Join a group of fellow beginner runners this Spring and learn how to become a competent runner.
We think it is the best, cheapest and most natural way to get fit.

• Running course aimed towards both absolute beginners and those who don't yet enjoy running or need more confidence
• Separate coaching groups depending on starting ability and progress
• No-one left behind
• Suitable for all ages, 18 and over — 70 is not too old!
• Absolute beginners start with "walk, run, walk" to gradually get going
• Coaching by qualified run leaders
• 14 week course
• Progress monitored along the way
• End goal is a 10km run by week 14
• Complete advice to cover all aspects of running, including safety, health, nutrition, clothing, stretching, how to warm up, and running technique
• Based from Malton Cricket Club with bar and hot showers
• 6:30pm Wednesday evenings for 1 hour from 18th April 2012
• £20 for whole course (£18 for early-bird booking, see below)

Welcome Evening: Wed 11 April 2012, 6.30pm til 7.30pm
There will be NO run during this evening and attendance is OPTIONAL. Information will be provided on the basics of running and everthing you need to turn up to Week 1 fully prepared, e.g. what clothes to wear. There will also be a talk on the health and safety aspects of running, which will be repeated on Week 1.

Week 1: Wed 18 April 2012, 6.30pm
First training run night.

(then for 13 more weeks through to)

Week 14:Wed 18 July 2012, 6.30pm
Final training run night.

The training sessions will last for roughly 1 hour.

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Everything (Welcome Evening and Training Runs) will take place at:

      Malton Cricket Club, Old Malton Rd, Malton YO17 7EY

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Early-Bird Booking

You can book your place on the course in advance for the early-bird fee of £18 by sending a cheque for that amount made payable to Pickering Running Club to the following address:

Pickering Running Club
c/o The Loft Antiques
43 Market Place
Pickering
YO18 7AE

Please write you name and address on the back of the cheque so we can write back to confirm your place.

On-The-Day Booking

Alternatively, you may turn up on either the Welcome Evening or Week 1 and book your place for the normal fee of £20 (cash or cheque). This will be subject to availability so to avoid disappointment we advise you book in advance.

Should you wish to book in this manner on the day, please check this web page where we will keep you updated on availability.

You can expect after the 14 weeks of training to be able to run at least 10km. The key will be patience and support from friends, coaches and others runners from the group and the club.

Depending on your starting ability, for the first few weeks you will combine walking with running. For instance:

      Week 1: walk 50 seconds and run for 10 seconds, then repeat

      Week 2: walk 45 seconds and run for 15 seconds, then repeat, etc.

The rate of increase will depend on your rate of progress. Definitely no-one will be left behind.

Initially, this will be running around the cricket field in groups, then along paths behind the cricket club and eventually out on the street.

It is recommended that you run at least on one other occasion throughout the week between Wednesday course nights, hopefully with someone of a similar standard whom you have met on the course or a member of PRC.

At the end of the course, PRC will stage a 10K run which we hope all beginners will enter and complete. Those who do complete will get a medal.

On completion of the course, you will be awarded a certificate for your achievement.

We hope all entrants will go on to join Pickering Running Club and continue running regularly with us, though of course that is optional. You may even want help with the coaching in subsequent years!

The course is available to people with the commitment to do a 10k run, who are aged 18 or over and have no debilitating health condition. We hope and expect to have not just whipper-snappers on the course, but also people in their 40s, 50s, 60s and even 70s on the course.

If you have no running experience at all, or some experience but you don't yet enjoy running, then this course will be ideal for you.

The course is organised by members of Pickering Running Club, a friendly vibrant group of 50+ runners from across Ryedale. PRC is a twin-based club with a club house in Malton as well as in Pickering. Weekly club training run takes place on Thursday evenings at 7:15pm and Tuesday evenings at 6:30pm, and the venue generally alternates between the vicinities of Pickering and Malton.

The members of Pickering Running Club recognize that many people would like to get into running but face barriers to them doing so, such as a lack of confidence, a lack of support from friends and family, a fear of the unknown, or a seemingly insurmountable lack of fitness

Because we are the local running club, we recognise a certain obligation to do what we can to help aspiring runners in Ryedale overcome those barriers. All our members have discovered the benefits that regular running can offer, several having gone through those barriers themselves so can testify both to the difficulty of doing so but also how their lives have changed for the better.

The principle coaches will be Daniel Froggatt and Graham Harrison of Pickering Running Club, both accredited by England Athletics to lead groups of runners.

For further information:

      Call Hannah Bosomworth on 07709 870286 (daytime) 01653 691312 (evenings)

      Or send an enquiry through the Contact Us page on the website.

Those entering the Beginners Running Course and running with Pickering Running Club do so entirely at their own risk. Pickering Running Club is not responsible for any ill-health or injury sustained by a runner on the course nor for loss or damage to their property, nor is it responsible for injury or damage caused by a runner on the course to a third party.