Round Norfolk Relay 2021: Race Report

Prologue

As previous runners will know, there’s nothing in the annual running calendar quite like the Round Norfolk Relay… On one level, it’s all pretty simple really: start in King’s Lynn on a Saturday morning, roughly follow the Norfolk county boundary in a clockwise direction, pass a baton between 17 team members on stages of varying length and terrain, and keep going until you hit King’s Lynn again nearly 24 hours later. But that belies a logistical minefield, with enough traps to catch out even the most well-prepared team: uncertain change-over times, bike support needed for most (but not all) of the stages, vehicle escort needed between dusk and dawn, and 17 runners and one support member to be fed, watered and somehow carried around the course and dropped in the right place at the right time. Oh and everyone has to run pretty fast too.

How did we get on? Here, in the words of the runners themselves, is how each of the stages unfolded...

Stage 1: King’s Lynn to Hunstanton, 16.3 miles

10:00am

Ewan Fryatt

It was an honour to kick the team off. Bizarrely this year we were the only team to start between 9am and 11am, so we knew it would be a while before we saw other teams. As it happened the team just in front took almost an hour longer than us on Stage 1, something which I’m convinced if I’d known at the time would have enabled me to find an extra minute or two. 

I got motivated to run hard by the fact that it was theoretically possible for me to win the stage based on the predicted times by the other teams. On the other hand, a 16.5 mile run was at least 2 miles longer than anything I’d run since March 2020, and it contained over 8 miles off road without an accompanying cyclist with me having to rely on race directions along the lines of “after a small tree, veer slightly right at a medium fence post when you see some longer grass. Do NOT veer at the smaller darker post just after the big tree”. This all made me a little nervous about making it to the finish at all. The directions do mostly make sense when you see the objects in person, although I’d recommend recce’ing these early stages if possible (which to be fair, is also the advice of the organisers!).

The first 8 miles on the road and cycle paths went well. Tom Irving, on the bike, and I chatted about the lovely countryside and the acceptable running pace. There was far more support from the Eagles vans than I’d imagined, which kept me going nicely. 

At 8 miles done, it was time to go it alone as I entered the Sandringham estate which is opened up to runners only for the occasion. It was all going fine for a while and I successfully veered right after a fence post, and could see the sea ahead so I felt reassured that I was vaguely on the right route at least. 

Then I hit shingle. It immediately sapped my legs of energy and my pace slowed by at least 30 seconds per mile. 

Then I hit sand. My pace slowed again. Then I had to stop to check directions as I couldn’t believe the deep sand track was the way to go. It was. I struggled through and knew it would be a tough last 5-6 miles, although the occasional Eagles cheer squad gave me a much needed boost. 

With about 2 miles to go I should have picked up the concrete sea path again, but accidentally took the parallel track about 50 meters east of that, which was slightly longer and a much worse surface to run on. To finally rejoin the correct path, it also required me to make a dash through a funfair, which may have scared some poor kids. 

I made it to the end pretty much on target time, although I’d hoped to go about 3 minutes faster. It hurt. Having recently competed in a 4 x 400m relay for the club, I was at least confident of being able to hand over the baton to Greg efficiently. The perfectly planned schedule then only allowed me to lie on the floor in pain for 30 seconds before we were off to cheer on Greg further up on Stage 2. Stage 1 was a beautiful run, but far tougher than I imagined. 

Time: 1:47:19

Stage result: 5th

Stage 2: Hunstanton to Burnham Overy, 13.8 miles

11:47am

Greg Fernandes-Lawes

The clock struck midday(ish), and Ewan was spotted on the horizon. I took over the baton and started quickly down the hill. The quick start didn’t last long, I had definitely underestimated the amount of sand in the first couple of miles, it was draining. Luckily, so had the Stragglers runner, and I was able to get an early overtake. Extremely rare in the early stages, I must add.

After the short road section, it was back to the trails, and about 10K in, my lack of endurance was already showing (did I mention there was lots of sand?), shortly after I misjudged the edge of the boardwalk and took a tumble, the map and baton falling in some stinging nettles. Great…Well, it could not get any worse I thought, nope, another stumble a mile later on a root, on the way down spectacularly managing to hit myself in the chin with the baton.   

After 10 miles, the inevitable blow up began, but not before my second overtake of the day!!!  Completely unheard of so early on, and after much deliberation, the fact he had collapsed and was receiving medical treatment was deemed irrelevant…mainly by me. [Editor’s note: we’re pleased to say the runner in question survived to tell the tale.]

After what seemed like a few years, I finally had my eyes set on the windmill, which meant I was nearly home. Hearing the roar of the Eagles, managed to pull out something of a sprint finish and handed over to Olivia on the beach.

Time: 1:42:35

Stage result: 12th

Eagles in 4th place overall

Stage 3: Burnham Overy to Wells-next-the-sea, 5.8 miles

1:29pm

Olivia Parker-Scott

The lead up to Norfolk wasn’t smooth sailing (much like Tom’s boating skills on the Friday afternoon) and a series of unfortunate events saw me drop out before being promptly subbed back into the team with two days to go.

The challenge was now to get across 6 miles of mixed terrain trails along the Norfolk coastline which included energy zapping sand dunes with no preparation on an injured foot. I promised to get the job done and get the baton from A to B and that I did. 

It really is a beautiful stage but this year the best part was finishing early so I could sit back and enjoy the rest of the team’s spectacular performances. Stage 3, I’m coming back for you another time.

Time: 57:32

Stage result: 43rd (22nd Lady)

Eagles in 9th place overall

Stage 4: Wells-next-the-sea to Cley, 11.1 miles

2.27pm

Matt Powell

I had the pleasure of tackling Stage 4 for my first outing at the Round Norfolk Relay. I’d taken part in a couple of relays before but only with friends in a small group of six and as a pair. Those events required each to run more than once but with very little sleep so I felt like I knew what I’d gotten myself in for. Or did I…?

Onto my stage: I was pleased to get one of the first stages as it meant it was out of the way. It turned out to be a very warm weekend and the heat was at full pelt by the time I received the baton. The first mile was a straight line down a concrete broadway and that’s about as easy as it got. The rest of the route was quite a challenging off road path along the coast and by about half way my energy was zapped. I enjoyed the challenge but boy were the final 3 miles tough.

Once I saw the finish in the distance I was so relieved, so much so that I mistakenly took a wrong turn and somehow ended up in a beer garden near the lighthouse in Cley. By the time I reached the handover point to Sam I was cooked, quite literally, and the small taster of the pebbled changeover on the beach meant I didn’t envy him one bit! I did appreciate the roar of the team and it was an epic experience.

Time: 1:22:58

Stage result: 13th

Eagles in 9th place overall

Stage 5: Cley to Cromer, 10.8 miles

3:50pm

Sam Royle

I didn’t volunteer for Stage 5, nobody in their right mind would volunteer for Stage 5. I don’t know what I could have possibly done to Kieran for him to have punished me with Stage 5.

It starts on the shingle beach. As soon as Matt handed me the baton I sprinted down to the waterline as there was still a metre of hardpacked sand left as the tide came in that I HAD to make the most of.

After about a mile of this, the tide was fully in, I now had the choice of either fighting back up onto the loose shingle or running in the sea. I chose the latter. The next 3 miles or so had the tide coming in ankle-deep and dragging the floor away, sideways, underneath my feet. After that the sea got too deep to continue; so it was full, energy sapping, loose-packed, ankle-rolling shingle for another few hundred meters before some boggy trail provided ‘respite’.

By the time I reached the support point around 8K I was already done after readlining the whole beach section just to keep forward momentum. Cheers and some much-needed water spurred me into the second half and up and over the rolling clifftop trails through to Sheringham. 

By this point it had become highly apparent that the caffeine tablets I’d taken beforehand were a bad idea, and I nearly vacated both ends going over the Beaston Bump. Giving it everything, whilst desperately trying not to sh*t myself, on the long uphill into Cromer my pained noises were clearly upsetting the tourists who were just trying to have a nice day at the seaside. I was in no state to care. Handing the baton over to Simon I immediately collapsed in a coughing, dry heaving mess. I managed 4th place but I’m not sure I’ve ever had a race take so much out of me. Do not recommend.

Time: 1:20:09

Stage result: 4th

Eagles in 8th place overall

Stage 6: Cromer to Mundesley, 7.9 miles

5:10pm

Simon James

This was my second RNR, and this year I’d manage to bag the privilege of one of the shorter stages, on account of selling Kieran a sob-story about my delicate and ageing legs not being able to cope with anything longer a mere 15 days before the London Marathon. I’d have the benefit of daylight throughout, a support cyclist for most (but not all) of the way, and some relatively simple directions to follow. Whether I could keep up the sort of pace I had in mind was a different matter.

After a nervous couple of laps of the cliff top car park in Cromer by way of a warm-up, I had a few minutes to wait before Sam emerged up the hill. With baton in hand I set off at a crazy pace, knowing that there were some difficult “undulations” ahead where I wouldn’t be able to keep up such a good pace. After only a few hundred metres I had to zig-zag down a path that took me from cliff top to promenade, leading to a fantastic wide stretch of tarmac where I could safely navigate the remaining seaside day-trippers. What goes down of course must go up, and after 1K on the flat I had to zig-zag back up again to the previous level, at the top already thinking that I’d overcooked things and I couldn’t get any more exhausted - with still over six and a half miles to go - and I was wrong.

The directions then took me away from the cliff edge and through a park, where I had the unenviable task of looking for a path “which may be overgrown” (yeah cheers). In the end it wasn’t too difficult to find because the main feature of the route now was up, up, and up again, a height gain of 22 metres in barely 50 yards. Reader, I walked the last bit.

Lungs bursting, I rounded the lighthouse at the top and silently hoped I wouldn’t get brained by a golf ball as I ran through the Royal Cromer Golf Club. Help was at hand as I emerged through the car park onto the main road and saw the support van and also Charlotte waiting to guide me along the road to the finish.

I was completely spent now, and yet there was a “mere” six miles left to go along the main road, which was mercifully quiet, but unmercifully hilly. Charlotte seemed to take great comfort in lying to me repeatedly, saying on various occasions “I think this is probably the last climb”. To be fair, she was right the last time she said it.

There was a sense of déjà vu as I approached the finish line, the sun setting low behind me in the west, when I spotted Jenny standing where I was waiting exactly two years ago, about to embark on Stage 7. On went the baton, and I was bundled into the back of a waiting van.

Time: 53:34

Stage result: 5th

Eagles in 6th place overall

Stage 7: Mundesley to Lessingham, 9.2 miles

6:04pm

Jenny Baker

Stage 7 is a nice simple one – just over 9 miles from Mundesley to Lessingham and slightly downhill overall. I had stayed in Norfolk for a week over the summer and so had the opportunity to do a recce of the route. It’s all on roads, and with only two left turns to remember, the navigation is very straightforward. It’s also fairly scenic (apart from the gas terminal at Bacton) with picturesque villages, a windmill, a lighthouse, sea views and fields.

I set off just after 6:00 after Simon came charging down the hill with the baton, as the light was beginning to fade. A couple of other teams had been waiting at the changeover and started just before me, and although I saw them in the distance once or twice, they stayed out of reach. Dom accompanied me on the bike and was wonderfully encouraging. I started faster than I intended but his advice was to stick with the pace, which I managed to do. It was a magical run - the sun was setting on my right and the moon rose ahead of me through the clouds. Coming into Lessingham, there were suddenly cheers and shouts from waiting Eagles, and Kieran with outstretched hand ready for the baton.

Time: 1:16:32

Stage result: 32nd (14th Lady)

Eagles in 9th place overall

Stage 8: Lessingham to Horsey, 7.5 miles

7:20pm

Kieran Santry


Stage 8 is a lovely flat stage that was exactly what I wanted, a beautiful night running into a near full moon with lots of abuse / encouragement from Greg my support cyclist. As I was gearing up for a sprint finish to empty the tank Tom Green appeared out of the darkness and I was lucky I didn’t bowl him over. 

Time: 52:05

Stage result: 9th

Eagles in 9th place overall

Stage 9: Horsey to Belton, 16.6 miles

8:12pm

Tom Green

After a last minute shuffle of the lineup as a result of our star runner Laurence dropping out due to injury, I was moved onto Stage 9 - the same stage I’d run at the last Round Norfolk Relay. Passing through Great Yarmouth and its suburbs, it’s probably the least scenic stage, but it’s exciting as the first proper night stage. The route also has some family significance for me, as it starts at the beautiful Horsey Mill where my grandfather was a trustee, and runs right past the timber yard owned by my uncle.

I was slightly nervous about the 16.7 mile distance, as I haven’t run that far since a marathon in April, and generally I’d had a bad summer of training. On top of that, the target time for the stage was set for Laurence, a much faster runner than me, so it seemed unlikely that I would be able to match that time - it would be a case of damage limitation.

In the end I had a much better run than expected. I went out fairly quick and only faded a bit in the last couple of miles. Although I was about three minutes down on my time from 2019, I was 30 seconds ahead of the target time, which I was very happy with all things considered. I definitely would have been slower without the excellent support from Matt on the bike, and the occasional bursts of “Come On Tom Green” from the follow van.

Although I did pass one other runner, the most notable thing that happened on the stage was at the changeover. I came charging in to hand over the baton to Tom E, but somehow we managed to drop the baton in the exchange. I suspect I was carrying too much momentum and too focused on my sprint to make sure that Tom had it securely. But let’s see what Tom says… [Editor’s note: the “baton drop” incident was surprisingly absent from Tom E’s submitted race report]

Time: 1:43:26

Stage result: 4th

Eagles in 9th place overall


Stage 10: Belton to Earsham, 18.1 miles

9:56pm

Tom Easten

I did stage 10 again, an 18-miler in the middle of the night, having made a bit of a mess of it in 2019. Unfinished business. It's a very simple route; nice straight roads, impossible to go wrong, so you can just get into the right gear and engage autopilot for just under two hours. That depends, of course, on getting your pacing right. I swore blind before the start that I'd run the first 10K or so at 6:30 mile pace and NO FASTER. Of course it then turned out to be 6:15, 6:11, 6:06, etc. As usual, therefore, I blew up in the final stages and was lucky to trudge in slightly under target time. The stage was lonely - no other runners in front or behind but Sam was a great support cyclist, constantly updating me on timings and encouragement. Naturally, after I told him how much I hate "just a parkrun to go!" near the end of races, he made sure to shout "just two parkruns to go!" after I'd just gone up a massive hill with over 6 miles left. Thanks for that, Sam. At that point, little did I know I still had the delights of Paul and Santry blasting out the Ride of the Valkyries at me at full volume. An eventful night. It is a crazy weekend but the highlight of the running year. Wouldn't miss it and looking forward to the next one already. 

Time: 1:54:40

Stage result: 8th

Eagles in 7th place overall

Stage 11: Earsham to Scole, 12.5 miles [edited to here]

11:51pm

Jon Duncanson

Having raced Stages 2 & 4 I knew Stage 11 was going to present a different set of problems. I was trading a lonely but beautiful coastal time trial for a midnight 20K dash into the darkness, which I could only hope would be illuminated by some flashing beacons. Out were the stresses of navigation and in were the stresses of preparing to race in the middle of the night, my solution to which was to eat all day, make fish and chips in Cromer an absolute priority and to hope for the best!

As I lined up at the changeover it was clear there were going to be runners around me, I just had to keep those behind there and chase down as many teams as possible. I set off with Jenny as an assuring bicycle companion and was quickly buoyed by the sight of flashing lights. This had me recalling crazed shouts of “BEACONS” from the team's Irish leadership and a realisation that I was in a privileged position to take places which was only possible after the hard work of our ten preceding runners: I had to make it count.

Seven overtakes followed before we got to Scole, which was awesome - there is nothing like the chance of passing a team to spur you on or to put it more accurately: to help you to cling onto the pace!

Time: 1:20:01

Stage result: 5th

Eagles in 7th place overall

Stage 12: Scole to Thetford, 19.7 miles

1:11am

Yvette Burton

I had my pre-race snack of a bar of chocolate, a can of Red Bull and two pro plus tablets. It was 1.11am and I was ready to run. After 18 hours of getting in and out of minibuses I was literally like a caged animal.

Anyone that knows me well, knows that I’m absolutely useless with courses, maps and directions. I was informed that my just shy of 20 miles stage was very straightforward and even I couldn’t go wrong. Challenge accepted…

I had Greg as my cyclist and within the first five minutes of running I had gone wrong. I went straight on when I should have turned right; Sam & Easten beeped us and shouted at Greg and I, great start and all that.

I was told by Kieran that the course was pancake flat, he lied. It had the same elevation as the Ealing Half Marathon and when I reached 13.1 miles I had in fact matched my EHM course time so I was slightly concerned for the remaining 7 miles. But I didn’t have to worry. There were so many flashing beacons in front of me that spurred me on. I overtook five runners and four faster runners overtook me.

With less than half a mile to go I got beeped at again for supposedly going the wrong way. I turned around and ran back but saw another runner running where I had been. Therefore I just added an additional 400m for no reason. Easten after the stage told me he just wanted me to end the race as I had started it, by going wrong

I finished my stage in 2 hours 30 mins so 4 minutes quicker than the time I had been allocated. Then at 4:34am (59 minutes after my stage) I did a 5K recovery run with Easten. I was wearing crocs, socks, cotton trousers and a cotton t-shirt and no underwear Why why why...

Time: 2:30:06

Stage result: 24th (3rd Lady)

Eagles in 8th place overall

Stage 13: Thetford to Feltwell, 13.3 miles

3:41am

Jose Manuel Pabon

[This stage report is guest written by support cyclist Simon]

Whilst Yvette was enjoying her 20-miler, the crew for Stage 13 were attempting to get some sleep whilst parked in the forecourt of a closed service station on the outskirts of Thetford. About 20 minutes ahead of schedule, we got word - wrongly, it turned out! - that Yvette was a couple of minutes away, and we panickingly tumbled out of the van and towards the start line. I somehow found a bike, Jose somehow found a hi-viz (but not before having to run back to the van to get one), and after ten minutes or so Yvette came round the corner and we were off.

The stage was relatively simple in that it stuck to the main roads, but there were several turnings involved, and you had to have your wits about you. Thankfully, despite being drafted in to the team with literally 48 hours’ notice, Jose had done his homework and plotted directions meticulously: in scenes reminiscent of a school exam hall in the 1980s, Jose had scrawled a series of prompts and reminders on the inside of his left arm in blue biro. This was an excellent idea, with the only slight hitch being that at 4:00 in the morning, it was of course pitch black. The regular rhythm of Jose raising his left forearm and tilting it so that it was lit by the van headlights behind became a comforting sight throughout the leg, and made my job as co-navigator an easy one.

We were deep into the race now and there were scalps to be taken. Jose was metronomic, and reeled in his first runner after a few miles, then another, and another. In total, Jose took out seven runners during the stage (and got overtaken once, but there’s always that one guy running your stage isn’t there). This was a dream debut from someone who until a couple of days ago was expecting to spend a relaxing weekend at home rather than, say, running through a forest in Norfolk before dawn on a Sunday. Thank you Jose, it was a pleasure to watch.

Time: 1:33:51

Stage result: 12th

Eagles in 8th place overall

Stage 14: Feltwell to Wissington, 7.3 miles

5:14am

Tom Irving

"We don't cry for these nights to arise, we tell like hell to the heavens"

Most of us will never win races, so how do we define success? A PB, a good finish position, being somewhere beautiful?

This was different. Just being at the entrance of RAF Feltwell, at 5am, wearing pink shorts, amongst friends was a triumph. Over the last 20 months I've become accustomed to being awake in the small hours. But gone were the usual terror, self doubt and pain. There was simply the joy of having already won. 

In retrospect I probably should have been thinking about the route a bit more, instead of feeling smug and following the person in front when they went the wrong way. Bugger.

Time: 51:10

Stage result: 15th

Eagles in 8th place overall

Stage 15: Wissington to Downham Market, 10.6 miles

6:06am

Jay Kaye

It was still dark when Tom handed the baton to me, and I could see a couple of beacons flashing in the distance, which I set about hunting down. After a couple of miles I had overtaken two teams, but one had breezed past me.

As the sun rose behind me on the (in)glorious setting of the A10 I could see a couple of teams ahead, but they didn’t seem to be getting any closer - despite Liv’s best attempts to encourage me we were closing.

With about 3 miles to go our support vehicle drove on ahead, with a friendly message of “you better catch those people in front before the end of the stage!” Suddenly the teams in front seemed closer, and with my legs moaning at me I pushed hard for the finishing line, managing to overtake them both in the last mile before handing over to Charlotte.

Special thanks to Liv for being a great support rider / navigator / domestique / cheerleader throughout.

A quick well done from the team, and back in the van to make sure we were in place for the final changeover to Dom. No rest for the wicked in Norfolk.

Time: 1:17:42

Stage result: 21st

Eagles in 10th place overall

Stage 16: Downham Market to Stowbridge, 5.5 miles

7:23am

Charlotte Wade

The penultimate stage started at 7.23am, after approximately 20 minutes of sleep. I spent the last 10 minutes pre-race wondering whether I would get all my poos out at such an ungodly hour, and sizing up my competitors. 

The stage was just over 5 miles of flat, eerily quiet roads, in which I ran my fastest ever 5 miles, over taking two teams, and holding off any challengers.  

After a final sprint over the bridge to a downhill finish and awaiting Eagles, I handed a rather sweaty (apologies) baton to Dom to bring us home, and immediately staggered to a bush to dry-heave on all fours.

Time: 41:34

Stage result: 15th (8th Lady)

Eagles in 10th place overall

Stage 17: Stowbridge to Kings Lynn, 11.7 miles

8:05am

Dom Duroux

Stage 17: A privilege but also a responsibility. Not having raced since September 2020 and bug-eyed from 24 hours of craziness on no sleep, I wasn't sure how my body would respond. Nevertheless after watching everyone else race I wanted to get my stage done. Final checks, slight panic about whether I might need water, and turn the watch off since I don't need a digital message saying "you are red lining and should be in hospital". 8.05am: Charlotte comes charging over the bridge, we effect a handover of sorts with me going back in the direction she came from for a brief distance, then onto a B road alongside the river Ouse, settling the cadence and balancing on the edge of the lactate precipice.

At just under 4 miles out of the 11.7 the route crosses the river again and I climb onto the river bank path, keeping a wary eye where the instructions state 'Beware of the bull'. Having expected to see lots of runners converge on the final stage I don't see too many. One I overtake, but lose to three at various points, including the very impressive John Moore who was 6th on stage at age 61.

As we pass through the sluice gate by the power station into the King's Lynn approach it's grim. Even the slight rise across a road is a world of pain. Stride length, cadence and power are way down and I'm cranking from the hips caveman style. Yesterday's homework on the route through King's Lynn pays off as I count down the streets, but wingman Sam has it covered anyway, and as we approach the final sign which says LynnSport I know it's just a case of turning myself inside out for a decent finish. In truth my exaggerated rocking down the track wasn't going to trouble Usain Bolt, but it felt amazing to cross the line. Scheduled time 1:20, actual time 1:19 - job done, the Eagles have landed.

Time: 1:19:35

Stage result: 14th

Eagles finish in 10th place overall

Epilogue

Tenth place represented a significant achievement, not least given the number of experienced RNR runners who weren’t able to make it this year, and with a couple of substitutions having to be made with less than two days to go. Not everything was perfect, but given some of the problems other teams experienced - runners collapsing with the heat on the Saturday, vans losing their beacons and risking time penalties, changeovers taking an extra five minutes because the runner for the next leg was literally nowhere to be seen when the previous leg finished - the issues we faced were small and fixable.

Everyone played their part, and running a stage was in some ways the easy bit. The driving, the navigating, the time keeping, the support cycling… all of these needed an extra effort, often on no sleep after 24 hours of frenetic activity. Try doing that whilst keeping your sense of humour and sharing a van with seven or eight sleepless team mates.

There are too many people to thank here individually, though maybe the one person who deserves a special shout is the only person in the team who didn’t run: Paul Thomas. Mastermind of the bus schedule, chief timekeeper, logistical fixer-upper, troubleshooter, coffee-getter, and cheerleader. Paul really made the team tick and we are hugely grateful to him.

As for the rest of the squad: there’s now less than 12 months to go to RNR 2022. Better dust off the ViewRanger app and start learning those directions now! Let’s do it all again next year...

Become a run leader

“I love the way people have a comedy moan at you during the session but are all smiles and thanks afterwards.”

Rachel Job has summed up well what it’s like to be a run leader! The runners at your session work hard, have a (pretend) moan about how hard it is, then smile at the end whilst telling you how much they enjoyed it. And it’s a great feeling as a run leader knowing that your runners have put in a decent effort and will go away from the session feeling good about it.

The club is looking for some new Leaders in Running Fitness (LiRF) to join the current pool of run leaders. The more people actively leading sessions, the more flexibility it allows for leaders to fit sessions around their other commitments such as work and their own running.

You may already have a LiRF qualification, or you’re interested in gaining one - either way the club is ready to support you with leading sessions!

Why get involved? 

Here’s what some of our current run leaders and coaches say they enjoy the most:

“The best part is seeing people enjoy and appreciate the club sessions! And Eagles are great at showing their appreciation. They are basically always ‘on our side’ so it makes it very rewarding.” - Mike Limpert

“It's really rewarding to see Beginner graduates go on to become not only successful runners, but to continue the cycle by becoming leaders of new Beginner intakes.” - Dineke Austin

“I enjoy watching people make progress and gain enjoyment from, and confidence in, their running, from couch to 5k, to 10k, to half marathon and beyond - and getting faster. Runners appreciate your input to enable this to happen” - Wei Hei

So what does it involve?

The club currently offers coach-led sessions (e.g. intervals, track and hills) on Monday mornings and Tuesday & Thursday evenings. Leading a session means designing and delivering a fun and safe warm up, main session and cool down. Don’t worry if you don’t have any experience with this! The LiRF qualification gets you on track and we have a large bank of session plans that you can use and adapt. You also get new ideas as you gain more experience.

Find out more

If we’ve piqued your interest, there are a number of ways to find out more. If you’re on Facebook, you can send Rhiannon a message with any questions you have about what is involved. If you’d like to volunteer at a session to see what it’s like, email Wei Hei at coaching@ealingeagles.com and she can link you up with the leaders with sessions coming up.

Still not sure?

Here’s some final encouragement from our run leaders to help:

“Do not doubt your ability to Coach. Just start easy, take your time, and build your knowledge, experience and confidence step-by-step; Observing-Assisting-Leading. Beginners or Juniors is a great way to start Coaching development; first by volunteering - observing and assisting, then gaining the entry level LiRF qualification.” - Mike Limpert

“You don't need to be more experienced or faster than the people you are coordinating - more experienced and faster runners are often very appreciative of the fact that you are willing to give time to enable them to train. The club is very fortunate that there are opportunities to try out different types of leading and coaching in the beginners' programme, the juniors programme or assisting with the intervals / hills sessions - and appropriate levels of support for whatever you want to do in your run leading / coaching career.” - Wei Hei

“Everyone can do it! Don't hesitate. The training is there and there is great support from other coaches in the club. Start by chatting to one of the coaching team or volunteer as a support run leader. It's a sliding scale, and you won't be thrown in a deep end - promise!” - Rachel Job

Written by Rhiannon Williams

Training: Target Races and Distances

Ealing Eagles is fortunate that, as a reasonable size mixed ability club, there are normally plenty of opportunities to train during the week and running buddies with whom to train. This article sets out what provision is available in the club for a particular target race or distance at this time of year.

Other useful links show:

Please keep an eye on the list of sessions for the week http://www.ealingeagles.com/this-weeks-training (link also sent to you with News from the Nest) for more details and for any changes or updates.

EALING EAGLES 10K

Ealing Eagles 10k is a 10k race organised by the club to raise funds for ourselves and also for our club charities. Because Eagles is such a large and supportive club, we are fortunate that members are allowed to run in the race (there are races organised by other clubs where members who are available are expected to volunteer). The 2021 race will be taking place on Saturday 7 August (unfortunately, quite soon after Covid 19 restrictions are lifted and so we are not able to offer as many race specific training sessions as we had planned in previous years). Those of you who are not so familiar with the course may want to take the opportunity to check out the course with other Eagles.

- Monday 26 July at 10am – recce of the route - one lap is around 5k (possibly for those who have run more over the weekend - with parkrun restart and Summer League) and more of the route for Eagles with more endurance

- Saturday 31 July at 10am – recce of the route (one lap for those progressing to their first 10k and more of the route for Eagles with more endurance bearing in mind that it’s the week before race day - if there is sufficient interest, pace groups may be offered nearer the time)

EALING HALF MARATHON

12 week training plans for Ealing Half Marathon on Sunday 26 September started on Monday 5 July. More details of Eagles training for this award-winning race are set out on this article.

Those of you who are training for half marathon or 10mile races in the autumn may find it useful to join with those training for EHM with appropriate modifications.

As set out in the article, recce runs for EHM are planned on:

  • Thu 22 July at 10am - Hanwell side - long run options for runs of distance 6.6k / 4miles or 12k / 7.5miles or 16.4k / 10mile- facebook event page

  • Wed 28 July at 7.30pm – 4.2 miles / 6.8k around Pitshanger - route - facebook event page

  • Wed 4 Aug at 9am - Ealing side - long run options for runs of distance 8k / 5mile or 11.7k / 7.3mile or 16.8k / 10.5miles- facebook event page

  • Wed 11 Aug at 7.30pm – 5.4 mile / 8.6k around Hanwell - route - facebook event page

  • Thu 19 Aug at 9am - long run options for runs of 10k / 6miles or 16.8k / 10.5miles - facebook event page

  • Wed 25 Aug at 7.30pm – 5.8miles / 9.3k on the Ealing side - route - facebook event page

  • no recce run planned for the bank holiday week commencing 31 August

  • Sun 12 Sep (meet 8.45am for 9am start) – full 13.1miles - facebook event page

  • Thu 16 Sept at 9am - options for runs of 10k / 6miles or 16.8k / 10.5miles - facebook event page

  • Wed 22 Sept at 10am - 6.7k / 4mile run to check out the start and finish - facebook event page

MARATHON TRAINING

Those of you who are training for marathons may find it useful to join the facebook group for marathon training to be able to find training buddies for long runs and also to raise any questions you might have about marathon training for the Eagles marathon hive mind to consider.

We are also considering the possibility of a marathon workshop, possibly on zoom, so please join the discussion in the facebook group about what you think might be useful.

*** CROSS COUNTRY (XC) ***

Cross country running has many benefits. The undulating terrain and hills means you are using more muscles than in any other type of running, in turn strengthening the legs. The uneven ground stabilises lower leg muscles and develops them into great ‘shock absorbers’, whilst the changes of pace help improve the cardiovascular capacity of runners. Furthermore, contrary to some suggestions which state cross-country running increases the chance of injury, if done properly it’s arguably less stressful on the leg joints as the impact from the earth tends to be much less than on other surfaces.

In normal years, there are a good number of XC races in the Eagles calendar http://www.ealingeagles.com/cross-country (will be updated nearer the time) which are themselves good training for running generally. We will review nearer the start of the XC season (October) if there is a demand for one or two specific XC training sessions before the season starts.

NEXT STEP IMPROVERS

Next Step Improvers is for people who are able to run 5k and want to continue running, particularly those of you who are relatively new to running (including those who have recently progressed to running 5k without walking breaks. Those of you who are at this level may find it useful to join the facebook group Next Step Improvers to be able to find training buddies and also to raise any questions you might have about running for the Eagles hive mind to consider.

Depending on your level of endurance, you may want to consider:

We hope to target Osterley 10k in December and training plans suitable for those still at the 5k level will start at the end of September.

RUN / WALK

The club offers a run / walk programme free to the local community to progress people from not running very much to running 5k or more without walking breaks (so that they can join the evening club runs). The next run / walk programme is likely to start on Wednesday 6 October at 6.30pm or Thursday 7 October at 10am and take nine weeks to complete.

Healing Eagles (returning from injury) or those returning from time away are very welcome to join for part or all of the run / walk programme if they have been advised to do some run / walking and would like some company. Please email beginners@ealingeagles.com to check the level at which the programme is operating when you are thinking of joining.

The run / walk programme attributes its success (145 people graduated through the run / walk programme in the period October 2018 to July 2019) to the support and encouragement provided by the volunteers. If you are happy to run at a relatively gentle pace (7 to 8min/k or 11 to 13min/miles though some people will be faster and a few may not be so fast) and encourage beginners while doing so, then please think about contributing to the club and the running community in this way. Running at a more gentle pace is also a good way of working on your own running form (running gently does not mean running lazily or sloppily). For more information, please join the volunteers facebook group or email beginners@ealingeagles.com

In January 2020, Eagles offered a run / walk programme to University of West London with sessions on Mondays at 5.30pm. Other options for supporting our local community with run / walk programmes may arise in the future. Please contact beginners@ealingeagles.com if you would be interested in volunteering at other times in case something crops up which might be of interest to you.

Types of Training Sessions July to Sept 2021

Ealing Eagles is fortunate that, as a reasonable size mixed ability club, there are normally plenty of opportunities to train during the week and running buddies with whom to train.

We are all aware that infection rates for Covid 19 remain relatively high and the government advice is for individuals to be cautious and to take personal responsibility. All of our training offers currently proposed to end of September are outdoors. To reduce the risk of transmission, and also to maintain good relations with the public among whom we train, we will encourage everyone to maintain social distance from members of the public and also to stagger the start of social / club runs so that we are running in small groups and there is not a mass of Eagles streaming down a pavement / path all at the same time. Members may also wish to consider wearing a face covering while at the meeting points and taking this off when they start running.

A summary of the different types of session proposed by the club to end of September is set out below

Other useful links show:

Please keep an eye on the list of sessions for the week http://www.ealingeagles.com/this-weeks-training (link also sent to you with News from the Nest) for more details and for any changes or updates.

MON / WEDS 7.30PM CLUB RUNS

We will be using the summer club run routes, meeting at Ealing Green with a choice of two distances (“short” 3.8miles / 6.1k or “long” 4.9miles /7.8k) taking the opportunity to go through some of the parks before the parks (in particular Gunnersbury Park) start closing too early for the 7.30pm club run which will probably be around September 2021. Please see the club run route page for the route details.

HOWEVER, please note that the offer of these sessions requires the availability of volunteers to be club run leads and tail runners. The intervals / hills sessions are now co-ordinated by qualified coaches / leaders or experienced runners but anyone who is willing to help out and run at a gentle pace can tail a run (and make use of the time to have a recovery run, to work on your running form and to get to know other people in the club). If you have made use of the club training sessions, please play your part in making the club training sessions possible. See https://www.ealingeagles.com/helping-the-club for more information about volunteering and the rota to offer to help at https://www.ealingeagles.com/tail-runner-schedule

HILLS

Hills sessions will be offered on Thursdays at 7.30pm and occasional Mondays at 10am (possibly 9.30am in August).

Training on hills
· prepares you for the hills in a race;
· builds muscle (improve leg strength while still working aerobically – strength = speed); and
· teaches your body to run fast when you’re struggling for oxygen (if you did that type of speed work in winter on track – short reps – you would pull a muscle).
All standards are welcome – everyone stays in the same place. Current planned locations (to take advantage of the parks and provide training for EHM where possible) are:

  • Cleveland Park

  • Hanger Hill Park / Park View Road

  • Hanwell / Greenford Ave

  • West Walk

INTERVALS

Intervals sessions will be offered at either Osterley track (120 Wood Lane, Isleworth, TW7 5FF) or Lammas Park on Tuesday evenings probably at 7.30pm and occasional Mondays at 10am (possibly 9.30am in August). The exact arrangements for the Tuesday evening sessions will depend on the arrangements at Osterley following the relaxation of Covid 19 restricitions and at the time of writing (Thursday 15 July 11.20am) we are still waiting to hear.

Steady pace or easy training runs are done at an aerobic pace, i.e. not too out of breath. This builds up the heart, lungs and legs but will not adapt the body fully to run at a faster race pace. Interval training trains up the different energy systems used in racing at different distances. These energy systems range from anaerobic running at mile pace or faster to ½ marathon training run at around threshold pace using the Frank Horwill 5 pace system system (used by Seb Coe etc). To race at any distance you need to do intervals at race pace and faster and slower than race pace sessions. Also most club runners do a variety of distances and need sessions to train for these.

For sessions at Osterley, the full track fee is £5.05 (Eagles will need to pay full price track fees for the moment as Osterley track is under new ownership so we need to renegotiate the pconcessionary rates). Unless other arrangements have been made, please pay the track fee (or show your track pass) each time you attend Osterley. Lockers available for a refundable £1. Bring a bottle of water, a snack for afterwards and enough layers to keep warm when you're not running. All standards are welcome – everyone stays in the same place.

DAYTIME SESSIONS

Mondays at 10am (possibly 9.30am in August)

The 9.30am / 10am sessions on Mondays to end of September will primarily be arranged to provide a hills / intervals option for daytime runners.

  • Hills

  • Intervals at Lammas Park

  • Intervals at Osterley track (situation being reviewed - no offer in August)

Thursday mornings Go for a Run

The morning slot on Thursdays to end of September will be used for self-led runs at distances suitable for those preparing for Ealing Half Marathon.

Tuesdays and Fridays at 10am

Tuesdays and Fridays 10k at 10am –self-led runs of 10k / 6.2miles on a route taking in the local parks and the canal - please check the relevant Facebook group for arrangements.

SUNDAY LONG RUN

9am Meet Ealing Green Informal 10 mile (16.1k) self-led run taking the route through the parks to the river, along to Richmond and back via Syon Park. As many Eagles will be training for Ealing Half Marathon, this Sunday long run often transfers to the EHM route in September. Please shout up on Facebook if you are planning to do a long run and would like company (or indeed if you would like to do this run at a different time).

Training Update 11 July 2021

At the time of writing of this article, we are still waiting on the government announcement on 12 July 2021 regarding the restrictions that will apply on and after 19 July 2021.

if government restrictions permit, Ealing Eagles hopes to return to a full week of training offers with club runs on Mondays and Wednesdays at 7.30pm in addition to the intervals and hills already offered on Mondays at 10am, Tuesdays at 7pm / 7.30pm and Thursdays at 7.30pm. You will have seen from the News from the Nest and the facebook groups that we are already setting up arrangements in the hope that we will be able to return to more training from 19 July. However, there are a number of issues that we cannot confirm until after 12 July.

If you are interested in volunteering with the Monday / Wednesday 7.30pm club runs, please have a look at the following webpages

We hope to be able to update this page “Training Sessions July to September 2021“ on Thursday 15 July to provide information about the club training offer to end of September 2021 (after Ealing Half Marathon). More detailed information about the training offer for the coming week / fortnight including meeting ponts will be provided on this page “Training Sessions for the next week/fortnight“ also on Thursday 15 July.

In addition, we are all aware that infection rates for Covid 19 remain relatively high and the government advice, even if restrictions are lifted, are for individuals to take personal responsibility. All of our training offers currently proposed to end of September are outdoors. To reduce the risk of transmission, and also to maintain good relations with the public among whom we train, we encourage everyone to maintain social distance from members of the public and also to stagger the start of social / club runs so that we are running in small groups and there is not a mass of Eagles streaming down a pavement / path all at the same time. Members may also wish to consider wearing a face covering while at the meeting points and taking this off when they start running.

And a reminder of the arrangements while Covid 19 restrictions apply

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 intervals / hills sessions, we want to give as many people as possible the chance to take part in an intervals / hills 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 5 to Thu 15 July

Please note that Covid 19 restrictions still apply for all sessions this week.

The following sessions had spaces at the time of writing and has been advertised more than once. Please feel free to book even if you have attended another session in the period Mon 5 to Thu 15 July (current password for Eventbrite pages in News from the Nest)

Tue 13 July PILOT **7pm to 8pm** Osterley Track - intervals (non-refundable track fee of £3.15 per person, booking deadline 5pm on the day) https://www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/pilot-intervals-at-osterley-track-13-jul-tickets-161387627739

Thu 15 July PILOT 7.30pm to 8.30pm West Walk - hills (booking deadline 5pm on the day) https://www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/pilot-west-walk-hills-15-july-tickets-161387760135

Training offer for the period Mon 19 July to Sun 1 August

As set out above, we hope to be able to update this page “Training Sessions July to September 2021“ on Thursday 15 July to provide information about the club training offer to end of September 2021 (after Ealing Half Marathon). More detailed information about the training offer for the coming week / fortnight (Mon 19 July to Sun 1 August) including meeting ponts will be provided on this page “Training Sessions for the next week/fortnight“ also on Thursday 15 July.

In addition, we are all aware that infection rates for Covid 19 remain relatively high and the government advice, even if restrictions are lifted, are for individuals to take personal responsibility. All of our training offers currently proposed to end of September are outdoors. To reduce the risk of transmission, and also to maintain good relations with the public among whom we train, we encourage everyone to maintain social distance from members of the public and also to stagger the start of social / club runs so that we are running in small groups and there is not a mass of Eagles streaming down a pavement / path all at the same time. Members may also wish to consider wearing a face covering while at the meeting points and taking this off when they start running.

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 co-ordinator 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 intervals / hills sessions on a regular basis, subject to the availability of co-ordinators 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. For sessions from 7 June, we hope to make the deadline for booking (subject to availability) to be closer to the day of the 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 at the session. 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.

Please also note that it will not be possible to refund track fees if you decide to cancel a track booking.

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 intervals / hills sessions offered by the Club – if you are not willing to accept these disclaimers and notes, please do not book a session.

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

b. I understand that the session may be cancelled at short notice if no-one is available to co-ordinate the session or if the risks at the time of the session are considered too great.

c. I will arrive dressed to run.

d. 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.

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

f. 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.

g. I will note and follow arrangements set out by the co-ordinator to enable social distancing during the session including overtaking lanes where offered.

h. The session will be taking place in a public area and I will treat all 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.

i. If I show symptoms of Covid 19 within 48 hours of attending the session, I will inform the Coaching co-ordinator on coaching@ealingeagles.com

Spaces Intervals and Hills 5 to 15 July

As set out in previous weeks, the coaching team is continuing to encourage Eagles to return to the previous norm of intervals / hills sessions on Tuesdays and Thursdays evenings and some Mondays at 10am.

In view of the government decision to delay step 4 on the roadmap, the coaching team has decided that it would be worth doing pilot sessions which take into account some of the relaxations already permitted in step 3 as well as taking into account our experience of offering sessions under Covid 19 restrictions.

Osterley track

We are offering track sessions at Osterley track on Tuesdays 13 July and 27 July. These track sessions will be an alternative to the Lammas intervals sessions offered on some Tuesdays. While Osterley is operating under Covid 19 restrictions, Eagles has booked exclusive use of the track for one hour from 7pm as the facility will close at 8pm and is asking attendees (including those who already have a track pass) to book in advance and pay a non-refundable track fee of £3.15. Osterley has recently advertised that its facility will be open up to 10pm from 5 July. However, the booking arrangements under Covid 19 restrictions are still on the hour: starting track at 8pm feels late while the current numbers do not justify booking exclusive use for 2 hours.

Numbers

As the limit on social gatherings outdoors is 30 in step 3, we have decided to increase gradually the number of athletes permitted to attend each training session; if no concerns are raised by the public and the numbers are found to be manageable, numbers will be increased in the following week of pilots.

Social Distancing

We will continue to maintain social distancing at club training sessions (at Osterley track, this will involve running in lanes 1, 3 and 5). However, the use of cones to define lanes in the parks has been of mixed benefit - defining only a running lane and an overtaking lane means that the person overtaking may get close to the person they are overtaking if they are watching the cones rather than the other person; whilst defining a lane in the middle to ensure social distancing will create a confusion of cones. The pilots of not defining lanes and, instead, simply asking people to maintain social distancing when they overtake has worked well, particularly because not using cones has allowed a much larger area to be used which in itself helps with social distancing.

Eventbrite

As previously advised, we have also modified our eventbrite arrangements so that those co-ordinating the sessions can access the attendee lists themselves allowing Eagles to book closer to the time of the session subject to availability. The coaching team, however, reserves the right to cancel the session the day before if there appears to be insufficient interest in any particular session so it is still to your advantage to book the session when you know that you can commit rather than waiting until the last moment. Remember that individual coaches commit to offering sessions sometimes as much as two weeks in advance.

And a reminder of the arrangements

Intervals and Hills for the booking period Mon 5 to Thu 15 July

The following sessions had spaces at the time of writing and this is the second advertisement. Please feel free to book even if you have booked or attended another session in the period Mon 5 to Thu 15 July (please click on links to see separate events on Eventbrite). Please note that while the admin arrangements have been changed to allow people to book closer to the time of the session, the coaching team reserves the right to cancel the session the day before if there appears to be insufficient interest in any particular session:

Tue 6 July PILOT 7.30pm to 8.30pm Lammas Park - intervals (booking deadline 5pm on the day) https://www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/pilot-tue-lammas-intervals-6-jul-tickets-161387326839

Thu 8 July PILOT 7.30pm to 8.30pm West Walk - hills (booking deadline 5pm on the day) https://www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/pilot-west-walk-hills-8-jul-tickets-161387385013

Mon 12 July PILOT 10am to 11am Lammas Park - intervals (booking deadline 8am on the day) https://www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/pilot-mon-lammas-intervals-12-jul-tickets-161387515403

Tue 13 July PILOT **7pm to 8pm** Osterley Track - intervals (non-refundable track fee of £3.15 per person, booking deadline 5pm on the day) https://www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/pilot-intervals-at-osterley-track-13-jul-tickets-161387627739

Thu 15 July PILOT 7.30pm to 8.30pm West Walk - hills (booking deadline 5pm on the day) https://www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/pilot-west-walk-hills-15-july-tickets-161387760135

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 intervals / hills sessions, we want to give as many people as possible the chance to take part in an intervals / hills 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.

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 co-ordinator 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 intervals / hills sessions on a regular basis, subject to the availability of co-ordinators 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. For sessions from 7 June, we hope to make the deadline for booking (subject to availability) to be closer to the day of the 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 at the session. 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.

Please also note that it will not be possible to refund track fees if you decide to cancel a track booking.

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 intervals / hills sessions offered by the Club – if you are not willing to accept these disclaimers and notes, please do not book a session.

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

b. I understand that the session may be cancelled at short notice if no-one is available to co-ordinate the session or if the risks at the time of the session are considered too great.

c. I will arrive dressed to run.

d. 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.

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

f. 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.

g. I will note and follow arrangements set out by the co-ordinator to enable social distancing during the session including overtaking lanes where offered.

h. The session will be taking place in a public area and I will treat all 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.

i. If I show symptoms of Covid 19 within 48 hours of attending the session, I will inform the Coaching co-ordinator on coaching@ealingeagles.com

Intervals and Hills 5 to 15 July

As set out in previous weeks, the coaching team is continuing to encourage Eagles to return to the previous norm of intervals / hills sessions on Tuesdays and Thursdays evenings and some Mondays at 10am.

In view of the government decision to delay step 4 on the roadmap, the coaching team has decided that it would be worth doing pilot sessions which take into account some of the relaxations already permitted in step 3 as well as taking into account our experience of offering sessions under Covid 19 restrictions.

Osterley track

We are hoping to offer track sessions at Osterley track on Tuesdays 29 June, 13 July and 27 July. These track sessions will be an alternative to the Lammas intervals sessions offered on some Tuesdays. While Osterley is operating under Covid 19 restrictions, Eagles has booked exclusive use of the track for one hour from 7pm as the facility will close at 8pm and is asking attendees (including those who already have a track pass) to book in advance and pay a non-refundable track fee of £3.15.

Numbers

As the limit on social gatherings outdoors is 30 in step 3, we have decided to increase gradually the number of athletes permitted to attend each training session. In the first week of pilots w/c 21 June, numbers were increased to 15 but this limit was not reached in any of the sessions so numbers will be held at 15 for w/c 28 June (apart from track); if no concerns are raised by the public and the numbers are found to be manageable, numbers will be increased to 20 in the following week of pilots w/c 5 July.

Social Distancing

We will continue to maintain social distancing at club training sessions (at Osterley track, this will involve running in lanes 1, 3 and 5). However, the use of cones to define lanes in the parks has been of mixed benefit - defining only a running lane and an overtaking lane means that the person overtaking may get close to the person they are overtaking if they are watching the cones rather than the other person; whilst defining a lane in the middle to ensure social distancing will create a confusion of cones. The pilots of not defining lanes and, instead, simply asking people to maintain social distancing when they overtake has worked well, particularly because not using cones has allowed a much larger area to be used which in itself helps with social distancing.

Eventbrite

As previously advised, we have also modified our eventbrite arrangements so that those co-ordinating the sessions can access the attendee lists themselves allowing Eagles to book closer to the time of the session subject to availability.

And a reminder of the arrangements

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 intervals / hills sessions, we want to give as many people as possible the chance to take part in an intervals / hills 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 7 to Thu 17 June

The following sessions had spaces at the time of writing and has been advertised more than once. Please feel free to book even if you have attended another session in the period Mon 5 to Thu 15 July (current password for Eventbrite pages in News from the Nest)

Tue 29 June PILOT **7pm to 8pm** Osterley Track - intervals (non-refundable track fee of £3.15 per person, booking deadline 5pm on the day) FOOTBALL FREE ZONE https://www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/pilot-intervals-at-osterley-track-29-june-tickets-159737151119

Thu 1 July PILOT 7.30pm to 8.30pm West Walk - hills (booking deadline 5pm on the day) https://www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/pilot-west-walk-hills-1-july-tickets-159736745907

Intervals and Hills for the booking period Mon 5 to Thu 15 July

To give as many people as possible the chance to take part in a club intervals / hills session, we are offering the sessions in two week booking periods and members are asked to book only one session when the sessions are first advertised.

Mon 5 July PILOT 10am to 11am Lammas Park - intervals (booking deadline 8am on the day) https://www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/pilot-mon-lammas-intervals-5-jul-tickets-161386985819

Tue 6 July PILOT 7.30pm to 8.30pm Lammas Park - intervals (booking deadline 5pm on the day) https://www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/pilot-tue-lammas-intervals-6-jul-tickets-161387326839

Thu 8 July PILOT 7.30pm to 8.30pm West Walk - hills (booking deadline 5pm on the day) https://www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/pilot-west-walk-hills-8-jul-tickets-161387385013

Mon 12 July PILOT 10am to 11am Lammas Park - intervals (booking deadline 8am on the day) https://www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/pilot-mon-lammas-intervals-12-jul-tickets-161387515403

Tue 13 July PILOT **7pm to 8pm** Osterley Track - intervals (non-refundable track fee of £3.15 per person, booking deadline 5pm on the day) https://www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/pilot-intervals-at-osterley-track-13-jul-tickets-161387627739

Thu 15 July PILOT 7.30pm to 8.30pm West Walk - hills (booking deadline 5pm on the day) https://www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/pilot-west-walk-hills-15-july-tickets-161387760135

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 co-ordinator 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 intervals / hills sessions on a regular basis, subject to the availability of co-ordinators 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. For sessions from 7 June, we hope to make the deadline for booking (subject to availability) to be closer to the day of the 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 at the session. 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.

Please also note that it will not be possible to refund track fees if you decide to cancel a track booking.

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 intervals / hills sessions offered by the Club – if you are not willing to accept these disclaimers and notes, please do not book a session.

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

b. I understand that the session may be cancelled at short notice if no-one is available to co-ordinate the session or if the risks at the time of the session are considered too great.

c. I will arrive dressed to run.

d. 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.

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

f. 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.

g. I will note and follow arrangements set out by the co-ordinator to enable social distancing during the session including overtaking lanes where offered.

h. The session will be taking place in a public area and I will treat all 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.

i. If I show symptoms of Covid 19 within 48 hours of attending the session, I will inform the Coaching co-ordinator on coaching@ealingeagles.com

Intervals and Hills 21 June to 1 July

UPDATE The coaching team is continuing to encourage Eagles to return to the previous norm of intervals / hills sessions on Tuesdays and Thursdays evenings and some Mondays at 10am.

In view of the government decision to delay step 4 on the roadmap, the coaching team has decided that it would be worth doing pilot sessions which take into account some of the relaxations already permitted in step 3 as well as taking into account our experience of offering sessions under Covid 19 restrictions. We have been consulting with the Covid-19 team and the Committee and booking for the next group of sessions will open on Thursday 17 June at 9.30pm.

Osterley track

We are hoping to offer track sessions at Osterley track on Tuesdays 29 June, 13 July and 27 July. While Osterley is operating under Covid 19 restrictions, Eagles will book exclusive use of the track for one hour from 7pm as the facility will close at 8pm and will ask attendees (including those who already have a track pass) to book in advance and pay a non-refundable track fee of £3.15. We aim to open booking on the first 29 June session at 9.30pm on Tuesday 22 June after we receive confirmation of the booking from Osterley.

Numbers

As the limit on social gatherings outdoors is 30 in step 3, we have decided to increase gradually the number of athletes permitted to attend each training session. In the first week of pilots w/c 21 June, numbers will be increased to 15; if no concerns are raised by the public and the numbers are found to be manageable, numbers will be increased to 20 in the second week of pilots w/c 28 June.

Social Distancing

We will continue to maintain social distancing at club training sessions (at Osterley track, this will involve running in lanes 1, 3 and 5). However, the use of cones to define lanes in the parks has been of mixed benefit - defining only a running lane and an overtaking lane means that the person overtaking may get close to the person they are overtaking if they are watching the cones rather than the other person; whilst defining a lane in the middle to ensure social distancing will create a confusion of cones. We will therefore trial not defining lanes and, instead, simply asking people to maintain social distancing when they overtake.

Eventbrite

As previously advised, we have also modified our eventbrite arrangements so that those co-ordinating the sessions can access the attendee lists themselves allowing Eagles to book closer to the time of the session subject to availability.

And a reminder of the arrangements

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 intervals / hills sessions, we want to give as many people as possible the chance to take part in an intervals / hills 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 7 to Thu 17 June

The following session had spaces at the time of writing and has been advertised more than once. Please feel free to book even if you have attended another session in the period Mon 7 to Thu 17 June (current password for Eventbrite pages in News from the Nest)

Thu 17 June 7.30pm to 8.30pm West Walk - hills with Mike Limpert (booking deadline 5pm on the day) https://www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/west-walk-hills-730pm-thu-17-june-tickets-157851310519

Intervals and Hills for the booking period Mon 21 June to Thu 1 July

UPDATE We have now received approval to offer more places at the sessions at Lammas Park and West Walk and also to offer sessions at Osterley track.

To give as many people as possible the chance to take part in a club intervals / hills session, we are offering the sessions in two week booking periods and members are asked to book only one session when the sessions are first advertised.

Mon 21 June PILOT 10am to 11am Lammas Park - intervals (booking deadline 8am on the day) https://www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/pilot-mon-lammas-intervals-21-jun-tickets-159722224473

Tue 22 June PILOT 7.30pm to 8.30pm Lammas Park - intervals (booking deadline 5pm on the day) https://www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/pilot-tue-lammas-intervals-22-jun-tickets-159734469097

Thu 24 June PILOT 7.30pm to 8.30pm West Walk - hills (booking deadline 5pm on the day) https://www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/pilot-west-walk-hills-24-june-tickets-159736118029

Mon 28 June PILOT 10am to 11am Lammas Park - intervals (booking deadline 8am on the day) https://www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/pilot-mon-lammas-intervals-28-jun-tickets-159735512217

Tue 29 June PILOT **7pm to 8pm** Osterley Track - intervals (non-refundable track fee of £3.15 per person - eventbrite page will be published and booking will open on Tuesday 22 June at 9.30pm after the date has been confirmed by Osterley track - booking deadline 5pm on the day)

Thu 1 July PILOT 7.30pm to 8.30pm West Walk - hills (booking deadline 5pm on the day) https://www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/pilot-west-walk-hills-1-july-tickets-159736745907

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 co-ordinator 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 intervals / hills sessions on a regular basis, subject to the availability of co-ordinators 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. For sessions from 7 June, we hope to make the deadline for booking (subject to availability) to be closer to the day of the 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 at the session. 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 intervals / hills sessions offered by the Club – if you are not willing to accept these disclaimers and notes, please do not book a session.

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

b. I understand that the session may be cancelled at short notice if no-one is available to co-ordinate the session or if the risks at the time of the session are considered too great.

c. I will arrive dressed to run.

d. 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.

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

f. 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.

g. I will note and follow arrangements set out by the co-ordinator to enable social distancing during the session including overtaking lanes where offered.

h. The session will be taking place in a public area and I will treat all 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.

i. If I show symptoms of Covid 19 within 48 hours of attending the session, I will inform the Coaching co-ordinator on coaching@ealingeagles.com

Spaces Coach-led Sessions Booking Period 7 to 17 June

As set out last week, the coaching team is keen to encourage Eagles to return to the previous norm of coach-led sessions on Tuesdays and Thursdays evenings and some Mondays at 10am and so the latest set of training sessions has been structured to follow this pattern.

We have also modified our eventbrite arrangements so that all coaches can access the attendee lists themselves allowing Eagles to book closer to the time of the session subject to availability. The coaching team, however, reserves the right to cancel the session the day before if there appears to be insufficient interest in any particular session so it is still to your advantage to book the session when you know that you can commit rather than waiting until the last moment. Remember that individual coaches commit to offering sessions sometimes as much as two weeks in advance.

And a reminder of the arrangements

Coach-led Sessions for the booking period Mon 7 to Sat 17 June

The following sessions had spaces at the time of writing and this is the second advertisement. Please feel free to book even if you have booked or attended another session in the period Mon 7 to Sat 17 June (please click on links to see separate events on Eventbrite). Please note that while the admin arrangements have been changed to allow people to book closer to the time of the session, the coaching team reserves the right to cancel the session the day before if there appears to be insufficient interest in any particular session:

Tue 8 June PILOT 7.30pm to 8.30pm Lammas Park - intervals with Rachel Job (booking deadline 5pm on the day) https://www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/lammas-intervals-pilot-730pm-tue-8-june-tickets-157844969553

Thu 10 June 7.30pm to 8.30pm West Walk - hills with Rhiannon Williams (booking deadline 5pm on the day) https://www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/west-walk-hills-730pm-thu-10-june-tickets-157846855193

Mon 14 June 10am to 11am Lammas Park - intervals with Dineke Austin (booking deadline 8am on the day) https://www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/lammas-intervals-10am-mon-14-june-tickets-157848453975

Tue 15 June PILOT 7.30pm to 8.30pm Lammas Park - intervals with Rachel Job (booking deadline 5pm on the day) https://www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/lammas-intervals-pilot-730pm-tue-15-june-tickets-157850040721

Thu 17 June 7.30pm to 8.30pm West Walk - hills with Mike Limpert (booking deadline 5pm on the day) https://www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/west-walk-hills-730pm-thu-17-june-tickets-157851310519

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.

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. For sessions from 7 June, we are making the deadline for booking (subject to availability) a few hours before the start of the session though the coaching team reserves the right to cancel the session the day before if there appears to be insufficient interest in any particular 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

Coach-led sessions 7 to 17 June

As the coaching team considers what sessions we are hoping to offer when restrictions are relaxed, we want to encourage Eagles to return to the previous norm of coach-led sessions on Tuesdays and Thursdays evenings and some Mondays at 10 am. We are consulting with the Covid-19 team and the Committee and hope to be able to open booking on sessions, including pilot sessions where necessary, on Thursday 3 June.

We have also modified our Eventbrite arrangements so that all coaches can access the attendee lists themselves allowing Eagles to book closer to the time of the session subject to availability.

And a reminder of the arrangements

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 coach-led sessions, we want to give as many people as possible the chance to take part in a coach-led 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 24 May to Sat 5 June

The following session had spaces at the time of writing and has been advertised more than once. Please feel free to book even if you have attended another session in the period Mon 24 May to Sat 5 June (current password for Eventbrite pages in News from the Nest)

Thu 3 Jun 7pm to 8pm West Walk - hills with Mike Limpert (deadline for booking Tue 1 Jun at 11.30pm) https://www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/west-walk-hills-thu-3-jun-tickets-156013056251

Coach-led Sessions for the booking period Mon 7 to Thu 17 June

UPDATE We have now received approval to offer a pilot of Lammas Park Intervals on Tuesdays at 7.30pm. In addition, the Thursday sessions of West Walk are being moved to 7.30pm. As mentioned above, we are also allowing booking closer to the time of the session subject to availability.

To give as many people as possible the chance to take part in a coach-led session, we are offering the sessions in two week booking periods and members are asked to book only one session when the sessions are first advertised.

Mon 7 June 10am to 11am Lammas Park - intervals with Wei Hei Kipling (booking deadline 8am on the day) https://www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/lammas-intervals-10am-mon-7-june-tickets-157777995231  

Tue 8 June PILOT 7.30pm to 8.30pm Lammas Park - intervals with Rachel Job (booking deadline 5pm on the day) https://www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/lammas-intervals-pilot-730pm-tue-8-june-tickets-157844969553

Thu 10 June 7.30pm to 8.30pm West Walk - hills with Rhiannon Williams (booking deadline 5pm on the day) https://www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/west-walk-hills-730pm-thu-10-june-tickets-157846855193

Mon 14 June 10am to 11am Lammas Park - intervals with Dineke Austin (booking deadline 8am on the day) https://www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/lammas-intervals-10am-mon-14-june-tickets-157848453975

Tue 15 June PILOT 7.30pm to 8.30pm Lammas Park - intervals with Rachel Job (booking deadline 5pm on the day) https://www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/lammas-intervals-pilot-730pm-tue-15-june-tickets-157850040721

Thu 17 June 7.30pm to 8.30pm West Walk - hills with Mike Limpert (booking deadline 5pm on the day) https://www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/west-walk-hills-730pm-thu-17-june-tickets-157851310519

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 coach-led 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. For sessions from 7 June, we hope to make the deadline for booking (subject to availability) to be closer to the day of the session and possibly even the start of the session (tbc).

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 at the session. 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

Spaces Coach-led Sessions Booking Period 24 May to 5 June

Coach-led Sessions for the booking period Mon 24 May to 5 June

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 following sessions had spaces at the time of writing and this is the second advertisement. Please feel free to book even if you have booked or attended another session in the period Mon 24 May to 5 June (please click on links to see separate events on Eventbrite):

Thu 27 May 7pm to 8pm West Walk - hills with Rhiannon Williams (booking deadline Tue 25 May at 11.30pm) https://www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/west-walk-hills-thu-27-may-tickets-156012915831

Mon 31 May 10am to 11am Lammas Park - intervals with Wei Hei Kipling (booking deadline Sat 29 May at 11.30pm) https://www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/lammas-intervals-mon-31-may-tickets-156012458463

Thu 3 Jun 7pm to 8pm West Walk - hills with Mike Limpert (deadline for booking Tue 1 Jun at 11.30pm) https://www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/west-walk-hills-thu-3-jun-tickets-156013056251

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.

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

The latest guidance for running during this stage of lockdown easing

The government have confirmed the move to the next stage of their roadmap. From today, 17th May, in England.

  • People can now meet indoors in groups of up to six or two households, or in groups of up to 30 outdoors. Overnight stays are allowed

  • Pubs, bars and restaurants can serve customers indoors

  • Museums, cinemas, children's play areas, theatres, concert halls and sports stadiums can all reopen, as can hotels

  • Social distancing guidance is changing and contact with other households like hugs is a matter of personal choice

We are awaiting the latest guidance from England Athletics with regards to coached sessions so these will continue as planned for now.

As a club, we are taking a cautious approach to this latest stage. As our runs are generally held in public spaces we feel it is right that we continue to only run in small, considerate groups while the community gets used to these new rules. We'll monitor how the next few weeks go and look to update our own guidance again by mid-June.

Coached Sessions 24 May to 5 June

We appreciate that officially the Rule of 30 outdoors applies from Monday 17 May 2021. However:

  1. It is unclear exactly how the rule of 30 will apply to coached sessions where we are currently advised that a coach can only take 12 people and where we are continuing to apply social distancing. We are checking with England Athletics and will need to review risk assessments after that.

  2. The concern about different variants means that it is good for us to be cautious for the moment.

The coaching team will therefore be continuing with the existing arrangements for coached sessions for the moment.

And a reminder of the arrangements

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 10 May to Sat 22 May

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 10 May to Sat 22 May (current password for Eventbrite pages in News from the Nest)

Thu 20 May 6.30pm to 7.30pm Parkrun Prep at Perivale Park - intervals with Mike Limpert (deadline for booking Tue 18 May at 11.30pm) https://www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/parkrun-prep-at-perivale-park-thu-20-may-tickets-153546568921

Sat 22 May 8.15am to 9.15am Blondin Park - intervals with Dineke Austin (booking deadline Thu 20 May at 11.30pm) https://www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/blondin-intervals-sat-22-may-tickets-153547096499

Coached Sessions for the booking period Mon 24 May to Sat 5 June

UPDATED 19 May after the meeting of the coaching team on 19 May to include coached sessions in the period Monday 24 May to Saturday 5 June available for booking from 11.30pm Wednesday 19 May (please check your latest News from the Nest email for the current password for the Eventbrite pages). The coaching team has decided, in view of the reduced numbers wanting to take part in Saturday early morning sessions and the possibility of parkrun starting again, not to continue with regular Saturday morning sessions though ad hoc Saturday sessions may be offered on an occasional basis as in the past.

Options available for booking (separate events on Eventbrite - please choose only ONE from the options available over the period Mon 24 May to Thu 3 June) are:

Mon 24 May 10am to 11am Lammas Park - intervals with Wei Hei Kipling (booking deadline Sat 22 May at 11.30pm) https://www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/lammas-intervals-mon-24-may-tickets-156011638009

Thu 27 May 7pm to 8pm West Walk - hills with Rhiannon Williams (booking deadline Tue 25 May at 11.30pm) https://www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/west-walk-hills-thu-27-may-tickets-156012915831

Mon 31 May 10am to 11am Lammas Park - intervals with Wei Hei Kipling (booking deadline Sat 29 May at 11.30pm) https://www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/lammas-intervals-mon-31-may-tickets-156012458463

Thu 3 Jun 7pm to 8pm West Walk - hills with Mike Limpert (deadline for booking Tue 1 Jun at 11.30pm) https://www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/west-walk-hills-thu-3-jun-tickets-156013056251

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

Spaces Coached Sessions 10 to 22 May

Coached Sessions for the booking period Mon 10 to Sat 22 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 following sessions had spaces at the time of writing and this is the second advertisement. Please feel free to book even if you have booked or attended another session in the period Mon 10 to Sat 22 May (please click on links to see separate events on Eventbrite):

Thu 13 May 7pm to 8pm West Walk - hills with Rhiannon Williams (booking deadline Tue 11 May at 11.30pm https://www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/west-walk-hills-thu-13-may-tickets-153544887893

Sat 15 May 8.30am to 9.30am Churchfields - intervals with Rachel Job (booking deadline Thu 13 May at 11.30pm) https://www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/churchfields-intervals-sat-15-may-tickets-153545497717

Mon 17 May 10am to 11am Lammas Park - intervals with Wei Hei Kipling (booking deadline Sat 15 May at 11.30pm) https://www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/lammas-intervals-mon-17-may-tickets-153546298111

Thu 20 May 6.30pm to 7.30pm Parkrun Prep at Perivale Park - intervals with Mike Limpert (deadline for booking Tue 18 May at 11.30pm) https://www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/parkrun-prep-at-perivale-park-thu-20-may-tickets-153546568921

Sat 22 May 8.15am to 9.15am Blondin Park - intervals with Dineke Austin (booking deadline Thu 20 May at 11.30pm) https://www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/blondin-intervals-sat-22-may-tickets-153547096499

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.

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

Coached Sessions 10 to 22 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 26 April to Sat 10 May

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 26 April to Sat 10 May (current password for Eventbrite pages in News from the Nest)

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

Coached Sessions for the booking period Mon 10 to Sat 22 May

UPDATED 4 May to include coached sessions in the period Monday 10 May to Saturday 22 May available for booking from 11.30pm Wednesday 5 May (please check your latest News from the Nest email for the current password for the Eventbrite pages)

Please choose only ONE from the options available over the period Mon 10 to Sat 22 May:

Mon 10 May 10am to 11am Lammas Park - intervals with Mike Limpert (booking deadline Sat 8 May at 11.30pm) https://www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/lammas-intervals-mon-10-may-tickets-153543648185

Thu 13 May 7pm to 8pm West Walk - hills with Rhiannon Williams (booking deadline Tue 11 May at 11.30pm https://www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/west-walk-hills-thu-13-may-tickets-153544887893

Sat 15 May 8.30am to 9.30am Churchfields - intervals with Rachel Job (booking deadline Thu 13 May at 11.30pm) https://www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/churchfields-intervals-sat-15-may-tickets-153545497717

Mon 17 May 10am to 11am Lammas Park - intervals with Wei Hei Kipling (booking deadline Sat 15 May at 11.30pm) https://www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/lammas-intervals-mon-17-may-tickets-153546298111

Thu 20 May 6.30pm to 7.30pm Parkrun Prep at Perivale Park - intervals with Mike Limpert (deadline for booking Tue 18 May at 11.30pm) https://www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/parkrun-prep-at-perivale-park-thu-20-may-tickets-153546568921

Sat 22 May 8.15am to 9.15am Blondin Park - intervals with Dineke Austin (booking deadline Thu 20 May at 11.30pm) https://www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/blondin-intervals-sat-22-may-tickets-153547096499

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

Spaces Coached Sessions 26 Apr - 8 May

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 following sessions had spaces at the time of writing and this is the second advertisement. Please feel free to book even if you have booked or attended another session in the period Mon 26 April to Sat 8 May (please click on links to see separate events on Eventbrite):

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

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.

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

Membership Renewal Update

I wanted to give you an update! We are busy working away at getting the renewals sorted for 2021/22! However, EA has replaced their registration and payment system so there are some delays as we work to get to grips with this!

I know this must be frustrating, but rest assured, if you renewed for the 2020/21 season your EA membership remains valid despite having gone past 31st March 2021.

Thanks for your patience!
Terena

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

12 April: Club Guidance for safe running under the Government roadmap for lockdown easing

Today marks the next step in the Government's roadmap easing lockdown. This means:

  • People are allowed to meet outside, either with one other household or within the "rule of six", allowing for more social running. However, as we share paths and roads with other users who are likely to be anxious as we adjust to relaxed restrictions, we advise against running in groups of 5 or 6 at the moment.

  • Organised, Covid-secure outdoor sports can operate for adults and children meaning we can offer coach-led training sessions. Please make sure you book in advance, read the booking instructions and follow all safety procedures put in place.

  • Coffee shops and pubs are now allowed to serve food and beverages to customers who can now gather outdoors in socially distanced, rule of six/two household groups to enjoy post-run refreshments.

  • You may travel to competitions and for training, although the Government is urging people to stay local as much as possible.

We must remember that the Government's roadmap is conditional on continuing to mitigate the transmission of Covid 19, and we must remain considerate to our community. With that in mind, we recommend that you:

  • Maintain at least a 2m social distance whenever possible

  • Be courteous to other people who may be running, cycling or walking in the same area

  • Avoid times, and places you know will be busy

Spaces - Coached Sessions 12 to 24 April

Coached Sessions for the booking period Mon 12th to Sat 24th April

The coaching team is pleased to be able to offer sessions at West Walk and Perivale Park as well as Lammas Park, Churchfields Recreation Ground and Blondin Park.

The following sessions had spaces at the time of writing and this is the second advertisement. Please feel free to book even if you have booked or attended another session in the period Mon 12th to Sat 24th April (please click on links to see separate events on Eventbrite):

Thu 15 Apr 7pm to 8pm West Walk - hills with Rhiannon Williams (booking deadline Tue 13 Apr at 11.30pm) https://www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/west-walk-hills-thu-15-apr-tickets-149435478539

Sat 17 Apr 8.30am to 9.30am Churchfields - intervals with Rachel Job (booking deadline Thu 15 Apr at 11.30pm) https://www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/churchfields-intervals-sat-17-apr-tickets-149434644043

Mon 19 Apr 10am to 11am Lammas Park - intervals with Wei Hei Kipling (booking deadline Sat 17 Apr at 11.30pm) https://www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/lammas-intervals-mon-19-apr-tickets-149435568809

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

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.

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