Joining a running club can be a daunting idea for most people but it shouldn't be, a club can help you maintain your enthusiasm and help you with numerous running related problems, so whether your running for the fun of it, running to lose weight or running with another goal in mind, such as the London Marathon or any other event. With our 130 members there will always be someone with a similar pace to run with. Yeovil Town Road Running Club is the ideal club in the South Somerset area.
Joining the Yeovil Town Road Running Club is easy to do - they meet every week on a Tuesday in Yeovil (at Huish Park, or Goldenstones on nights when YTFC are playing at home) and Thursday night pub runs, with an additional Friday night speed training session. New member Sue Whaites has just joined - "I have been to a couple of Tuesday runs so far and the atmosphere and friendship in the club is really great. It is such a change to find a road running club that is not elitist and genuinely encourages everyone to enjoy their running, at whatever level they are."
Even if you can't make it to Club sessions but take part in local races, membership of the Club has advantages. Richard Boulter is one such member, turning out in the famous green and white colours across the region. "It was largely down to the Club's vitality which convinced me to join in the first place. I now find it has opened up an easy means of socialising at races and get plenty of "Come on Yeovil" cheers which you don't get when running 'unattached'."
In addition to the Tuesday and Thursday night Club sessions, the Yeovil Club have been organising a weekly
speed training session under the tutelage of Tim Hawkins and Pete Darton. Winter sessions take place at the
Yeovil track at 6.30pm on a Friday evening.
Club member Pete Jakeman has been going to the speed sessions for the last couple of years. "People ask about
the Friday night training sessions - what is it, what can it do for you and does it hurt? To answer the
third question first - yes! Is it worth it - yes; Will it improve my running - yes.
I know it's called "speed training" and perhaps that puts people off but it is much more than that, it
involves tempo training i.e. running at a set pace for a designated time, a short recovery and then doing it
again to various sessions on the track where we run for say 100 metres, recovery then repeat, then go to 200
metres and so on."
The sessions are open to all (with a small charge for non-members)
