Arrows Running News and April Schedule

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Published: Monday, 03 April 2023 00:00

April News and Schedule 

Welcome to April, and with it the start of the spring marathon/race season is upon us. Starting with Sandy 10 and Brighton Marathon, well done to those who were out last weekend. To those racing later this month, may your preparation pay off and your taper be injury free.

After the wettest month in 40 years, we hope that April will be kind to you with cool and dry (actually, is there such a thing as?) perfect running weather for all your running, chatty, social or otherwise.

It's also the start of a new club and England Athletics membership year. Although we allow a short grace period, subscription fees are now due if you wish to remain an active member of the club's runs and related activities. If you would like to renew or rejoin please check your email for a renewal email or contact Lyndon at This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it.. Towards the middle of this month, we will update our 'active members' list and that may see you missing out on information or events if you haven't renewed.

We hope you’ve enjoyed running with fellow Arrows in March, a quick update on some of the March announcements:

  1. Track nights - Have been well attended. There are more sessions planned in April. Details below.

  2. Run Technique - More news to come, it's still a bit too cold at the moment.

  3. Change to run times - Keep an eye out for a poll to be sent out soon(-ish). Track sessions and the Club 5k in March were at 7 pm, please ensure you arrive in time for sessions to start at the advertised times.

  4. Social - Please keep an eye out for post-race socials, typically at the Inn on the Green and advertised on FB. Last month's post-5k social with Roger's prop-assisted recount of his epic Spine Race and Jen's World Marathon Majors completion in Tokyo were fantastic and well received.

On March 5th the awards were handed out at a celebratory social event, we may need more space next time, it was rather cosy. Thank you all for attending, collecting your rewards and celebrating all your 2022 achievements. Please remember the club league, two races have been run and the current standing is:

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Arrows Running News and March Schedule

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Published: Wednesday, 01 March 2023 00:00

March News and Schedule 

Hope that you're feeling the start of the end of the cold and darkness of winter disappearing, your winter miles are bearing fruit and those approaching your 2023 'A' race (marathon?) have remained injury free and on track.

For everyone else just ticking over, recovering from injury or wishing that the summer months would come quicker to get out in finer, warmer weather - we hope that you'll do it with Arrows. 

Renewal season is nearly upon us and we hope you'll be keen to stay with us as recent suggestions mean that we're stepping on the gas to offer you more in 2023 than we managed to achieve in 2022.  We're looking to:

  1. Restart the Luton Track nights every other week.  We've made bookings in March and will continue if well attended and can support through the RunLeaders. 1st session is 7th March at 7pm.  More details below.

  2. Run Technique - we've got irons in the fire to have Run Technique training sessions when it gets a bit warmer.  Could have focused sessions of 6 runners, but up to 12 runners depending on interest and content or focus.

  3. Change to run times - Looking at polling the membership to see what times suit better all our timetables.  We've historically always started at 7:30, but working practices and needs have surely changed and there's a call for different times.  We just have to make it easy a) to provide RunLeader cover/guidance b) administrate as we still have to register runners if doing an Arrows organised run (EA regs and good Health and Safety practice).  We're already starting the track sessions at 7pm and will do the 5k earlier at 7pm in March.

  4. Focus on 5k - we've been told that we don't cater for this distance.  We did try this before, but there was waning interest.  We'll try again to see if there is now a demand that we can cater for

  5. Social - 2 events currently in the diary, more to come.  5th March for Awards celebrations at Marquis of Granby 4-7pm and a pub social following the Club 5k on 28th March.  Location tbc.

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Arrows Run Groups February Schedule

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Published: Wednesday, 01 February 2023 00:00

February News and Schedule 

Hope your year is going well... That training for whatever you're aiming for as your 'A' race for the year is progressing to plan.

Sadly the Sunday League XC was cancelled due to the soggy ground and the impact it would have had on Royston Heath, but 9 of you managed to get to Cassiobury Park for the Herts Seniors Cross Country. Apparently, it was a bit "slippy" - don't let that put you off for the next one in February.

We also had another successful club 5k - more volunteers than runners though and hope that in February and as we progress into warmer weather, we'll see more of you out. Fred Hughes had a whopping number of you there and the ladies got a Bronze team prize... Seeing the number of you out has inspired us to try and focus on our 2023 Club League on more local events so we see that sea of red Arrows tops. More soon.

AGM

Hopefully, you will have seen the AGM notice for 22nd February and also the follow-up social on 5th March when we hope to give out the awards won for efforts in 2022. For the AGM we need (beyond your attendance) any questions and also nominations for the members' award. We look forward to hearing from you!

Fred Hughes 10m:

Fred Hughes 10m

This month:

  1. Dates for the Diary - including the XC!
  2. This Month's Club Timetable
  3. Arrows Online Kit Shop - How to Order
  4. This Month's SportsShoes.com Discount Code
  5. Active Training World Discount Code (please note when you can use this)
  6. General Notices

As ever, please do join the Facebook group as we may have missed something and post updates about any proposed Parkrun tourism or other festive events.

1. Dates for the Diary

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