Teaching Mountain Running - Saturday - Full Day Workshop

Time  09.00 - 17.00

Instructor: Kingsley Jones

Bio: Kingsley is an IML who specialises in trail and fell running guiding. He splits his time between the Lake District and the Alps, and is also the author of the Cicerone running guidebooks for those two areas. As well as working as an IML, he's a Personal trainer and running coach. His personal trail running includes multiple UTMB finishes, and the Tor des Geants. His running club is Ambleside AC.

Workshop info:

Day: The title of the day is "Teaching Mountain Running", and the focus is on techniques for coaching fell and trail running to clients, as this is a rapidly growing market for many IMLs. There will be plenty enough running during the day, but this is a coaching and training day, rather than simply running. In terms of fitness it will suffice to be able to run 10km. To get the most out of this session, you should ideally have a little mountain running experience, but this not essential. During the day you will learn about running biomechanics, teaching ascent and descent techniques, pacing, use of running poles, runners nav, guiding techniques for running clients, and safety considerations for an IML leading a running group. The day will involve a lot of technique analysis and learning how to coach runners.

Kit: Each runner should adapt to their previous experience, but as an absolute minimum you should bring FRA mandatory kit; map (OL1), compass, whistle, hat, gloves, waterproof jacket and trousers with taped seams, bumbag / race vest, fell / trail running shoes (not road shoes), reserve of food, emergency blanket / bag, extra warm layer, bottle / flask of minimum 1 litre, head torch. Optional items you may find useful include; altimeter, GPS watch / unit, running poles, waterproof gloves, beanie hat, running gaiters.

CPD Points: 1

Start

24/11/2018 09:00

End

24/11/2018 17:00

Maximum Bookings

14

Bookings

60

Venue

Palace Hotel, Buxton

Town

Buxton

County

Derbyshire

Postcode

SK17 6AF

Country

United Kingdom

Latitude

53.26000

Longitude

-1.91000

Name

BAIML

Phone

07980310253

Email