Skipton Athletics Club

http://www.skiptonac.org

Skipton AC is a small athletics club based in Skipton. The club caters for athletes of all abilities and disciplines (typically road running and fell running as well as track and field events). The club is warm and friendly and welcomes new members. Please contact us if you have any questions or simply come along to one of our training sessions.

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Skipton Athletics Club (AC) welcomes anyone who wants to try running, no matter if you are a complete beginner and never run before, or a ‘comeback kid’ who has run a little before and wants to get back into it.

Skipton AC are a friendly group of people who meet regularly to enjoy not only running, but also socialising together. The aim of JogSkipton is to introduce people to running purely for the enjoyment and the good feeling of being active.

Members of Skipton AC say, “Anyone can come and run with us. We hope that people’s motivation will increase as they realize that they are getting more and more fit, confident and energised by running. There is always something exciting on the horizon – whether it is pure improvement, feeling better or the desire to run a race. JogSkipton is not about a group of elite runners coaching aspiring athletes. We are experienced, regular runners and simply wish to share our love for running and to give supportive encouragement in a relaxed, friendly atmosphere.”

 

When and Where?

JogSkipton sessions are intended for adults aged 18 and over and will be from mid-January for six weeks with further sets of sessions from early April prior to Skipton’s Race for Life in May.

Sessions will be held at 6:30pm, meeting outside the Craven Swimming Pool foyer and will last for about 30 minutes. There is no cost to participants.

The series of six sessions are not a formal training course; people can join in with as many or as few sessions as they wish. The sessions will be semi-structured to aid improvement and development of each participant’s running. With this in mind, Skipton AC believe that people who attend all six sessions will improve their fitness, especially if combined with exercise on other days during each week.

Skipton AC will hold an open meeting so that people can express their interest and to meet club members. Based on this, the numbers of complete beginners and ‘comeback kids’ can be ascertained, as can whether Tuesdays and/or Thursdays are preferred. If you cannot attend this meeting why not register you interest on-line. Otherwise, just come along to the first session.

 The first sessions were as follows, later dates will be published as soon as they are known.

Open meeting, Craven Swimming Pool  6:30 pm Tuesday January 6th  6:30 pm Thursday January 8th 
Week 1 running  6:30 pm Tuesday January 13th  6:30 pm Thursday January 15th 
Weeks 2-5 running  6:30 pm Tuesdays  6:30 pm Thursdays 
Week 6 running  6:30 pm Tuesday February 17th 6:30 pm Thursday February 19th

 

Articles published in Runner's World magazine have some very useful tips. For example, look at '15 Beginner Essentials' via:
http://skiptonac.org/microsites/sac/15-beginner-essentials-by-joe-henderson/

For more details regarding JogSkipton:

Website: http://skiptonac.org/

email: skiptonac@waymex.co.uk

Telephone: Chris Rose 01756 700818

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