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Garioch Road Runners have an accredited Coaching Team supporting everyone.  They provide planned and varied training sessions every week for runners to maintain and improve fitness, speed and endurance.

Sessions focus on different aspects of running – short, medium, long repetitions and hill repetitions – on a variety of surfaces.  Each session is tailored so all runners can participate, irrespective of their ability, with individual support provided where required by coaches. 

The Team is made up of the following:

  Jonny Fleetham - Head Coach, Jog Leader

 

  Phil Owens - UKA Event Group, Coach in Running Fitness, Coaching Assistant

Phil loves all things running from sprints to ultra and track & field athletics.  Motivated as a coach to assist others develop, progress and reach their running goals.

 

 Gordon Orr - UKA Coach in Run Fitness

Gordon focuses on trail and road 5km and 10kms, and loves seeing others develop their running.

 

 Fiona Kennedy - UKA Coaching Assistant, Jog Leader

Fiona loves running on trails and is regularly found exploring paths on Bennachie.  Enjoys running all distances from 5k through to Ultra Marathons.

 

Training sessions are planned and set on a quarterly basis – mainly taking place in the Inverurie area.  This information is updated on the Club website diary and Facebook.

Fuller details of weekly sessions are published on our club Facebook page prior to the session.

Interval times are regularly recorded to allow individuals to see their improvements over the months.  These times allow the Coaching Team to also guide you, if you wish, as to what times can be achieved at specific races from 5km through to Marathon!  This may give you the confidence to go for the PB based on your Thursday sessions!

If you have not tried a “Speed” or “Intervals” Session before please come along and give it a try – it’s good fun!