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Beginner Training - Please check What's On Page

Monday Nights at the Track.Minimum age for our track sessions is 12, Children must be accompanied by an adult. No maximum age!

Wednesday Nights from Eton Manor - a two mile run setting off at 7pm, the same time as our longer four mile and 10K routes

Saturday morning parkrun. parkrun organise free, weekly, 5km timed runs around the world. They are open to everyone, free, and are safe and easy to take part in. Full details at www.parkrun.org.uk/





Track Session - Meet at Ashton Playing Fields, Woodford Bridge, Essex, IG8

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Ideal for Beginners - Monday evenings - see Track Section or What's On page of this website.

If you have any friends who are new to running but would like to give it a try, tell them to come along! We don't need to tell you what a great Club they would be joining!



Meet at 6.30pm at Ashton Playing Fields, Woodford Bridge, Essex, IG8 8AA . Note that there will be a cost of £4.10 (£1.60 concessions available for students and Over 35s) per person, payable locally. Annual season tickets are also available. See Vision website. It is thhttp://www.eastlondonrunners.org.uk/admin/membership.phpe responsibility of each person attending to make payment and not the responsibility of the Club of East London Runners. Nearest tube Station is Woodford on the Central Line.
www.vision-rcl.org.uk/ashtons_home.html

Suitable for all levels including Beginners.

New to Running

Before you start.
If you feel out of shape, or you're recovering from injury or worried about an existing condition, see your GP before you start running.
If you have not been active for a while, you may want to build your fitness levels gently by walking before you move on to running.

Running Shoes.
Running requires very little equipment, but a good pair of running shoes that suit your foot type will reduce the risk of injury. There are many types of trainers on the market, so get advice from a specialist running retailer who will assess your foot and find the right shoe for you.The shoes as shock absorbers weaken over time, increasing your risk of injury. It is advisable to replace running shoes every 300/400 miles.

Starting out
To avoid injury and enjoy the experience, it is essential to ease yourself into running slowly and increase your pace and distance gradually over several outings. Start each run with a gentle warm-up of at least five minutes. This can include quick walking, marching on the spot, knee lifts, side stepping and climbing stairs. Start walking for an amount of time that feels comfortable (anywhere from 10 to 30 minutes). Once you can walk for 30 minutes easily, include some running intervals of one to two minutes into your walking at a speed that feels comfortable. As time goes on, make the running intervals longer, until you're running for 30 minutes continuously. Run with your arms and shoulders relaxed, and elbows bent.

Regular running for beginners means getting out at least twice a week. Your running will improve as your body adapts to the consistent training stimulus.
It is better to run twice a week, every week, than to run half a dozen times one week and then do no running for the next three weeks.

At East London Runners we would recommend that you initially attend our Monday Evening Track Sessions.(See above) Also a good option for development are the Saturday morning parkruns (NOTE parkrun is not part of East London Runners but many of our members join in on their weekly runs which are FREE. Register with parkrun before attending). See below for fuller parkrun details.

At the track and parkrun you can build your distance and stamina up each week by initially walk/jogging and then develop into running.You can run with us for up to 3 sessions, plus the parkruns, to see if our Club is suitable for your needs and then decide if you wish to join us.


Track
Meet at 6.30pm at Ashton Playing Fields, Woodford Bridge, Essex, IG8 8AA for a 45 min floodlit track session. Fee which may payable to the track owners on the night is £4.10 (£1.60 concessions available for students and Over 35's) per person, payable locally. it is the responsibility of each person attending to make payment and not the responsibility of the Club of East London Runners. Nearest tube Station is Woodford on the Central Line. www.vision-rcl.org.uk/ashtons_home.html

If you are new to running or would like to complement your other running/training with track work, then why not come along on a Monday evening and improve your running no end by doing something that no other single training session will better.


parkrun whilst not a part of East London Runners are highly recommended by us. parkruns are FREE, timed 5k runs organised by parkrun at 9am each Saturday at Wanstead Flats(Harrow Road side)This run is off-road. Also at Valentines Park, Ilford, this run is on tarmac, and across London and the UK and now abroad also! It would be a good way to run shorter distances with others in a good safe environment when starting out. Both local parkruns consist of 2 laps so there is the opportunity to start by just running one lap of approximately 1.5 miles with the full run being 3.1 miles. You do not have to be a fast runner or have any experience to join in. Register at www.parkrun.com