Marlborough Running Club has three regular training sessions each week.

Our main training session is every Wednesday evening, meeting at 7 p.m. at Marlborough Leisure Centre, situated at Barton Dene, just off the A4 Bath Road to the West of the town centre. Typically we run between 5 and 10 miles, in two or three groups according to speed, and taking a number of opportunities to re-group to allow slower runners to catch up and faster ones a chance to recover.  Our winter runs will generally be along quiet country roads and farm tracks (reflective tops are a must) and once a month there is an optional self-timed winter handicap training (Click here to see the training results). Summer allows us to venture over the Marlborough Downs, perhaps to the Ridgeway national trail, along the Kennet Valley, or through the beech woods of Savernake Forest.

As highly-tuned athletes, we appreciate the necessity of treating our bodies with respect and the importance of ensuring proper replacement of nutrients after running. Consequently our Wednesday evening training is followed by an intensive "rehydration" session in one of the local hostelries (Guinness and London Pride are particularly popular) coupled with very good value high carbohydrate replacement foods (such as egg, chips & beans).

We also meet on Monday evenings at the Leisure Centre for shorter, but more intensive training sessions, often involving hill repetitions or sprint training.

Visitors are always most welcome.

Saturday mornings are popular with our longer distance runners. These 8-20 mile training runs (mostly off-road) usually start at a club member's house and often include breakfast afterwards. If you would like a list of Saturday runs already reserved by club members, please click here. Alternatively, if you would like to know more about our Saturday run generally, please click here to see the Saturday Run FAQ.