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Arrows Running News and May Schedule

Details: Category: Club Schedule; Published: Monday, 01 May 2023 00:00

May News and Schedule

Well done to all for having done what might be their 'A' race for this year (so far) at London, Manchester, Milton Keynes or anywhere else we've forgotten to mention! Lots of great efforts and PBs.

Well done to everyone who also turned up to Jersey Farm and the Club 5k - it was nice to see so many of us out and enjoying the joy of running and being together.

Thank you also for renewing. We've got around 175 members so far and there are normally quite a number who will renew late or newly join through the year. Hoping that you'll get what you want from us during 2023-24 and you'll let us know if you don't - with ideas for how to improve/change things.

What's going on:

Track nights - Continuing into May at Stockwood Park for May - we may move to KWS for June / July - tbc.
Run Technique - Best to have a max of 6 in a group for the full experience, we're trying to see if we can offer a larger group "sample" of the more 1:1 approach.
Change to run times - Still at 7:30 and the last couple of Club 5k have been 30 mins earlier. We might look to see if we can do the same for weekday runs.
Social - We've had quite a few impromptu drop-in sessions at the Inn on the Green for post-run celebrations. Nothing planned so far in May - but there will be more than enough time to do a pub visit post the May Club 5k if we don't think of anything else. Could be a potential drink after the Wheato 10k the weekend before.
Arrows hosting the MWRRL - We will be hosting on the 6th of June out of the Rugby club - just as we did in 2019. There will be separate communications about this, however, please do join our WhatsApp group if you would want to be involved to support the race. We're going to try and max the number of potential runners - but we do need anything up to 30 people to cover various roles and we'll also be looking for contributions for catering. The WhatsApp group is here.

May you run in May injury free and with a smile on your face as Spring springs.

Speirsy

Arrows Running News and April Schedule

Details: Category: Club Schedule; Published: Monday, 03 April 2023 00:00

April News and Schedule

Welcome to April, and with it the start of the spring marathon/race season is upon us. Starting with Sandy 10 and Brighton Marathon, well done to those who were out last weekend. To those racing later this month, may your preparation pay off and your taper be injury free.

After the wettest month in 40 years, we hope that April will be kind to you with cool and dry (actually, is there such a thing as?) perfect running weather for all your running, chatty, social or otherwise.

It's also the start of a new club and England Athletics membership year. Although we allow a short grace period, subscription fees are now due if you wish to remain an active member of the club's runs and related activities. If you would like to renew or rejoin please check your email for a renewal email or contact Lyndon at This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it.. Towards the middle of this month, we will update our 'active members' list and that may see you missing out on information or events if you haven't renewed.

We hope you’ve enjoyed running with fellow Arrows in March, a quick update on some of the March announcements:

Track nights - Have been well attended. There are more sessions planned in April. Details below.
Run Technique - More news to come, it's still a bit too cold at the moment.
Change to run times - Keep an eye out for a poll to be sent out soon(-ish). Track sessions and the Club 5k in March were at 7 pm, please ensure you arrive in time for sessions to start at the advertised times.
Social - Please keep an eye out for post-race socials, typically at the Inn on the Green and advertised on FB. Last month's post-5k social with Roger's prop-assisted recount of his epic Spine Race and Jen's World Marathon Majors completion in Tokyo were fantastic and well received.

On March 5th the awards were handed out at a celebratory social event, we may need more space next time, it was rather cosy. Thank you all for attending, collecting your rewards and celebrating all your 2022 achievements. Please remember the club league, two races have been run and the current standing is:

Arrows Running News and March Schedule

Details: Category: Club Schedule; Published: Wednesday, 01 March 2023 00:00

March News and Schedule

Hope that you're feeling the start of the end of the cold and darkness of winter disappearing, your winter miles are bearing fruit and those approaching your 2023 'A' race (marathon?) have remained injury free and on track.

For everyone else just ticking over, recovering from injury or wishing that the summer months would come quicker to get out in finer, warmer weather - we hope that you'll do it with Arrows.

Renewal season is nearly upon us and we hope you'll be keen to stay with us as recent suggestions mean that we're stepping on the gas to offer you more in 2023 than we managed to achieve in 2022. We're looking to:

Restart the Luton Track nights every other week. We've made bookings in March and will continue if well attended and can support through the RunLeaders. 1st session is 7th March at 7pm. More details below.
Run Technique - we've got irons in the fire to have Run Technique training sessions when it gets a bit warmer. Could have focused sessions of 6 runners, but up to 12 runners depending on interest and content or focus.
Change to run times - Looking at polling the membership to see what times suit better all our timetables. We've historically always started at 7:30, but working practices and needs have surely changed and there's a call for different times. We just have to make it easy a) to provide RunLeader cover/guidance b) administrate as we still have to register runners if doing an Arrows organised run (EA regs and good Health and Safety practice). We're already starting the track sessions at 7pm and will do the 5k earlier at 7pm in March.
Focus on 5k - we've been told that we don't cater for this distance. We did try this before, but there was waning interest. We'll try again to see if there is now a demand that we can cater for
Social - 2 events currently in the diary, more to come. 5th March for Awards celebrations at Marquis of Granby 4-7pm and a pub social following the Club 5k on 28th March. Location tbc.

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