In light of the Coronavirus situation the Arena parkrun series will be taking a slightly different twist for next event and will be taking place in the fictional world known as Arenatopia! The same points scoring applies, but you have all been given brand new PB’s to aim for based on age grading. This is…
https://www.englandathletics.org/athletics-and-running/news/guidance-update-for-restricted-return-to-activity-for-coaches-leaders-athletes-runners-and-facilities/ Guidance update for restricted return to activity (for coaches, leaders, athletes, runners and facilities) Following the publication of the new government guidelines on exercise we have been working with UKA and other stakeholders to create three guidance documents for our registered athletes, runners, coaches and athletic venues. These procedures apply to England only and…
Tris Sharp said…… Righto, well that was fun to unpick! Results are now in, so prepare yourself for a stats frenzy!! Overall leaders remain the same from Bevendean, so congrats to both Rachel and Timmy – albeit Timmy is developing such a gulf between himself and the rest I’m considering having a seperate league…
Hi All In order to make use of your excellent training I’ve noticed on various social media sources, Arena 80 are entering teams in the British Masters Virtual 5k Relays. This is for any athlete in the O35 or older category. Further details below and yes it is open to all standards and you get…
https://www.bbc.com/sport/amp/athletics/52571601 UK Athletics (UKA) “needs to transform the way it approaches difficult ethical decisions”, according to an independent review. The study said many of those interviewed identified “a general culture of mistrust” and “experienced poor behaviours” at the governing body. Commissioned by funding agency UK Sport in February after a series of controversies and resignations…
https://data.opentrack.run/x/2020/CHE/emvrc/ Arena Members Contact Captains Dani Tarleton or Dan Vaughan if interested. Contact Details: Please contact the organiser, not OpenTrack, for all queries Open EMA Challenge – Virtual 5km Runs must be completed between 9th and 21st May 2020. Entry fee GBP 1.50 (EUR appox 1.70). Donations requested during entry to help Africa fight COVID-19…
https://data.opentrack.run/x/2020/GBR/bmaf-virtual-rr/ Dani Tarleton entering the Arena 80 teams BMAF Contact Details: Please contact the organiser, not OpenTrack, for all queries The event celebrates the masters road relay championships at Sutton Park and the 5k championships at Horwich, which were cancelled due to coronavirus. Teams: Entry is FREE to UKA affiliated clubs, with an optional…
A London View – Guardian Will Brighton See The Same and Can We Compare Brighton To London Cycling could increase five-fold across London under post-lockdown plans to overhaul the city’s streets, where pavements will be widened to allow for physical distancing and queueing outside shops. New walking and cycling routes will be constructed along major…
For those of you that don’t know me my name is Stephanie Cameron and I am the club support manager for the west midlands region. However the reason for this email has nothing to do with the west midlands at all. Each week I will be hosting a virtual club night on Tuesdays between 7-8…
From Steve McNealy Arena 80 Coach The longer run for most runners takes place at the weekend and can vary in distance by ability, when thinking of increasing mileage this should not be more than 10% of your previous long run to avoid injury. The pace that you should be running longer distances is normally…