This years draw for club places in the 2012 London Marathon will be held at the presentation evening which is on Saturday 3rd December.

To qualify for the draw applicants must have been First Claim members of the club for a minimum of six months by the date of the draw and must have renewed their membership of the club for the year 2011-2012 by the date of the draw.

Those who qualify and wish to participate in the draw should get their rejection slips to me as soon as possible, before the date of the draw, with their full names clearly written on the slips.

Many thanks

Gerry

Head Coach Gerry Reilly has provided a 15 week Marathon training programme for the 2011 Virgin London Marathon which will take place on Sunday 17th april.

The Marathon training programme for this years race has had to be adapted to take into account the earlier date for the race and is set up to make the most of local target events, taking into to account the cancellation of the Thanet 20 in 2011 – the normal 20 mile target race.

This is a 15 week plan starts from the first week in January and builds up from a base weekly mileage of approximately 25 miles to a maximum of approximately 55 miles. There is an interim “recovery” week around the middle of the schedule and as with all conventional Marathon training programmes there is a “tapering down” period during the final 3 weeks.

The Marathon training programme is available as a PDF download here.

Good Luck