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We are passionate about
running and coaching our athletes. As a club we are
competitive at National, Regional and County levels with
many amazing athletes; but our coaches are just as
focused on all our equally amazing athletes who are
aiming for, a parkrun PB, a first 10k or marathon! At
Ranelagh we want everyone to improve and so our training
plans are tailored to suit all abilities. We have coaches
and experienced runners who have done it all and can help
everyone improve whatever your level.
We are a harriers club -
that is, we love to run in our lovely parks, Commons and
towpaths when we can, and this is where we are happiest
but we also race and train on the road. We don't race as
a club on the track, but we do track training! (And many
of our runners also do the track season as
individuals/2nd claim with other clubs).
Our main club nights are
on Tuesday and Thursday. We cater for Juniors
and Adults on Tuesdays and the sessions are
aimed at runners at every level, from new runners to
experienced runners, from elite runners to slower
runners, and our training sessions support races at all
distances from 5K to marathons. Training varies depending
on the time of year and runners targets - come along and
discuss your plans! Please contact the Men or Women’s captains if you have any queries
or questions.
- The adult Tuesday sessions
start at 7.00pm from our
clubhouse in Petersham, where showers and
changing facilities are available.
There are five main adult training groups that
cater for different speeds (see Training
Sessions). There are also
additional groups thought the year, such as
Becky/Phil’s winter group and the Beginners
group (linked to the Women’s training course
- see below)
- The Juniors
(under 16) train at 6.00pm from the
Ranelagh club house (contact Colin
Brett and Maia
Rushby)
We usually train in
Richmond Park as it provides us with an ideal training
environment; beautiful off-road running all year round,
and a traffic-free road circuit for those dark winter
evenings (see Tuesday Night
Training Sessions). When the park is closed we have road
and off-road locations to suit specific training
sessions. Post-training discussions often continue at the
Roebuck on Richmond Hill.
Thursday night track
sessions are held at Osterley track (location here). These are fully coached sessions and
are designed to improve fitness and running technique.
All speeds and training groups are catered for, and
encouraged to attend. Training starts at 7:30.
We also have a few
social runners who run on an uncoached session on
Wednesdays; who set off from the clubhouse
at 6.30 pm (often followed by time in the
Roebuck).
New and Nearly New
Runners
We make every effort to
support runners who may be coming back to the sport and
encourage new runners, who perhaps do not feel very
confident. We make a promise to all runners that you will
never be left to run alone when we go out for training
runs. We also promise that we will coach people at all
levels and help them to improve.
Everyone has to start
somewhere and on Tuesdays, we have a Development group
for runners who have recently taken up running. Every
year we organise a Women’s Beginners Course who want
to take up running. Usually the courses start in May and
last 8 weeks the women on the courses then are encouraged
to join the club as improvers in the Development group.
Coaching
There are a number of UK
Athletics qualified coaches within Ranelagh specialising
in middle distance, cross-country and endurance running,
who not only work with groups on Tuesdays and at Thursday
track sessions but are also willing to coach individuals.
Contact Trevor Maguire if you are interested in
coaching.
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