kevin.

Running Fitter, Faster, Stronger

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A new 6 week structure to your effort sessions

Your coaching team are excited to launch our ‘Fitter, Faster, Stronger’ 6 week program.

Starting on Wednesday March 31st you will have the opportunity to join one of three running groups for the 6 week period, each with a slightly different focus.

Are you returning to running following injury or have you had some time off over lockdown and want help to get your mojo back?

Sessions for this group will be coached by Carol and Paul and have been designed to challenge your aerobic fitness aiming to make your 5k more comfortable (and hopefully a bit quicker) with a focus on fun without putting you under any pressure.

Have you spent lockdown plodding and do you yearn for the adrenaline rush of a fast paced run and some healthy competition?

The running faster group will be coached by Dave and Ollie who will be there to help give your pace a kick start with a return to racing on the horizon. Sessions within this group will be targeted at improving your 5k pace and developing your speed endurance.

Do you want to run a bit further, wish your 10k felt a bit easier or have you had to cut back on your running and now want to build your distances back up?

In this group Nadine and Gareth have planned sessions which will have a focus on endurance to help you go further by developing your aerobic capacity and strength. This group would fit perfectly for those runners who have been running regularly and maintained a good level of fitness but lack the desire or the need for speed.

Although the sturcture may be a little different we would like to assure you all the things that make training with RSE so special will still be there…

Ideally you will choose your group and book into every session across the 6 week period. You can, of course, pick and choose; however you won’t get the benefits of a co-ordinated program with a dedicated focus…

Sessions will start from The Old Station Car Park in Cirencester where you will be met by your coach/coaches who will then take you on a warm up run to their chosen venue. They will take you through your efforts before returning to The Old Station Car Park to complete your post run stretches.

In order to comply with Covid-19 guidelines sessions will be limited to 12 runners per group.

As always please make sure you book your place via RunTogether (bookings open after 08.00 Wednesday 24th March)

If you have any questions feel free to contact me otherwise we look forward to seeing as many of you as possible on Wednesday 31st March…

Kevin 🙂