Coached Sessions 26 April to 8 May

Please read the instructions

Ealing Eagles is normally a very sociable running club with an informal and relaxed approach to our training but we know many members have missed being able to train together during lockdown. The Eagles Coaches and the Committee have worked behind the scenes to see what we might be able to offer while minimising the risk of Covid-19 transmission. This has involved the setting up of a Covid 19 team, and the writing of a Covid 19 plan, risk registers and risk assessments to identify Covid 19 secure environments.

It also means that your access to coached sessions might involve different arrangements and certainly more admin than we would like. SO PLEASE READ THE INSTRUCTIONS.

  • Meeting points may be different from normal (particularly at West Walk) so that the meeting arrangements can more easily satisfy the requirements for social distancing so please read the instructions which say where you should meet.

  • It’s a pain to have to book sessions and what should you do if you can’t make the session and have to cancel? The cancellation instructions are set out on the relevant Eagles webpage and have now been added to the information you get sent when you book. There is an option to cancel via Eventbrite if you have an account - if you don’t have an account (or aren’t sure), please email coaching@ealingeagles.com Please don’t offer your place at the session on Facebook as all attendees need to answer various questions before they attend the session.

  • In a club of over 800 members with a limited number of spaces on coached sessions, we want to give as many people as possible the chance to take part in a coached session. We are therefore offering the sessions in two week booking periods and members are asked to book only one session when the sessions are first advertised. If places are still available for any session a week after this first advertisement (as notified in your News from the Nest email), then members will be allowed to book a second session in the booking period to encourage all places to be taken. (If this all sounds confusing, please feel free to check arrangements by emailing coaching@ealingeagles.com). Please don’t think that all the sessions look exciting and so book more than one session at the same time - this will simply result in you being sent to the back of the queue so that you only get a place if there are spaces left after the booking period has closed.

Don’t worry if there’s a problem - we all make mistakes (and the mistake may be in the original instructions for which apologies in advance). However, it will help your coaching co-ordinator and reduce the total amount of admin if you try, as far as possible, to read and follow instructions.

Spaces on sessions in previous booking period Mon 12 to Sat 24 April

The following sessions had spaces at the time of writing and have been advertised more than once. Please feel free to book even if you have attended another session in the period Mon 12 to Sat 24 April

Thu 22 Apr 6.30pm to 7.30pm Parkrun Prep at Perivale Park - intervals with Angela Duff (deadline for booking Tue 20 Apr at 11.30pm) https://www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/parkrun-prep-at-perivale-park-thu-22-apr-tickets-149435701205

Sat 24 Apr 8.30am to 9.30am Churchfields - intervals with Rachel Job (booking deadline Thu 22 Apr at 11.30pm) https://www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/churchfields-intervals-sat-24-apr-tickets-149435257879

Coached Sessions for the booking period Mon 26 April to Sat 8 May

We have decided to try the option of putting the password protection on the individual events in Eventbrite - please check your latest News from the Nest email for the current password

The full list of options available for the booking period Mon 26 April to Sat 8 May is set out below (please click on links to see separate events on Eventbrite - please choose only ONE from the options available over that period):

Mon 26 Apr 10am to 11am Lammas Park - intervals with Mike Limpert (booking deadline Sat 24 Apr at 11.30pm) https://www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/lammas-intervals-mon-26-apr-tickets-151326047281

Thu 29 Apr 7pm to 8pm West Walk - hills with Rhiannon Williams (booking deadline Tue 27 Apr at 11.30pm https://www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/west-walk-hills-thu-29-apr-tickets-151327140551

Sat 1 May 8.15am to 9.15am Blondin Park - intervals with Dineke Austin (booking deadline Thu 29 Apr at 11.30pm) https://www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/blondin-intervals-sat-1-may-tickets-151328269929

Mon 3 May 10am to 11am Lammas Park - intervals with Wei Hei Kipling (booking deadline Sat 1 May at 11.30pm) https://www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/lammas-intervals-mon-3-may-tickets-151328837627

Thu 6 May 6.30pm to 7.30pm Parkrun Prep at Perivale Park - intervals with Angela Duff (deadline for booking Tue 4 May at 11.30pm) https://www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/parkrun-prep-at-perivale-park-thu-6-may-tickets-151329154575

Sat 8 May 8.15am to 9.15am Blondin Park - intervals with Dineke Austin (booking deadline Thu 6 May at 11.30pm) https://www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/blondin-intervals-sat-8-may-tickets-151327950975

How we’re mitigating Covid-19 risks

The Eagles Coaches and the Committee have been working behind the scenes to see what we might be able to offer while minimising the risk of Covid-19 transmission. This has involved the setting up of a Covid 19 team, and the writing of a Covid 19 plan, risk registers and risk assessments to identify Covid 19 secure environments.

How you can safely participate

The demands of Covid-19 planning to allow us even to attempt to offer any training sessions together with the size of the club means that we will need to ask people:

  • To book a session in advance.

  • To supply your contact details for track and trace (and also in case a session needs to be cancelled or arrangements changed)

  • To answer a pre-activity health questionnaire included in the booking – and not to book or attend the session if you are not able to answer the questions positively

  • To note and follow arrangements set out by the Coach to enable social distancing during the session including overtaking lanes where offered.

  • To treat members of the public with courtesy which may include slowing down or even stopping in your training if a member of the public comes too close to the area being used for the Club session.

  • Not to socialise together before or after the session

More details of the questions, notes and disclaimers are set out in the appendix.

How to book a session

We are aiming to offer coached sessions on a regular basis, subject to the availability of coaches as well as changes in Government, London, Local Authority and England Athletics guidance, which can change at short notice. 

The sessions will be booked via Eventbrite - the link for each event is set out above. Tickets are limited and issued as one per booking. Deadline for booking subject to availability is 11.30pm two days before a session takes place (so Thursday 11.30pm for a Saturday session and Saturday 11.30pm for a Monday session).

To enable as many members as possible to attend a session, we will be offering the sessions in two week booking periods and members are asked to book only one session when the sessions are first advertised. If places are still available for any session a week after this first advertisement (as notified in your News from the Nest email), then members will be allowed to book a second session in the booking period to encourage all places to be taken. (If this all sounds confusing, please feel free to check arrangements by emailing coaching@ealingeagles.com).

And finally, we ask that you do not go to a session meeting point if you have not been able to book a place. It will not be possible for you to join on the day. Your presence may mean that the session is not Covid 19 secure.

If you have any questions, please contact coaching@ealingeagles.com

How to cancel a session

If you do book a session but then decide that you are unable to attend, there are two preferred ways for you to cancel.

  • If you are able to cancel on Eventbrite yourself, that releases the space as soon as possible in case someone else can book it and will automatically inform the club that you have cancelled.

  • However, as that may require an Eventbrite account - the alternative is to email coaching@ealingeagles.com (messaging Wei Hei Kipling on facebook runs the risk of the message being overlooked and emailing info@ealingeagles.com adds an extra step in requiring the email to be forwarded to coaching@ealingeagles.com ).

Please don’t make a private arrangement with someone else or offer your place on Facebook as all attendees need to answer various questions before they attend the session.

Appendix 

During the booking, the pre-activity health questionnaire will ask you to state:

  • "I do not display any of the typical symptoms of active Covid-19 infection (fever, cough persisting more than 4 hours, loss of taste and smell, etc - pls check official guidance for details)"

  • "I have not tested positive for Covid-19 in the last 7 days"

  • "I have followed all social distancing guidelines set by the government or appropriate for my occupation for the last 7 days."

If this changes, please could you contact coaching@ealingeagles.com asap.If you can not meet the disclaimers above you should not book a session. 

In addition, the following disclaimers and notes will apply regarding the coached sessions offered by the Club – if you are not willing to accept these disclaimers and notes, please do not book a session.

  1. I agree that attending this session is done so at my own risk.

  2. I understand that the session may be cancelled at short notice if the Coach is unwell and no substitute Coach is available or if the risks at the time of the session are considered too great.

  3. I will arrive dressed to run.

  4. I will keep to a minimum what I bring to the session. I will make arrangements to look after my own valuables (keys, card, phone) and will not expect anyone else to look after them.

  5. I intend to follow all social distancing guidance with anyone who is not a part of my own household during the Club’s coached session – so no physical greeting, hi-fiving or supporting one another during stretches etc. 

  6. As well as following the social distancing guidelines between people, I will not touch with my hands anything belonging to anyone else (including any cones) and will not share drinks, snacks or hand sanitiser.

  7. I will note and follow arrangements set out by the Coach to enable social distancing during the session including overtaking lanes where offered.

  8. The session will be taking place in a public area and I will treat members of the public with courtesy which may include slowing down or even stopping in my training if a member of the public comes too close to the area being used for the Club session.

  9. If I show symptoms of Covid 19 within 48 hours of attending the session, I will inform the Coach / Coaching coordinator on coaching@ealingeagles.com