❗️ Changes to Thursday’s club sessions ❗️
Hi everyone, hope you’ve all had a good week so far. I am just bringing you an update in regards to club sessions on a Thursday going forward, as well as groups with over 12 attendees.
Following discussions with the committee and coaches, we are going to merge the seven groups down to five on Thursdays. This is to reduce the demand on coaches as it can be really hard to find seven on a Thursday. At the moment some of our coaches are leading groups on both evenings most weeks and are missing out on the opportunity to take part in sessions as a member rather than a coach.
Our proposal is to have the following groups on a Thursday: Sub 21, 21-24, 24-27, 27-30 & 30+.
As the range in paces in the groups will increase slightly, the sessions on a Thursday will tend to be more timed based rather than distance based. This will mean sessions on a Thursday are likely to be Intervals, Pyramid Sessions, and hills, with Tuesdays sessions more likely to include mile and 1k repeats.
In addition to this, we have thought that going forward into spring and the summer we can reintroduce the all inclusive track sessions that proved to be very popular back in 2022. There is also plans to do different activities away from the club on Thursdays too. 🙂👍🏻
❗️Groups with over 12 attendees❗️
With how busy the club currently is, especially on a Tuesday, we often have several groups fill up with 12 members. On the nights we have spare coaches available we will always add one of these to a group that is full – this allows an additional 12 spaces for members to book on.
As this allows up to a potential 24 members to book on, we have recently had groups with over 20 runners. Going forward, when this is the case, the two coaches within that group have the option to split the group in half and have two groups of 10 rather than one group of 20. Both groups and all runners will do the session that was planned, for example – Hills, but use a different location to train. We believe this decision will help the coaches keep you safe. 🏃♀️🏃♂️
The decision to split the group will be made between 17:30 and 18:30 by the coaches when we know how many will be attending.
Thanks,
Tom