ADULT TRAINING GROUPS

If you want to be involved in an enjoyable sport, get fit, try to be an Olympic athlete, or just beat your friends, then come and join Hillingdon AC.

Getting involved is straightforward & simple:

1. Come along to a training session; there’s no need to join first just contact us via the button at the bottom of this page or drop us an email at info@hillingdonac.co.uk prior to coming along so that we can direct you to an appropriate training group.
2. Bring your trainers and suitable sportswear.
3. Try it out and meet the coaches and other athletes.
4. After 4 weeks become a club member (From £25 a year)

LINK TO THE MEMBERSHIP FORM

POTENTIAL NEW MEMBERS CAN COMPLETE THIS FORM TO ASK QUESTIONS.

Coaching is free to all club members.
The first 4 weeks of coaching are provided free of charge with no obligation to join the club, although athletes must pay entrance fees for training sessions held at Hillingdon Stadium. To use the facilities at the clubhouse after 4 weeks such as the gym and showers you must be a member. Training locations and entrance fees

HAC charge no seperate fees for coaching as this is covered in the HAC membership fee. To see what is included in the membership fee please click here.

COACHED RUN TRAINING EXPLAINED

If you haven’t been coached at a club before you may find the training a little different to what you usually do. Most of the coached running training is “Repetition” training or “reps”. It’s a training session where a  distance is covered a number of times (repeatedly). The number of times you run the rep may vary from session to session as would the distance and the amount of time between them or the “recovery” period. Rep sessions can happen on the road, up hills or on the track. For example you could run a distance of 800m 6 times with 2 minutes recovery”

Coached sessions start with a warm up jog. If the session is at Ruislip this will involve jogging to the training location which on average is 1 mile from the clubhouse.

1. Then it is 20 mins approximately of static stretches and active stretches with flexibilty drills and strides.
2. The group members will then be told of the session and what is required of them depending on their abilities and aims.
3. The session then starts and on average is 30 mins max including recovery periods. Distance covered is dependent on the session.
4. At the end of the session the coach may go through aspects of the session and how people did etc.
5. Cool down jog.
6. Gentle stretches if required back at base
   

Optional extras are use of the gym, showers and bar at Ruislip clubhouse.

All our coaches will ease you into their groups, so don’t be intimidated by your perceived ability based on others ability. Groups can range from 3 to 30 people at anyone time.

Away from the group training you still do the standard continuous runs for endurance on your own or with people that you will meet at our friendly club. Some people don’t do coached training but just runs of 3-10+ miles but the best way of making an improvement over any distance is repetition training.

COACHED THROWS & JUMPS TRAINING EXPLAINED

Throws and Jumps are coached at Hillingdon Stadium, Uxbridge or at one of the West London Athletics Networks training locations nearby.

We don’t currently offer coaching for adults just turning up for throws and jumps due in part to the technical nature of the events and also our limited coaching resources in this area. If you would like to try out some of the events, return to the events after a break from the sport or continue with these events please complete the enquiry form at the bottom of this page.

COACHES

Information on Hillingdon AC coaches  can be found here

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TRAINING IN RUISLIP

Times indicated are the session start time.

The Clubhouse at 206 Bury Street, Ruislip, is open during the following times for training:
Training from the clubhouse is mainly on the roads and in Ruislip Woods and is suitable or everyone from beginner to elite.