Two evenings a week. All paces. Everyone welcome.
We meet twice a week, every Tuesday and Thursday evening at 6:30pm from Stockton Town FC. No two weeks are quite the same. Depending on the time of year and what the group fancies, a session might be a steady social run, structured intervals, hill work, or a bit of Fartlek.
Groups set off based on pace, from our steadiest group right through to faster club runners, and group leaders make sure everyone's accounted for, so no one ever runs alone. Sessions are built around being able to run 5K without stopping, and from that point on every pace is welcome.
New to running and not sure what these mean? Here's a plain-English guide to the sessions you'll come across through the year, every one of them scaled to your level.
A relaxed, steady run at a chatty pace. The bread and butter of the club, great for building fitness, catching up, and getting the miles in without pressure.
Short bursts of faster running with recovery jogs in between. It's the quickest way to build speed and stamina. In the summer we often do these on the track.
Repeating a set effort, say a fast 400m or 800m, several times over, with rest between each. Builds strength and teaches your body to hold a pace.
Running up an incline and recovering on the way back down. Brilliant for leg strength and running economy, and far less scary than it sounds in a group.
Swedish for "speed play", mixing faster and slower running on the fly, often using landmarks like lampposts. A fun, unstructured way to get a quality session in.
Sustained, comfortably-hard efforts and longer distances to build endurance, ideal if you're training towards a 10K, half, or marathon.
🏃 During the summer months you'll find us doing intervals on the track, a great way to sharpen up in the lighter evenings.
Easy to reach from Thornaby, Norton, Billingham, Eaglescliffe, Yarm and Middlesbrough — most members are a ten to fifteen minute drive away. There is free parking on site.