Our regular Tuesday evening trot - perfect for newer runners and those looking to maintain fitness with an easy midweek run.

Super-easy trails on this 6.5km loop of Horton Country Park - mainly gravel with a few woodland and grassy meadow sections thrown in.  This route is particularly good for beginners (and will be particularly slow this week as I'll be using it as a recovery run!).

Following a warmup, we'll be covering a 6.5km loop on easier, less technical trails.

We'll be running at a mostly continuous, social 'Tortoise' pace (usually somewhere between 7-9 mins/km depending on the group) so expect to be out for around 90 minutes or so (including the warmup and cooldown).

For these sessions you'll need: Trail shoes or sturdy trainers, water for during/afterwards, a headtorch suitable for running.

The small print: Whilst we welcome runners of all ability and experience, we recommend that you should be able to run continuously for a full 5km (at whatever pace), on road, trail or treadmill to get the most out of these sessions.  Although we may stop to admire views and we'll often walk up hills, we will be spending the majority of the time running slowly, which means we may be out for longer than our speedier friends to cover the distance. If you would like guidance on Couch to 5km beginner running programmes, please don't hesitate to ask!  Sessions will go ahead in all but dangerous weather conditions, so please be prepared to get wet, muddy and cold as we run through the autumn and winter!

Dogs are welcome, but they must be used to running canicross style (with a proper canicross harness, bungee line and belt), be fully insured for canicrossing, and happy to trot at a slow pace (Note that not all dogs are comfortable running slowly, and most of our routes are not suitable for freerunning dogs).  Running with dogs on handheld leads is not permitted and I reserve the right to refuse participation for dogs who do not meet these requirements, or when temperatures/humidity means it is unsafe for them to run this means that from May onwards, you may be inable to run with your dog.. 

Booking: Sessions are based on an easy-to remember rate of £1 per km :)  Entries For Tuesday Sessions close at 10am on the day of the run.