Sunday Long Run - 18 miles

Come and join us this weekend for a Sunday morning long run.

These runs are primarily aimed at the members of the club who are training for a marathon in the Spring, particularly those preparing for their first marathon. Of course, you don't have to be marathon training - if you fancy a long run on a Sunday morning please come along.

• The length of the run will increase by about a mile each week, starting with 10 miles on 7th January and progressing up to 20 miles by mid-March. So, you will need to already be able to run at least 10 miles.
• There is no set pace for the run as the emphasis will be on increasing your distance rather than running at your fastest pace. Every run will be led by a member of the club.
• Routes will vary from week to week. Check out our WhatsApp group for details of this week's route.

Note: Other members of the club are likely to be heading out for Sunday morning long runs from the Y Club, but these will be organised informally on the WhatsApp group and are not guaranteed to take place every single week.

Session format

We meet at the Y Club reception at 6:30pm. After a quick warm up, the Captains will gather the group together for club notices, after which we’ll split into sub-groups before we head off on the run.

Each group will run at a different pace and will be led by a club member, so there should always be a pace group suited to you. The number of groups is flexible depending on the number of runners down on any particular night and the availability of people to lead a group, however we will try and provide the following pace groups:

• Group 1: 7.00 min / mile (4.20 min / km) +/- 30 secs
• Group 2: 7.30 min / mile (4.40 min / km) +/- 30 secs
• Group 3: 8.30 min / mile (5.20 min / km) +/- 30 secs
• Group 4: 9.30 min / mile (5.50 min / km) +/- 30 secs
• Group 5: 10 min / mile (6:10 min / km) +/- 30 secs

If you’re not sure which group to go in on your first visit, we'd advise starting off in Group 5 and try to work your way up to the next one!

Our routes are generally 6-8 miles (10-13km) but Group 5 will always run 10km or less.