Clane AC - Adult Running Club
Where beginners get strong, and the strong become champions!
Our 2020 Couch to 5km leader led programme started on:
Monday 6th January 2020 for 7 weeks. REGISTRATION IS NOW CLOSED FOR THIS YEARS 2020 COUCH TO 5KM PROGRAMME. 
Cost:
€60 for 7 weeks. Note: This is a 7 week non-club membership fee. Members who have completed the programme can sign up for full membership with Clane AC at a reduced price of €70 for the rest of the year up to 31st December 2020. Scroll down to the bottom of this page for all information on membership for 2020. 
Adult Club Membership Details:
New Meet & Run members i.e people who can run a comfortable 5km or more distance are welcome to join the club at any time during the year. Please go to our 2020 membership page for details on how to join the club: http://www.claneac.ie/membership-2020.html or contact us on our club email: claneathleticclub@gmail.com or private message us on our Facebook page. We are located at:
SCOIL MHUIRE COMMUNITY SCHOOL PROSPEROUS ROAD CLANE CO. KILDARE W91 PD79 Our new 200m outdoor training facility at Scoil Mhuire has become the hub of Clane AC adult running club and juvenile training sessions. 
Training plans on offer this year:
Couch to 5km running programme 7 week beginner RUNNING group. 3 weekly sessions: Every Monday & Wednesday at 8pm on the track and one solo session by yourself or with someone in your group at the weekend - Leader led 7 week beginners running programme (Minimum in group 15 members) Important information!!!! Be advised, the Couch to 5km programme is a beginners RUNNING programme, it is not a New Year Weight Loss programme - Although weight loss is often a welcome side effect! REALISTIC EXPECTATION FOR PARTICIPATING: You do not need to be able to run to start this plan, but a realistic expectation is that you do need to have a very basic level of fitness to participate in our beginner C25K running programmes. i.e be able to walk briskly but comfortably for at least 3km. How many sessions do you need to do a week to succeed with the Couch to 5km running programme? ....THREE sessions a week is required at least. The C25K running group moves forward weekly through the programme, for the duration of 7 weeks, and members will fall behind if they don't keep to the structured training plan that is set out for them each week. The first two sessions can be run with the group on the scheduled training evenings, and you will be expected to do your third run, by yourself, on Friday or over the weekend. We are unable to hold C25K training up to stay back for members who have not kept to the scheduled 3 sessions a week training plan, as it is not fair on the rest of the group who are working hard to progress & the volunteer leaders who are giving up their time to be there for you. 5km+ maintenance running & further distances. Open leisure run - Meet & Run group. - arranged by members via social messaging. Any time, any place, any distance! Now that you are part of a large established Meet & Run group, just pop your message up with your time and place, and meet up with similar paced individuals and run for a chosen distance, go back when you are done! 5km-10km progressers Meet at the track. Tuesdays and Thursdays 8pm Join in with Christys sessions to build stamina and core strength, and take in a longer evening run with the meet & run group. (Max distance in Winter evenings due to darkness - 9km approx around the village of Clane) Info on track sessions: We are very privileged to have volunteer leader Christy Maloney on board to assist with our adult training sessions. Christy has vast personal experience in middle to long distance running and speed work. His training methods are inclusive, enthusiastic, friendly and encouraging to all levels and abilities. His sessions include: - Strength & Conditioning - Interval training - Sub 20 min 5km training Usually Tuesdays & Thursdsays at 8pm on the track. Long run at the weekend - open leisure run for those who want to run a further distance in a nice location but in a group setting. (Safer & more encouraging) 
Pictured: Our 2019 Couch to 5km running group
Couch to 5km 7 week programme
Monday and Wednesday at 8pm from 6th January for 7 weeks. Regular club training every Tuesday and Thursday evening from 8pm (Rain, Hail or Shine!!!) Official Adult Training Times: Tuesday EVENING - Meet & Run group - 8pm *Meeting at the track and leaving from there. Optional Tuesday night strength & conditioning & interval training take place depending on the interest on the night. This takes place on the track. Distance training takes place on the footpaths around Clane town. Thursday EVENING - Meet & Run group - 8pm *Meeting at the track and leaving from there. Christy Maloneys strength & conditioning & interval training takes place on the track from now on every Thursday evening at 8pm. Distance training takes place on the footpaths around Clane town. (Hi-Vis Jackets are compulsory from now on when out on the dark paths - This is for the duration of the dark Autumn/Winter months.) Un-Official Adult Training Times: MORNING TRAINING: Morning week day runs are organised frequently between our members, usually the evening before, via social messaging. ***Meet up time is usually after school drop off between 8am-9:30am, the meet up locations can vary however*** SATURDAY/SUNDAY TRAINING: We meet up in the mornings for long runs (10km plus distances) Check with the group, as the meet up location & time can vary weekly i.e Around Clane, Donadea forest, Naas, along the canal in Kilcock, Maynooth and in the Curragh etc*** Please contact us on our club email: claneathleticclub@gmail.com to notify the club in advance if you wish to join. ***Please do not show up unannounced!!!* Meet up locations can vary on occasion, so you need to contact the club to confirm where we are meeting up. Thanks! |
Clane AC encourage its members to participate in weekly parkrun events, which take place all over Ireland.
Why join Clane AC Adult Running Club?
*Achieve your goals within a club structure, while enjoying a sense of camaraderie in a fun, sociable environment. *Be part of a dedicated, well established, local 'Fit4Life' group with access to ‘tried and tested’ training plans all year round. *Benefit from help & experience from our ‘seasoned’ members. *Use of the club track at the designated open club training times. (Note - Clane AC are responsible for & maintain the track but we welcome other non-profit community groups from the Clane area to have use of the track at certain times - use of the track must be strictly pre-arranged with Clane AC and a timetable is in operation. A nominal hourly charge may apply to cover the generator & floodlight costs in the winter months.) *Proudly represent your club and community at nationwide organised walking events, road races & fun runs. *Annual Membership includes Athletic Association of Ireland (A.A.I) Insurance cover and eligibility to enter all A.A.I events throughout the country. (Please note: A.A.I memberships runs from 1st January to 31st December, regardless of what date you register) *A.A.I members can also benefit from discounted registration rates at A.A.I approved running events using their membership number. For example: The Great Ireland Run offered €10 off their entry fee, The RocknRoll Half Marathon A.A.I championships in Dublin offer €15 off their half marathon fee. *Flexible training options. i.e Members are free to join in on as many or as few sessions as they like, to suit their life schedules. (However, if you are part of a dedicated training programme such as the C25K, it is expected that you complete your scheduled training given to you weekly by your leader, in your own time, otherwise, you will fall behind.) *New Adult members receive a complimentary Clane AC Hi-Vis jacket. 
Here are some of our members wearing our Clane AC Official Hi-Vis jackets
2020 ADULT RUNNING CLUB MEMBERSHIP FEES
It is compulsory to wear a Hi-Vis top when running with the group especially on winter nights or on country roads etc.
Where do we train? We meet at the track and go from there. In Winter we train on the track or around Clane town on the lit pathways, but in Spring & Summer meeting locations can vary. Donadea, Curragh, Monread, Prosperous, Maynooth/Kilcock canal greenways etc. Please contact your leader to find out your meet up location for that week - before you show up...especially if you are joining for the 1st time. Annual Membership starts from the date you sign up, and expires on 31st December, regardless of what date during the year you join. This is in line with AAI rules. You must have an annual membership with Clane AC to train with the club, avail of our coaching and use the track facilities. 2020 Membership fee: 1st January - 31st December: €100.00 for full annual adult club membership It is a flat annual fee to join in with Meet'n'Run groups (i.e no further term fees apply - just meet and run or join in with the track sessions!) Couch to 5km members: €60.00 for 7 weeks - beginners running programme. This is not a full annual club membership Successful C25K participants who have come through the January club programme can register for full club membership at a reduced price of €70.00 This membership runs up until 31st Dec 2020. There are three official training terms: 1st: January to Easter 2nd: After Easter to end of June (Members continue to meet up unofficially during the Summer break) 3rd: September to Christmas However, as we are a well establish running group with several long term members, runs can be arranged via our club social messaging group for anytime or place, outside of our scheduled training times. How do you join?
All returning 2019 Clane AC members will be sent out a link to register for 2020 via email by our club registrar. Please check your junk inbox from an email from Athletics Ireland titled "confirmation@membership.athleticsireland.ie" . Please contact our club registrar Niall Heffernan via your Clane AC Whats App group if you have not received your link yet. BRAND NEW adult members who can run 5km+ and can join in with the meet & run group straight away, can apply for full 2020 Clane AC membership online on the Athletics Ireland link below: https://membership.athleticsireland.ie/joinclub.html Beginner Runners: Please don't try to use the online registration if you are a beginner runner as this type of membership is independent from the annual Athletics Ireland club membership. Plus, depending on the time of year, there may not be a beginner training programme available for you. Please contact us first. Beginner adult runners must come through our Couch to 5km programme. This is a 7 weeks dedicated leader led programme and is independent of the annual Clane AC Athletics Ireland membership. Interested C25K participants must register with us in person. This programme takes place in early January. We generally run one programme a year but we may run more programmes later in the year if there is enough interest. (Group minimum -15 people) Contact information: Email: claneathleticclub@gmail.com Facebook: www.facebook.com/ClaneAthleticClub *Membership runs from January 1st - 31st December, regardless of what date you register* Clane Athletic club is a completely volunteer based organisation. All our coaches and running club leaders comprise of local residents from around the area of Clane. Some are experienced trainers, others are just learning as they go. They have same common goal of passing on the love of athletics and personal fitness to the next generation. They offer up their free time to train both the children and adults, at no financial gain whatsoever. Your membership fee goes towards maintenance of our track facility, winter lighting, club equipment, and the administrative expenses that are required for general running of the club. Your fee is a valuable contribution towards this wonderful facility within your local community and plus it is also helping to secure the future of Irish Athletics. |
So come along and join us!
“Clane Athletic Club...be part of it!!!”
