Trail Running Scotland 26-27 October 2024

To make a great weekend of skills book both and receive 10% off both days. This will be applied when you book your second day. 

Navigation for Runners
Navigation is an essential skill for anyone heading away from the security of roads and parks. It is the fundamental skill needed to break the barrier that limits us to familiar trails and opens up a world of exploring new possibilities.

As a runner we want to navigate differently to hill-walkers. We can show you simple techniques that keep your navigation fast and fluid, keeping you on track without having to stop as well as knowing what to do when we get lost!

We will start with fundamental good habits of map setting and direction finding and use these to help us to navigate around a variety of trails. As we go we will add to this with recognising different features on the ground and map along with ways to measure distance.

Compass skills start simple, to check the direction of our trails and help us to find where we are. This builds to using a compass to go cross-country, away from the trail.

We will also look at route planning skills and resources, so we set off running knowing how far it is, how much climbing is involved and how long it will take us.

Strength and Mobility for Runners
This workshop is all about exploring how our bodies move, our strengths and limitations and how this will affect our running.

We will start by using simple tools to assess our strength and mobility so we can really understand what we are working with. A mobility routine might then free up some sore or limited movements to allow us to build some strength. 

We will run through a simple and effective strength programme, looking at progressions that you can add with minimal equipment, to make you a stronger, more robust runner. 

You will end the day with a personal plan as well as the tools and knowledge to progress this in the future.