St. Austell Running Club Cornwall St. Austell Running Club Cornwall Established November 2007
About Us
Thinking of Running? Like to get fit? Looking to train with others? Want to be part of a new club?
A new Running Club started in October 2007 to serve the St Austell Region and is actively recruiting members. All levels of ability will be welcomed and a weekly training schedule has been established to
cater for experienced runners and newcomers.
Each weekly training session is part of a structured plan geared towards certain races, and can be as intense as the individual wishes to make it.
Based at Tregorrick Park (St Austell Rugby Club), we meet on Tuesdays and Thursdays at 6.30 p.m. for a 6.45 p.m. training session. Experienced Club Members take charge of running groups ranging from beginners through to established runners to ensure that no-one trains alone. Support and constructive help and advice is available.
Throughout the winter months the runs start from the Rugby Club and follow street lit routes around St Austell and Carlyon Bay, but when the lighter evenings arrive we will be going ‘off-road’ as much as possible, using the Pentewan Trail, cliff paths, clay trails, Rugby Club fields etc.
Longer social runs on a Sunday morning have been very successful and commence from various locations around the area each week. Members run in groups depending on ability for longer distances than is possible on clubnights, which are invaluable to build up stamina for longer races such as half-marathons or marathons. It is much easier to run in company than on your own!!
The Sunday Run location is decided on clubnights and will be posted on the club website, The website is in it’s infancy, but will expand to include all aspects of running, training, race results, links to other running clubs etc. The training schedule for the next few months is already on the website.
Officials have been delighted with the initial response to the club and we now have over 60 paid-up members, with an average of 40 training regularly on Tuesdays and Thursdays.
We have affiliated to UK Athletics and will be entering the first race of the Sandy Hill Physical Therapy Centre Cornish Road running Grand Prix Series, as an official club. This is the Blaythorne 10, a 10 mile race at Camborne on Sunday 20th January. 35 club members have entered this race and an incredible 49 have entered the Mounts Bay 10k, which is
the second G.P. race on Sunday 3rd February, at Marazion. Some members will be racing ‘veterans’ and many others will be making their racing debuts. Results and a club report will be on the website and in
the local press.
Club vests, in traditional St Austell purple, with the St Austell logo are available on clubnights, at £14.
If you are interested in coming along to a clubnight to see what it’s like, bring your kit and trainers, with a compulsory reflective bib for safety, and you will be welcomed on any Tuesday or Thursday. Changing and showering facilities are available at the Rugby Club.
We are pleased to be sponsored by May Whetter and Grose Estate Agents, 01726 73501.
For further details please contact the website or Dawn Roberts, Club Secretary. (01208 831208).
Membership
If you have been along to the club and would like to join, you can print of a membership form here.
