We are fortunate to have a team of committed coaches that are devoted to the development of our members. They give up their time week after week (in all weathers) at training to ensure you get the best out of your development in a secure and safe environment.
The club has 4 members that are fully-qualified UK Athletics Coaches – and 3 as Coaching Assistants – and we are always on the look out for more people to join the team, which can begin with a Coaching Assistant course via Scottish Athletics.
In addition to the regular Tuesday night club runs, training is offered (free of charge) – on a rotational basis – between track and hill/trail sessions.
In the winter months, the hill/trail sessions start from Bertha Park School and from the Jubilee car park (Kinnoull/Deuchny Hills) during the summer (GMT and BST marking the distinction between winter and summer here). These sessions occur every other Thursday. See schedule below and the club’s Events Diary to ensure you get the right Thursday!
The track sessions take place at the George Duncan Athletics Arena, Perth (accessed by the gate at the east/Community Campus end of the track, not via Perth Gramma School). These sessions are a mixture of fun and hard work and are (very much) for everyone (and not just for ‘fast’ runners). They occur every other Wednesday. See schedule below and the club’s Events Diary to ensure you get the right Wednesday!
All sessions take place at 6:30 pm; we ask runners to be there by 6:25.
The coaches are also on hand to help and support with any specific development needs of any member, whether that be help with a training plan, running form assessment or even Garmin technical support!
It’s not mandatory, but we ask intending training-goers to book in using the PRR Spond group (up to a week in advance). Over 100 PRRs are now on this group.
Our track training risk assessment can be found here; we encourage track-training athletes to be familiar with it!