We will soon be back on the track at Moorways, from Sept 23rd. So, as we all gear up to be ready for the winter track sessions, we thought it would be good to remind you all of a few things. Track etiquette: As ever, we the coaching team, aim to support all our members
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As a club and members of the running community, we are very lucky to be able to run on the track at Moorways for 6-7months each year. The advantages of it are clear for all, both for you as runners and for us as coaches. When we return to Darley Park for the summer and restart
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There is an argument that runners who follow a regular, predictable and formulaic training could lead to being unable to cope with uncertainty of change that can occur. Weather can change very quickly in the UK, routes change due to unforeseen circumstances, a surge of runners run past you or one could miss picking up
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This overview is to support the Progression Session planned for the club’s weekly workout. With it to provide an overview of these types of sessions, the benefit of them and how you could vary them to suit your needs. Progression runs are really what they say in that during a run, one gets running a
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This will hopefully be the first in a series of articles/pieces to open up on training ideas. They are intended to be simple and clear in the explanation and thus something you can take and learn from. After all, there is no master plan to be the perfect runner, if there was, we would all
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I wanted to update you on some of the work that has been happening for our club charity Derby Sands. Derby Sands is part of Sands, the stillbirth and neonatal death charity. Sands operates throughout the UK, supporting anyone affected by the death of a baby, working to improve the care bereaved parents receive, and
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This week we had 28 Striders taking part across 7 different parkruns. At Alvaston, just a few hours after leading the fast group out on the Friday social run (thanks Rich!), Rich Tissington continued his run of fine form with a 20:07, and Sally Cartwright finished strong (flying past me on the final straight) to
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This week it was a somewhat local affair as we had 27 Striders running at 6 different parkruns spread across the midlands. It’s great to see week-in, week-out, Strider’s volunteering at different events, and this Saturday was no exception with Paul Roome and Eamonn Hughes on pacer duties at Markeaton and Alvaston respectively, putting in
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