Great Bentley Running Club
Village Hall, Gt. Bentley, Essex, UK
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Training
The club organises a number of regular structured training sessions during Summer and Winter in addition to a number of ad hoc runs. More details are provided below
Please feel free to simply turn up at the sessions of your choice or contact us for further information.
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Session |
Time and location |
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Hill Training Winter |
Wivenhoe 5pm Meet in Car Park opposite Greyhound Pub Wivenhoe 7pm Meet in Car Park opposite Greyhound Pub |
| Hill Training Summer |
Essex University 5pm Meet in Upper Car Park Essex University 7pm Meet in Upper Car Park |
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Club Night Winter |
Wednesday, Great Bentley Village Hall 7:15pm. Various routes and paces from 5 - 10 miles. |
| Club Night Summer | Wednesday, Great Bentley Village Hall 7:15pm. Structured training |
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Structured training (Summer) |
Friday, Great Bromley Village Hall 6:30pm |
| Structured training (Winter) | Friday, Colchester Arena 7pm |
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Sunday stroll |
Various |
Structured training consists of:
A series of tempo, slow, Interval, Threshold and fartlek running;
Pyramid training;
Time based fast - slow runs;
Hill training;
or anything Chairman Clive can think of on the night to get the team
working!
Monday Winter Training:
Two sessions are provided at Wivenhoe on Mondays. Both use the same route and consist of hill repetitions.
Monday Summer Training:
Two sessions are provided at Essex Univerity on Mondays. Both use the same route and consist of hill repetitions.
Wednesday Club Night and Training:
The club meets every Wednesday evening at Great Bentley Village
Hall at 7 p.m. for 7.15 p.m., the Village Hall is on the right just
past the Railway Station. During late Spring and Summer, a
structured training is provided. Throughout the year members also
run various distances between 5 and 10 miles.
Friday
Winter training:
Winter structured training takes place between October and March
on Friday evenings at 7pm at:
Arena Sports Centre
Circular Road East
Colchester.
We meet in the foyer.
Friday Summer training:
Summer structured training on Friday evenings at 6:30 pm from
April - September at:
Great Bromley Village Hall (not Great Bentley!!!).
Frating Road/Parsons Hill
Great Bromley
We meet in the Village Hall Car park.
Sunday:
Sunday morning runs take place come rain, shine
(sometimes), snow, cold, hail, in fact anything the elements choose
to throw at us, throughout the year. Typically we meet at 8am. Our
favoured meeting point is Great Bromley where we use routes ranging
from 5 - 15 miles. There are usually sufficient numbers to create
groups which enable a few options to be provided each time. We also
occasionally meet at Great Bentley, Alton Water and Dedham. Please
see the main page of this site for details.