Each Main Session is carefully designed so that, whatever your experience, your pace or your goals, you will be able to get the most out of them. The dedicated coaching team are on hand to ensure your safety and give you tips on how to improve your form so you get the most from your training with us.
Main Sessions
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| Date, Time | Venue | Session | Main Session Coaches | Steady Run Coaches |
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| Thursday 2 November, 18:30 | Abbey Road Sports Field, DL3 8LR | 1200M REPS Wycliffe Way, Carroll Road, Leith Road and Edinburgh Drive Starting on the corner of Wycliffe Way and Edinburgh Drive, heading up Wycliffe Way, turning left onto Carroll Road, left onto Leith Road, then left onto Edinburgh Drive back to the start point. Members will take a two minute recovery between reps.
| Graham Park Mark Colling | 10-MINUTE MILE STEADY Peter Cowan 12-MINUTE MILE STEADY Ian Young |
| Monday 6 November, 19:00 | Eastbourne Sports Complex, DL1 1LD | FORTNIGHTLY TRACK SESSION – “The Quaker Mile”
| Paul Roberts | |
| Tuesday 7 November, 18:30 | Abbey Road Sports Field, DL3 8LR | 600M REPS (Bury Blast) Carmel Road North, Thornbury Rise and Highbury Road Starting on the corner of Carmel Road North and Highbury Road, runners proceed down Carmel Road North, turning right into Thornbury Avenue, turning right again into HIghbury Road and stopping when reaching Carmel Road North again. That’s one rep. Reps should be undertaken at 85%/90% effort (this is supposed to be a hard session), or 8.5 to 9 on our Rate of Perceived Effort chart (High-End Tempo). During each rep it should be difficult to hold a conversation, and breathing should seem rapid. Members will take a two minute recovery between reps.
| Gill Colling Roy MacDougall | 10-MINUTE MILE STEADY Mike Watson 12-MINUTE MILE STEADY Lee Morris |
| Thursday 9 November, 18:30 | Abbey Road Sports Field, DL3 8LR | 900M REPS Nunnery Lane, Fulthorpe Avenue, Lunedale Road Starting on the junction of Barrett Road and Swaledale Road, members will head up Nunnery Lane, turn right and run to the end, the right onto Wilton Drive onto Fulthorpe Avenue, following it round as it becomes Lunedale Road, then end when they reach Barrett Road again.
| Helen Clark Ray Reed | 10-MINUTE MILE STEADY Marc Ellis 12-MINUTE MILE STEADY Andy Walker |
| Tuesday 14 November, 18:30 | Abbey Road Sports Field, DL3 8LR | 800M REPS Holyrood Avenue/Leith Road/Edinburgh Drive Starting on the corner of Holyrood Avenue and Leith Road (by the big tree) heading down leith road, turn left onto Edinburgh drive, then left up Holyrood Avenue.
| Billy Harris Gillian Harris | 10-MINUTE MILE STEADY Brian McLaren Juliette McLaren 12-MINUTE MILE STEADY Ian Young |
| Thursday 16 November, 18:30 | Abbey Road Sports Field, DL3 8LR | HILL SESSION Hill Close Avenue and Clare Avenue Starting on the corner of Leith Road and Hill Close Avenue, effort is uphill on Hill Close Avenue/Clare Avenue until you reach the junction at Whitemeadows. Once there, cross the road, and take recovery on the downhill.
| Lou Trainor Marc Ellis | 12-MINUTE MILE STEADY Phil Thornberry |
| Monday 20 November, 19:00 | Eastbourne Sports Complex, DL1 1LD | FORTNIGHTLY TRACK SESSION
| Paul Roberts | |
| Tuesday 21 November, 18:30 | Abbey Road Sports Field, DL3 8LR | FARTLEK Coniscliffe Road, Hartford Road, Blackwell Lane and Carmel Road South 1 mile fartlek session. Periods of increased pace followed by periods of recovery. The emphasis is on running for significant periods at a pace faster than your normal training and racing paces ie. greater than 5K pace. Each hard effort is followed by a recovery stage, when the pace should be reduced to a point where breathing and pulse rate return to, or near, resting rate, after which the next hard effort follows. Using street corners / road junctions to indicate a change of pace.
| David Ledgerwood Lee Morris | 10-MINUTE MILE STEADY Lou Trainor 12-MINUTE MILE STEADY Ian Young
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| Thursday 23 November, 18:30 | Abbey Road Sports Field, DL3 8LR | 1600M REPS Staindrop Road, Carmel Road North, Nunnery Lane, Swaledale Avenue Starting on the corner of Staindrop Road and Swaledale Avenue, members will head down Staindrop Road, turning right into Carmel Road North, right into Nunnery Lane and right into Swaledale Avenue back to the starting point. Members will take a two minute recovery between reps.
| Wendy Colling Mark Colling | 10-MINUTE MILE STEADY Rob Dent |
| Tuesday 28 November, 18:30 | Abbey Road Sports Field, DL3 8LR | 400M REPS Barrett Road, Carroll Road, Hummersknott Avenue, St Hild Close
Starting on the corner of Barrett Road and the small road, effort is along Barrett Road, left onto Carroll Road, left onto Hummersknott Avenue and ending when reaching the small road again. 200m recovery is then taking around the perimeter of the small grassed area, returning to the start point.
| Lisa Bowerbank Roy MacDougall | 10-MINUTE MILE STEADY Ray Reed |
| Thursday 30 November, 18:30 | The Copper Beech Pub, DL1 4DH | SOCIAL STEADY RUN Join us for the monthly social steady and a drink afterwards | Rob Dent |
When working out your effort level for each session, Members may wish to give some thought to the following Rates of Perceived Effort. Our Coaches are able to offer some guidance regarding the effort level required for each session, however obviously you may want to give consideration to your own training needs too (training for a 5K race will look very different to training for a marathon, for instance). If you have any questions, please do discuss with the Session Coach, or contact us at leadcoach@quakersrunningclub.org.uk There are steady runs at a variety of paces every Tuesday and Thursday evening, alongside these main sessions. See the Steady Runs Training Schedule for more details. Our club has a wide range of qualified coaches who have experience in many different distances and across many different terrains. Click here to view our Coaches page. Coaching is organised by our Lead Coaches. You can e-mail leadcoach@quakersrunningclub.org.uk for information about any of the sessions. New members are encouraged to come down and try our sessions or join a steady run group.
Notes about training
- The advertised times are when we aim to set off. Runners typically arrive at the venue anything up to 15 minutes before this time, in order to socialise, find out more about the sessions which are taking place, listen to announcements, check the club noticeboard, and so on;
- Members taking part in a training session prior to competing in a race (mid-week or weekend) should seek the advice of the coach conducting the session in order to identify the most appropriate training level;
- Please appreciate our coaches – without them, we wouldn’t have any training sessions!
- All training sessions start from the Abbey Road Sports Field, Abbey Road, Darlington.
Please be aware that your effort in each session depends on your current training aims, level of fitness and your need to taper/recover. The coaches will be able to advise you on how many reps you should be aiming to complete. We also would like to encourage runners of all levels to take part in the sessions, including new runners.
Non members trying out the club
If you are not a member and are coming to one of our training sessions, we ask that you fill in the following form so that we have a record of who is attending training. Paper copies of the form are available from the coach on duty on the night. Click here to download the Non-Member Registration Form (PDF)