Wednesday running

View a list of forthcoming Wednesday run routes

Our main training session is every Wednesday evening, meeting at 7 p.m. at Marlborough Leisure Centre, situated at Barton Dene, just off the A4 Bath Road to the West of the town centre. Typically we run between 5 and 10 miles, in two or three groups according to speed, and taking a number of opportunities to re-group to allow slower runners to catch up and faster ones a chance to recover. 

Our winter runs will generally be along quiet country roads and farm tracks (reflective tops are a must).  In spring we have the delights of the bluebells in West Woods, and summer allows us to venture over the Marlborough Downs, perhaps to the Ridgeway national trail, along the Kennet Valley, or through the beech woods of Savernake Forest. 

In days gone by we included a timed handicap race once a month; we may reintroduce this, but to see some old names and faster times click here to see the training results archive.
 

As highly-tuned athletes, we appreciate the necessity of treating our bodies with respect and the importance of ensuring proper replacement of nutrients after running. Consequently our Wednesday evening training is followed by an intensive "rehydration" session in one of the local hostelries (Peroni and Abbot Ale are particularly popular) coupled with very good value high-carbohydrate-replacement foods (such as ham, egg & chips).