AVR members' area

This page gives details of club runs with contact names. Follow the links for more details. There are links to various event diaries on our races page.


Summary

Follow the links for more details about each session.

Monday seniors Eleanor Wood Formal club night in Seaton; various runs and sessions.
Monday juniors Debbie Barry See the juniors' own pages for details.
Wednesday runs The Elliotts Runs in Seaton for anyone but particularly suitable for beginners and developers.
Wednesday sessions Garry Perratt Interval work in various locations.
Thursday Beer hills Richard Hale Hitting the hills around Beer; not suitable for slower runners.
Sunday runs Various Some members arrange long runs on Sundays when not racing.

 

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Mondays are the club's main club nights for all seniors and juniors, and include a range of runs, sessions, occasional fun events and a monthly handicap race. The Wednesday beginners' session is for beginners, developers and slower runners. The Wednesday sessions and Thursday runs are designed for moderate to fast runners.

Mondays

Formal club nights suitable for all abilities including juniors.
June 2 Handicap
9 AGM
16 Pyramid training
23
30 Predict a run (seniors)
July 7 Handicap
14
21 Race the Tram
28

Wednesday runs

Friendly and relaxed runs with a range of abilities including beginners and developers. Looping, alternative routes and hill strategies allow all runners to have a satisfying run on a 4½ mile course.

Wednesday sessions

Normally long reps (intervals from half Km to a mile), hills or beach. They are hard work but worth it! Meeting in various places to start a warmup jog at 18:30, or ready to rock at 18:45. On roads in Seaton and Axminster during GMT but mainly tracks around Colyton, Seaton and Axminster during BST. Theoretically suitable for runners of any ability since all but the hill sessions are out and back with all runners turning when the fastest reaches the end, but anyone wanting to join these sessions should contact Garry first.

This schedule is subject to variation if any of the sessions don't work out or due to unforeseen circumstances and personal whim! Week 5 occurs roughly every third month. The links are to maps of the meeting points which are not necessarily the starting locations.

Week Odd months Even months
1/2 Handicap Sandpit Hill, Colyton (300m hills) Shute Woods, Kilmington (500m hills)
2/1 Non-handicap Stammery Lane, Axminster (1¼M/1.9K road) Morganhayes Woods, Colyton (¾M/1.3K track)
3 White Gate, Colyton (¾M/1.1K track) Trinity Hill, Axminster (1¼M/2K track)
4 Green Lane, Axmouth (1M/1.6K road) Green Lane, Axmouth (¾M/1.2K track)
5 Trinity Hill, Axminster (½M/0.8K track)

Thursdays

Hard hills around Beer, Branscombe and Seaton during autumn & winter months. Head torches are necessary for off-road runs on alternate weeks. Spring and summer runs are mostly off-road around Beer and Branscombe. Occasional forays further afield. Not suitable for slower runners.

Long runs

Various members organise long runs at weekends when they're not racing. Details of runs which are moderately regular are below and you should contact the appropriate member for more details. If you would like to offer to lead another group then please contact a committee member; we are aware that they currently cater for faster runners so offers to organise slower groups would be particularly welcome.

Garry Perratt: Hilly 13-15 milers for faster runners (sub-25 minute handicap).

These are run at a fixed pace without looping so are only suitable for a limited range of abilities.