Endurance Workshops
Welsh athletics is delighted to announce a series of opportunities for endurance coaches during the autumn and spring. All these opportunities are provided free to coaches and pre-booking is required using the form at the bottom of this page. Further information on any workshop or masterclass is available from Darrell Maynard (darrell.maynard@welshathletics.org)
Endurance Masterclasses
Saturday 15th September, Park Inn North, Cardiff 9:30 -12:00
Endurance Masterclass with Dave Sunderland
Dave Sunderland is England Athletics National Coach Mentor for Middle Distance and Steeplechase. He is current personal coach to Lynsey Sharp, Olympic Games 2012 800m semi-finalist.
Friday 5th October, Park Inn North, Cardiff 19:00 – 21:00
Endurance Masterclass with George Gandy – High performance and Olympic Experiences and Mentality
George Gandy is UKA’s Head Coach for Endurance. George has been one of the leading endurance coaches in the UK for more than 40 years. In the last 40 years George has nurtured and coached some of the best known sportspeople including Sebastian Coe, Paula Radcliffe, Dave Moorcroft and more recently Lisa Dobriskey.
George has coached 75 athletes to international honours.
Endurance Workshop, Saturday 15th September 12:00 – 16:00, Park Inn North
This workshop will be led by Darrell Maynard, National Event Group Lead for Endurance. Key presenters during the workshop are Dave Sunderland and Phil Banning. This workshop will discuss the themes of endurance planning, annual planning and competition planning.
Endurance Workshop, Saturday 22nd September. Deeside College 9:00 – 15:30
This workshop will be led by Darrell Maynard, National Event Group Lead for Endurance. Key presenters during the workshop are Dave Sunderland and Phil Banning. This workshop will discuss the themes of endurance planning, annual planning and competition planning. Sport Wales will also present on planning Strength and Conditioning programmes to support endurance athletes.
Endurance Workshop, Saturday 6th October. Park Inn North, Cardiff 10:00 – 16:00
This workshop will be led by Darrell Maynard, National Event Group Lead for Endurance. Key presenters during the workshop are George Gandy, UK Athletics National Event Coach for Endurance and Phil Banning, Welsh Athletics Senior Team Manager and former National Coach for Welsh Athletics. This workshop will discuss themes of effective planning, running drills for endurance runners and "a coach’s performance in competition preparation.”
To book places on any of these workshops please fill in the form below: