ADULT ATHLETICS AND RUNNING
Adults at Vale of York
Coached sessions, a track, and races worth training for. No waiting list, and no need to be fast.
Three ways in
Most adults arrive by one of these routes. None of them requires you to be quick, and none of them is a beginners’ group that you eventually leave.
If your child already trains here
Train while they train
On Thursday evenings at Bubwith the club runs Funetics at 5.00 and circuit training at 6.00, in the same building. Plenty of our adult members started by standing at the side of a session and deciding they would rather be in it.
It also works the other way round. If your child is on the junior waiting list, there is nothing stopping you starting now.
If you already run
Coaching and a track
If you do parkrun and have wondered what the next step is, this is it. Sessions are coached rather than just organised, paces are set from a recent race time, and there is an all weather track on Saturdays.
That is the honest difference between us and simply going out for a run with company.
If you are over 35
Race your own age group
Masters athletics means competing against people your own age rather than chasing twenty five year olds. The Yorkshire Veterans series runs across the year, on road, country and fell.
Club members have won Northern Masters titles from these sessions, so it is not a token offer.
How the adult side works
There is no waiting list for adults
Junior places are limited and Funetics at Sherburn is currently full. The adult side is not. If you want to start, you can start.
Vale of York is an athletics club rather than a running club, which in practice means coaching, a track, and events beyond the road. Some members race track and field through the summer, some race cross country through the winter, some do the Tuesday evening road league, and plenty just come to the sessions and enjoy being coached.
Sessions are led by England Athletics licensed coaches who are Enhanced DBS checked. Everyone trains in the same groups regardless of pace, and nobody is timed against anybody else unless they have entered a race.
If you are not sure which session suits you, say so when you get in touch and we will tell you honestly rather than sell you the nearest one.
The details
- Sessions
- Wednesday and Thursday at Bubwith, Saturday morning track at York
- Racing
- Tuesday evenings April to July for the York and District road league
- Who for
- Any adult, any pace. Masters, parents and existing runners especially
- Waiting list
- None for adults
- Membership
- Senior athletics £14.50 a month. Off-track membership £40 a year. Students £25 a year
- Also needed
- England Athletics registration, £23 a year, if you want to race
- Coaches
- England Athletics licensed and Enhanced DBS checked
The adult week
Three coached sessions, plus racing on Tuesday evenings once the road league starts in the spring.
TUESDAYS, APRIL TO JULY
Road league
10k races on Tuesday evenings, hosted in turn by clubs around York. No selection, you enter the ones you fancy.
WEDNESDAYS, 7.00 TO 8.00PM
Intervals at Bubwith
Paces set from a recent race time. Intervals through the winter, more sociable once the racing season is on.
THURSDAYS, 6.00 TO 7.00PM
Circuits at Bubwith
Strength and conditioning to music, every exercise with an easier and a harder version. Ten week blocks.
SATURDAYS, 10.00 TO 11.30AM
Track at York
All weather track at the University of York from September to May, outdoors at York St John over the summer.
Parents already here
You are at the session anyway. You may as well be training rather than watching.
parkrunners
Coached sessions, set paces and a track. The bit that a Saturday 5k on its own cannot give you.
Over 35s
Yorkshire Veterans racing across road, country and fell, against your own age group.
Come and try a session
Tell us roughly what you do at the moment. There is no waiting list, no trial fee, and no obligation to keep coming.
Ask about joining