TRAINING AT WESTON ATHLETIC CLUB
You are very welcome to run with us for two or three weeks before making a commitment to join. We sincerely hope that you will like us enough to want to become a member of the finest athletic club in the South West (probably). Runners are welcome at any of our training nights. Most sessions are structured to cater for a wide range of standards and ability. New members are encouraged to come along to either our Monday night Trail or Tuesday night Rep/interval session in the first instance as this will give you an opportunity to meet the coaching teams, find out more about the club and what we have to offer. Please check our events calendar for details of our current activities. Visiting runners are always very welcome.
7:00pm Hutton Moor Leisure Centre
A fairly easy paced road run of around 7 miles. Everyone runs as a group on Mondays, at a pace determined by the coach. Faster runners will double back at various checkpoints. New runners are encouraged to come along to Tuesday training in order to find out more about the club before joining the Monday night group.
7:00pm
In the winter months meet on the prom (in the square shelter halfway between the Trop and the Royal Sands end of the seafront)
In the summer months meet on the sports field behind Hutton Moor Leisure Centre
We start with a short warm up and then run a session of repetitions over various distances or times, with recovery intervals between them. If you are really looking to improve your times, this session will do it for you. The training is structured so that whatever your standard you will not be left beh
7:00pm Hutton Moor Leisure Centre
We use a variety of different circuits to provide a steady road run of between 4 and 8.5 miles. We usually split into 5 or 6 different groups according to standard, which allows everyone to do the course at a suitable pace. All of the routes have points where the course may be shortened if you do not feel like completing the whole distance. Our regular circuits include Fartleking, Five Hills Puff, Four Bridges Grunt, Old Slog, Morrisons Run and Graveyard Run
The club cyclists are usually out on Saturday mornings for a road ride of around 50 or 60 miles. Normal start time is 8:15am (but later in deep Winter due to it being dark at 8.45am), with a mid-route ‘Big Breakfast’ stop. The meeting place is normally by the school gates opposite the Sainsburys store in Worle. If you are thinking about a triathlon or just want a bit of cross training, these sessions will help. They’re also not bad if you just like a good breakfast.
8:00am meeting at various locations as advertised weekly below and on our news page. Sessions generally include hill repeats at Uphill or Worlebury Woods or interval / lactic threshold training on the Prom.
If you have a marathon in mind (or even a half), this is the one that you must not miss. The long, slow run provides the platform for all of your training. On most Sunday mornings, there are one or two groups of runners out, with options of between 12 and 21 miles. Most of the runs are off-road and are taken at an easy pace. (With the hills we find to run up there is really only one pace available). Start times are normally between 8am and 9am.
TRAINING UPDATES
Tuesday Training – back on the Seafront from Tuesday 19th Sept 23
Tuesday training is back on the seafront this week. Meet 6.50 at the shelter between Trop and [...]
Nick cook – 20/6/2023 Tuesday Training Session
Hutton moor Tuesday sessions will be threshold efforts 7x 4min
Sheryl Selway – 19/6/2023
In case any of you were wondering about Jim’s update - I’m doing a session for all [...]
TRAINING CALENDAR
| Sun | Mon | Tue | Wed | Thu | Fri | Sat |
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| Saturday AM Session 8:00 – 8:00 am Saturday AM Session 8:00 – Dec 2 @ 8:00 am – 9:00 am Sessions for existing club members only Saturday am Rep/Interval/LT session – Led by Jason or Sheryl – meeting at various points within Weston at 8:00 See WAC social fb for detail and confirmation of session taking place suitable for all abilities Local parkrun takes place at 9:00am each week at Weston seafront, also PR’s at[...] | ||||||
| Monday Evening TWAC run – Not Quite Hell Steps – Meet 6.50 Black Rock car park Cheddar Gorge 6:45 pm Monday Evening TWAC run – Not Quite Hell Steps – Meet 6.50 Black Rock car park Cheddar Gorge @ Different Location each week - see TWAC fb for more detail and maps Dec 4 @ 6:45 pm – 8:45 pm TWAC session this week 27/11/23 is titled ‘Not Quite Hell Steps’ This is a hill loop session. how many loops can you do in and hour(ish)? Meet at black rock car park at 6:50 for a 7pm kick off. After running to the start point a short distance away get started on the loops. The[...] | Winter Tuesday Interval/ Rep sessions – 7:00 pm Winter Tuesday Interval/ Rep sessions – @ Weston Seafront shelter between Trop Royal Sands Dec 5 @ 7:00 pm – 8:00 pm Tuesday 28/11 meet 6.50 at the smaller shelter (with glass in the windows) 200 metres South of the Trop (enter Marine Parade via Royal Sands). Weather permitting there will be a choice of two sessions: Session one 2x 1 min, 2x 2min, 2x 3min, 1x 4min, back down all with rolling recoveries Second session 12x[...] | Wednesday Swim Sessions 8:30 pm Wednesday Swim Sessions Dec 6 @ 8:30 pm – 9:30 pm The Wednesday swim sessions at Burnham-on-Sea pool Wednesday swim sessions restarted Wednesday 30th August, Burnham on Sea Swim & Sport Academy Time: poolside 20:20hrs, swim 20:30 – 21:30hrs You need to be a fully paid-up WAC member to access sessions, they can be booked in blocks of 5 (£32:50) or 10 (£55:00) Please contact[...] | Thursday Training Runs 6:45 pm Thursday Training Runs @ Hutton Moor Dec 7 @ 6:45 pm Thursday night group runs from Hutton Moor Meet car park at 6.50, 30/11/23 – route will be Club Circuit | Saturday AM Session 8:00 – 8:00 am Saturday AM Session 8:00 – Dec 9 @ 8:00 am – 9:00 am Sessions for existing club members only Saturday am Rep/Interval/LT session – Led by Jason or Sheryl – meeting at various points within Weston at 8:00 See WAC social fb for detail and confirmation of session taking place suitable for all abilities Local parkrun takes place at 9:00am each week at Weston seafront, also PR’s at[...] | ||
| Monday Evening TWAC run – Not Quite Hell Steps – Meet 6.50 Black Rock car park Cheddar Gorge 6:45 pm Monday Evening TWAC run – Not Quite Hell Steps – Meet 6.50 Black Rock car park Cheddar Gorge @ Different Location each week - see TWAC fb for more detail and maps Dec 11 @ 6:45 pm – 8:45 pm TWAC session this week 27/11/23 is titled ‘Not Quite Hell Steps’ This is a hill loop session. how many loops can you do in and hour(ish)? Meet at black rock car park at 6:50 for a 7pm kick off. After running to the start point a short distance away get started on the loops. The[...] | Winter Tuesday Interval/ Rep sessions – 7:00 pm Winter Tuesday Interval/ Rep sessions – @ Weston Seafront shelter between Trop Royal Sands Dec 12 @ 7:00 pm – 8:00 pm Tuesday 28/11 meet 6.50 at the smaller shelter (with glass in the windows) 200 metres South of the Trop (enter Marine Parade via Royal Sands). Weather permitting there will be a choice of two sessions: Session one 2x 1 min, 2x 2min, 2x 3min, 1x 4min, back down all with rolling recoveries Second session 12x[...] | Wednesday Swim Sessions 8:30 pm Wednesday Swim Sessions Dec 13 @ 8:30 pm – 9:30 pm The Wednesday swim sessions at Burnham-on-Sea pool Wednesday swim sessions restarted Wednesday 30th August, Burnham on Sea Swim & Sport Academy Time: poolside 20:20hrs, swim 20:30 – 21:30hrs You need to be a fully paid-up WAC member to access sessions, they can be booked in blocks of 5 (£32:50) or 10 (£55:00) Please contact[...] | Thursday Training Runs 6:45 pm Thursday Training Runs @ Hutton Moor Dec 14 @ 6:45 pm Thursday night group runs from Hutton Moor Meet car park at 6.50, 30/11/23 – route will be Club Circuit | Saturday AM Session 8:00 – 8:00 am Saturday AM Session 8:00 – Dec 16 @ 8:00 am – 9:00 am Sessions for existing club members only Saturday am Rep/Interval/LT session – Led by Jason or Sheryl – meeting at various points within Weston at 8:00 See WAC social fb for detail and confirmation of session taking place suitable for all abilities Local parkrun takes place at 9:00am each week at Weston seafront, also PR’s at[...] | ||
| Monday Evening TWAC run – Not Quite Hell Steps – Meet 6.50 Black Rock car park Cheddar Gorge 6:45 pm Monday Evening TWAC run – Not Quite Hell Steps – Meet 6.50 Black Rock car park Cheddar Gorge @ Different Location each week - see TWAC fb for more detail and maps Dec 18 @ 6:45 pm – 8:45 pm TWAC session this week 27/11/23 is titled ‘Not Quite Hell Steps’ This is a hill loop session. how many loops can you do in and hour(ish)? Meet at black rock car park at 6:50 for a 7pm kick off. After running to the start point a short distance away get started on the loops. The[...] | Winter Tuesday Interval/ Rep sessions – 7:00 pm Winter Tuesday Interval/ Rep sessions – @ Weston Seafront shelter between Trop Royal Sands Dec 19 @ 7:00 pm – 8:00 pm Tuesday 28/11 meet 6.50 at the smaller shelter (with glass in the windows) 200 metres South of the Trop (enter Marine Parade via Royal Sands). Weather permitting there will be a choice of two sessions: Session one 2x 1 min, 2x 2min, 2x 3min, 1x 4min, back down all with rolling recoveries Second session 12x[...] | Wednesday Swim Sessions 8:30 pm Wednesday Swim Sessions Dec 20 @ 8:30 pm – 9:30 pm The Wednesday swim sessions at Burnham-on-Sea pool Wednesday swim sessions restarted Wednesday 30th August, Burnham on Sea Swim & Sport Academy Time: poolside 20:20hrs, swim 20:30 – 21:30hrs You need to be a fully paid-up WAC member to access sessions, they can be booked in blocks of 5 (£32:50) or 10 (£55:00) Please contact[...] | Saturday AM Session 8:00 – 8:00 am Saturday AM Session 8:00 – Dec 23 @ 8:00 am – 9:00 am Sessions for existing club members only Saturday am Rep/Interval/LT session – Led by Jason or Sheryl – meeting at various points within Weston at 8:00 See WAC social fb for detail and confirmation of session taking place suitable for all abilities Local parkrun takes place at 9:00am each week at Weston seafront, also PR’s at[...] | |||
| Monday Evening TWAC run – Not Quite Hell Steps – Meet 6.50 Black Rock car park Cheddar Gorge 6:45 pm Monday Evening TWAC run – Not Quite Hell Steps – Meet 6.50 Black Rock car park Cheddar Gorge @ Different Location each week - see TWAC fb for more detail and maps Dec 25 @ 6:45 pm – 8:45 pm TWAC session this week 27/11/23 is titled ‘Not Quite Hell Steps’ This is a hill loop session. how many loops can you do in and hour(ish)? Meet at black rock car park at 6:50 for a 7pm kick off. After running to the start point a short distance away get started on the loops. The[...] | Winter Tuesday Interval/ Rep sessions – 7:00 pm Winter Tuesday Interval/ Rep sessions – @ Weston Seafront shelter between Trop Royal Sands Dec 26 @ 7:00 pm – 8:00 pm Tuesday 28/11 meet 6.50 at the smaller shelter (with glass in the windows) 200 metres South of the Trop (enter Marine Parade via Royal Sands). Weather permitting there will be a choice of two sessions: Session one 2x 1 min, 2x 2min, 2x 3min, 1x 4min, back down all with rolling recoveries Second session 12x[...] | Wednesday Swim Sessions 8:30 pm Wednesday Swim Sessions Dec 27 @ 8:30 pm – 9:30 pm The Wednesday swim sessions at Burnham-on-Sea pool Wednesday swim sessions restarted Wednesday 30th August, Burnham on Sea Swim & Sport Academy Time: poolside 20:20hrs, swim 20:30 – 21:30hrs You need to be a fully paid-up WAC member to access sessions, they can be booked in blocks of 5 (£32:50) or 10 (£55:00) Please contact[...] | Thursday Training Runs 6:45 pm Thursday Training Runs @ Hutton Moor Dec 28 @ 6:45 pm Thursday night group runs from Hutton Moor Meet car park at 6.50, 30/11/23 – route will be Club Circuit | Saturday AM Session 8:00 – 8:00 am Saturday AM Session 8:00 – Dec 30 @ 8:00 am – 9:00 am Sessions for existing club members only Saturday am Rep/Interval/LT session – Led by Jason or Sheryl – meeting at various points within Weston at 8:00 See WAC social fb for detail and confirmation of session taking place suitable for all abilities Local parkrun takes place at 9:00am each week at Weston seafront, also PR’s at[...] | ||