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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| Tuesday 4th January 2022, 18:30 | Abbey Road Sports Field, DL3 8LR |
SOCIAL STEADY RUN To start the New Year, we’ll get together for a sociable steady run from Abbey Road Sports Field, giving members the chance to catch up on the Christmas and New Year gossip with fellow members.
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Rob DENT Wendy COLLING
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RUN AND WALK GROUP Roy MACDOUGALL |
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Thursday 6th January 2022, 18:30
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Abbey Road Sports Field, DL3 8LR |
ENDURANCE – 3,2,1 SESSION Carmel Road South, Blackwell Lane, Glenfield Road, Ravensdale Road This is a progression session, with each section being run at a different pace. You will run 3 laps of the course at Half Marathon Pace, then 2 laps at 10k pace, then 1 lap at 5k pace. You will undertake a 1 lap recovery between reps.
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Steve PADGETT Marc ELLIS
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10-MINUTE MILE STEADY Claire CHAPMAN Tom CHAPMAN 12-MINUTE MILE STEADY Graham Park RUN AND WALK GROUP Roy MACDOUGALL
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| Monday 10th January 2022, 19:00 | Eastbourne Sports Complex, DL1 1LD |
FORTNIGHTLY TRACK SESSION Come along and join Paul ROBERTS for a track session. WARM UP
MAIN SESSION – RUN TO THE DICE
COOL DOWN
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Paul ROBERTS
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| Tuesday 11th January 2022, 18:30 | Abbey Road Sports Field, DL3 8LR |
SPEED – 600 SOLUTION The Headlands, Treelands, Hummerknott Avenue
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Billy HARRIS Phil THORNBERRY
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10-MINUTE MILE STEADY Gary READ Emma JOYEUX 12-MINUTE MILE STEADY Helen SPAVEN RUN AND WALK GROUP Roy MACDOUGALL
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| Thursday 13th January 2000, 18:30 | Abbey Road Sports Field, DL3 8LR |
ENDURANCE – 1000M REPS FULTHORPE AVENUE, LUNEDALE ROAD, BARNES ROAD, CLAXTON AVENUE
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Philippa RAYNER Steve PADGETT
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10-MINUTE MILE STEADY Tom CHAPMAN Claire CHAPMAN 12-MINUTE MILE STEADY Ian YOUNG RUN AND WALK GROUP Roy MACDOUGALL
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| Tuesday 18th January 2022, 18:30 |
Abbey Road Sports Field
DL3 8LR |
SPEED – FARTLEK Carmel Gardens, Carmel Road North, Coniscliffe Road North, Linden Avenue and Cleveland Terrace) Session to commence with a Warm Up (run to the session) and the Main Session. A traditional Fartlek with 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 to indicate a change of pace.
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David LEDGERWOOD Gary READ
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10-MINUTE MILE STEADY Brian MCLAREN Juliette MCLAREN 12-MINUTE MILE STEADY Graham Park RUN AND WALK GROUP Roy MACDOUGALL |
| Thursday 20th January 2022, 18:30 | Abbey Road Sports Field, DL3 8LR |
ENDURANCE – SWALEDALE AVENUE HILLS Staindrop Road, Swaledale Avenue, Birkdale Road, Lunedale Road
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Steve PADGETT Wendy COLLING
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8-MINUTE MILE STEADY David AIKEN 10:30-MINUTE MILE STEADY Philippa RAYNER Phil THORNBERRY 12-MINUTE MILE STEADY Ian YOUNG RUN AND WALK GROUP Roy MACDOUGALL |
| Monday 24th January 2022, 19:00 | Eastbourne Sports Complex, DL1 1LD |
FORTNIGHTLY TRACK SESSIONS Coach Paul ROBERTS will be putting you through your paces around the 400m track at Eastbourne Sports Complex. WARM UP
MAIN SESSION
COOL DOWN
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Paul ROBERTS | |
| Tuesday 25th January 2022, 18:30 | Abbey Road Sports Field, DL3 8LR |
SPEED – BUT ONE GET ONE FREE Those undertaking the Main Session will be split into two groups, and one group will initially undertake 400m Reps around Wilton Drive, Carleton Drive and Villiers Close (taking a 2:00 recovery via the footpath between Villiers Close and Wilton Drive). The second group will undertake 400m Reps from the corner of Ash Tree Close and Clare Avenue, along Clare Avenue, turning left into Nunnery Lane and then left into Wilton Drive at the top of Nunnery Lane. The end of the rep is at the path that cuts back through to Ash Tree Close (taking a 2:00 recovery via the footpath between Wilton Drive and Ash Tree Close).
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Lee MORRIS Helen SPAVEN
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10-MINUTE MILE STEADY Marc ELLIS Emma JOYEUX 12-MINUTE MILE STEADY Ian YOUNG RUN AND WALK GROUP Roy MACDOUGALL |
| Thursday 26th January 2022, 18:30 | The White Heifer That Travelled, DL2 2GG |
MONTHLY SOCIAL STEADY RUN All are welcome, regardless of pace. Come along and have a chat with fellow runners during a sociable steady run
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Rob DENT Claire Chapman Tom Chapman
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RUN AND WALK GROUP Roy MACDOUGALL |
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@quakers.run 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)