Other local cycling
During the summer there are a number of sessions on weekday evenings. See Turbo Training (below) for winter midweek cycling.
Chaingang Tuesday evenings meet at 18-15hrs (will start at 18-30 once evenings get lighter for longer) Wilberforce Track entrance, Wilberforce Rd. Cambridge. Two groups; fast and medium.
The Cambridge CC Sunday clubrun leaves Addenbrookes bus stop at 9am year round.
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Turbo Training
APRIL 1st: TURBO TRAINING HAS NOW STOPPED FOR THE SUMMER
More information on summer turbo/run sessions will follow
We hold weekly indoor turbo training sessions on Wednesday evenings at 1900 hours during the winter months. For 2007/2008 these will run from the start of November.
The venue is the Abbey Meadows School, Galfrid Road, Cambridge CB5 8ND. The entrance is through the Community Centre immediately inside the gate.
You'll need: your bike, cycling shoes, cycling shorts and suitable clothing for getting sweaty; a drink bottle (there is a tap for refilling); a towel for sweat management and your turbo trainer. If you have a block or front wheel stand and a Heart Rate Monitor bring those too (these are not essential - don't worry if you don't have them).
There are showers if you prefer to wash before going home.
The Club has a small number of turbo trainers available to enable newcomers to try before buying and to help those who are unable to bring their own. These must be reserved on the Monday or Tuesday before each session by email.
The sessions are structured and progressive, focussing initially on technique and economy and then on cardiovascular development. They are suitable for (and attended by) cyclists of all abilities from 15 years old upwards.
For information on turbo trainers click here.
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Turbo/Run
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Running
Running training is often regarded as something that can be done alone, however training with others, and with at coach, can provide a significantly better environment for making improvements. Our Thursday evening run sessions place considerable emphasis on developing running technique and running speed.
Day, Time & Venue
| Type of Session
| Cost (non-members)
| Coaching
|
Sunday, 0930 Milton Country Park (Car park)
| ‘Long’ Group Run. Talking pace, off road where possible.
| Free (Free)
| |
Thursday, 1845-2000 Leys School Playing fields. Latham Rd | Endurance Training. Long intervals. Running on pavement under streetlights.
| Free (Free)
| Stuart Holmes
Phil Curtis
Don Hutchinson (jun)
|
From the start of November the Club has a long, group run on Sunday mornings.
The meeting place is Milton Country Park and starting time is 9:30am. This is the run start time so anyone planning to change, stretch or do any warming up before the start should have completed this by 9:30.
The purpose and nature of the run is low intensity & continuous. Runners should be able to hold a conversation.
Guidelines for distance & time: The route should enable runs of approximately 45 minutes and approximately 90 minutes - so an example would be two loops of a circuit of four to five miles. Those requiring a longer run will be able to add additional distance as necessary.
Routes should be predominantly off-road but not too muddy or boggy!
The idea is to run as a group or groups, rather than run as individuals and re-group. This requires a certain amount of discipline and common sense.
There is a nominated group or run leader each week. The responsibilities of the run leader are be:
- to be at the start in time
- to plan a route and ensure that everyone has the necessary information to follow it.
- to make sure that the run doesn't start early
- to make sure that the run doesn't start unduly late!
- to welcome any newcomers.
And that's about it....
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Coaching
Our training programme is organised by Tim Williams, who also delivers some of the sessions. A lifelong cyclists Tim became interested in Triathlon in the late 1980s and subsequently helped his wife, Heather, to reach the top 30 of the ITU World Rankings, to a earn place on the GB Elite team at World and European Championships and to win a British Olympic Distance Championship. More recently he has coached and advised triathletes and cyclists competing in local, national and international races. Heather is currently the BTA World Class Performance Director so Tim has plenty of exposure to the Triathlon WCPP. He is a qualified Cycling and Triathlon Coach (Level 3) and a has a part-time coaching business.
Tim is supported by the following qualified coaches:
Steve Gershon, Geoff Jones, Don Hutchinson, Helen Eggar, Pete Russell, Heather Williams, Phil Curtis, Stuard Holmes and Kate Denmead.
If you are interested in doing some coaching yourself Tim would be delighted to hear from you.
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