Life May Have Changed But You Can Get Back to Your Best Running Form


Our Online Training Squads can Coach, Educate, Guide and Support you to a Series of Personal Best Race Times...

 
 

Don't let the time slip away.
You can achieve greatness this Summer, if you get started now...

 

Introducing Summer Squad

Summer Squad is a group of motivated runners who have committed to not just entering events but training for them with the guidance of a coach and personalised programme, the education of an online course and the support of their peers. 

 
 
 

Here’s What happens When You Join 

1

We'll personalise your programme

Letting us know the important dates in your Summer and Autumn Calendar allows us to prescribe training distances which prepare you for personal best attempts, holidays, work trips or running events which influence your training. 

2

Expert Transformation Course

You'll gain access to online resources which teach you how to make the most of your programme and look after yourself in between runs. Prevent injury, address pains before they progress and learn from a range of lessons which level up your knowledge as a runner. 

3

Technique First

You'll take part in a technique training series which teaches you how to run properly. Prevent injury and wasted efforts with video feedback, running technique drills and targeted runs with specific focus on form. 

4

Direct Line to your coach

You'll gain a secret link which allows you to book phone consultations with your Private Running Coach. These are vital when making decisions around returning to training post illness, entering a new event or booking a holiday. Anything which could influence your training should be discussed to ensure you stay on track to achieve your most important results. 

5

Closed Community Support

You'll be invited to join our Summer Squad WhatsApp group containing members with similar goals. Your newsfeed will be transformed by the inspirational posts from peers. 

Personalised Programme

Peak for every event with session plans you can use when running alone or as part of a Virtual Club Run. 

Unlimited Coach Guidance

Contact your coach any time to discuss new events, challenges, niggles, illness or target speeds.  

Expert Runner Transformation Course

Learn everything you need to progress from intermediate to expert in just 14 weeks. It's not who you know but what you know that will get you success. 

Unlimited Member Support

Become inspired by other Squad members who want you to achieve and hear about your progress. Over forty members await your inclusion and will brighten your news feed with their running results. 

Technique Feedback

Unlock hidden potential with our Technique First running series, starting from the 27th of June.  

Join Summer Squad

We’re looking for awesome people to run with us.

 
Cheltenham Half Marathon

Unlimited Coach Guidance


Have you ever just wanted to ask one person what you should do about a running related issue? 


The internet has loads of information about running but getting an answer specific to your situation is practically impossible due to the vast array of moving parts in your life. 


Your coach won't just come back with a generic response like Google will. 

Getting Background Information

Whether you need guidance on a particular run you're struggling to fit in, a niggling left knee or which events to enter the correct answer will depend on what came before. Conor will take the time to understand your goals, strengths, weaknesses and dig up what lead up to any situation which has left you uncertain about next steps. 

Unlike a blog post or running forum, quality coaching happens best when you learn how to solve similar problems by yourself.

If a coach gives you an answer without working through the situation with you then they deprive you of the opportunity to learn how to work it out yourself. 

Conor will help you figure out the answers by working through the facts so you can become an independently knowledgeable runner.

 
 

What do we mean by "Unlimited"? 

 
 
 

Any time you find yourself with a question simply message, email or set up a call to discuss your situation in depth. Conor will typically reply within a couple of hours on weekdays and in between family and coaching commitments on the weekend. 

When you're getting answers from one coach who knows your situation you can bet it'll be more effective than any blog post, video, book or forum.

Registrations close on Sunday 5th of June

11
Days
19
Hours
11
Minutes
07
Seconds
 
 

Your Truly Personalised Running Programme

Generic programmes fail to prescribe speeds which reflect your ability. Many plans contain distances which neglect the multiple events you've entered or the holidays you've booked and have zero flexibility.


Watch and learn how your Programme can be designed with speeds based on your ability and distances which peak you for multiple events.

 

Our first job will be to find where the hidden potential lies when compared to previous race build ups:

  • A lack of programme could have meant you missed important run distances in peaking for your race.
  • A pacing strategy based on what you wanted, not what you'd proved was achievable in training could have lead to a lethal positive split.  
  • Maybe it was an upset stomach, knee or hip pain which prevented you running at the speeds you've been able to achieve in training.
  • If you're good over distance but getting passed in the final kilometre then we can teach you how to become more of a sprinter with a personalised training approach. 

There are so many things which can go wrong in training and on race day but with your own running coach, a personalised programme and other squad members cheering you on you can have a Summer of personal bests. 

 

Here’s what some squad members said in Previous years...

Expert Runner Transformation Course

As a Summer Squad Member you'll be able to help us shape our latest online running course. Gain lifetime access to all lessons and suggest new topics to be included.

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Module 1: Getting Setup

Learn the way around your very own running programme, get the tech set up so you know what speed you should be running and how to know whether you're actually keeping to the speeds. Learn to plan your own race calendar and ideal training week to ensure the best Summer of your running life.

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Module 2: Preparing to Run

Address niggles before they become an injury, fuel yourself depending on the run you're about to face, teach your body to adapt for the benefits you need to conquer each event. This module will prepare you to prepare your body for faster and longer runs than it's ever been capable of. 

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Module 3: The Run Itself

Mental strategies for coping with stress, technical cues to hard wire and knowing when to change the race plan are all vital if you're going to succeed in every run. The biggest failure of most intermediate runners is removing the options they have available when adversity hits part way through a run. 

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Module 4: Learning and Recovering

Each run offers us an opportunity to fine tune our next one. To make vital decisions about our next events and maximise progress. Learn to recover effectively and your body can cope with far more physical stress than you ever thought possible. 

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Module 5: Racing

There's nothing worse than training well and racing below expectations. Fact is that just one bad decision can turn our race upside down and not only waste your entry fee but months of preparation. 

 

Bonus

Say NO to Pain and Injury

Your biggest risk to crushing this Summer of events is undoubtedly an injury. Ask any one on the start line of a 10k, Half or Full Marathon and they'll tell you they've had to manage some kind of pain which they were unable to shake.

Many will take weeks to recover from the injury which resulted when they push through the pain to finish in a time they knew could have been better. 

Check out these bonus lectures...

Bonus 1
How to Use Your Feet for Running
Bonus 4
How to Use Your Glutes to Run Faster and Avoid Injury
Bonus 2
Prevent and Fix Foot and Lower Leg Pains
Bonus 5
Prevent and Treat Back Pain as a Runner
Bonus 3
How to Identify and Fix Runner's Knee
Bonus 6
How to Assess the Good and Bad Pains of Running

About The Coach,
Conor Graham

Conor teaches intermediate level runners how to maximise the benefits from every run. He's helped hundreds of runners complete first time distances and achieve a steady series of personal best results. 

Over 15 years as a fitness proffesional and running coach have enabled him to grow as a coach, investing time and money in the latest methods utilised by runners. 

Clientele vary from those who run regular Half and Full Marathons to many who wouldn't run to catch a bus. 

Cheltenham Half Marathon
 

Here’s what people are saying about Coach Conor

Stop Wasting Money on Races, Invest it in Yourself

Each race entry costs you £18-£40 so it's important that you actually get the experience you hoped for when you entered the event.


This is unfortunately rarely the case with many runners finding themselves struggling to finish in a time they're proud, picking up an injury during the event or not event reaching the start line due to injury or a complete lack of training. Some people pay £400+ for a course of private sessions with a health professional only to find they've lost all of their running fitness.  Others wait months for an appointment with the NHS only to be told they should stop running as "it's bad for your joints"...


Why put your body and your family finances through this process when you could invest just a fraction of the costs to prepare correctly? There is so much value to be gained with a process proven to reduce injury rates. Just learning to run injury free could save you hundreds of pounds. 


But what about the actual experience of training, uninterrupted with small and regular personal best training runs which get you in the habit of winning. You'll win every race against previous best times if you can stay injury free and stick to your programme. 


 

Summer Squad is available 100% Online and with club run attendance!

run when and where you like

16 weeks of online Coach Guidance, Education and Support

£

157.00


  • Unlimited Coach Guidance
  • Personalised Running Programme
  • Summer Squad Facebook Group
  • Lifetime Expert Runner Transformation Course Access
  • Race Strategy Calls
  • Bonus Lectures
  • Online Workshops  via Zoom

* We cannot guarantee these sessions if lock-down ends as they may be replaced with face to face.

With club attendance

16 weeks of online and in person Coach Guidance, Education and Support

£

197.00


  • Unlimited Coach Guidance
  • Personalised Running Programme
  • Summer Squad Facebook Group
  • Lifetime Expert Runner Transformation Course Access
  • Race Strategy Calls
  • Bonus Lectures
  • Online Workshops  via Zoom
  • Interval Training Sessions
  • Tempo Club Runs
  • Cross Country Club Runs
  • Long Club Runs
 
 

 Registrations Close on Sunday 5th of June

11
Days
18
Hours
10
Minutes
31
Seconds

100% Satisfaction Guarantee for 14-Days

We're confident you'll feel the improvements in your training experience just days after your first run but if you're unsatisfied with the level of support then we'll refund your registration fee.   

 

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Frequently Asked Questions

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Didn't find the answer you're looking for?

In case you were wondering...

I am incredibly proud of the progress we've made in preparing and educating runners. Thanks to this squad and others like it, there are less people who destroy their love of running due to a bad race or training experience. 


There is still so much to achieve though. Thousands of runners sign up to events on a whim only to fail their own expectations thanks to a lack of knowledge and support. 

Please don't let this be you. Whether you join this squad or another programme like it, you want to make running enjoyable, rewarding and sustainable. 


Please take the action which prepares you for a life long love of running.

Cheltenham Running Club