Training

Training with Tri-Anglia

Training Tri-Anglia involves a number of sessions that either operate weekly throughout the year, weekly within a specific season, monthly within a season or ad hoc when required. We organise separate sessions for Adults and Juniors.

PLEASE NOTE : Due to COVID-19 restrictions, some training sessions are currently cancelled, but sessions are now being introduced, please see the current sessions listed below.

Regular Weekly Training Sessions

The training team host a number of weekly regular sessions, some throughout the year, some seasonal.

Day	Swim	Bike	Run	Junior
Monday	19:30 – NHSG Swim			17:30 – NHSG Run – (Term Time Only) 18:30 – NHSG Swim – (Term Time Only)
Tuesday	06:30 – UEA AM Swim
Wednesday	18:30 – OWS (May – Sept) 20:00 – NHSG Swim		18:30 – Winter Run Group
Thursday	06:30 – UEA AM Swim 19:30 – NHSG Swim
Friday		18:30 – Group Turbo
Saturday	08:00 – UEA AM Swim (May – Sept)	10:15 – Club Ride
Sunday

Swim Sessions

NHSG Swim Sessions

These are our evening coached swim sessions at Norwich High School (formally called Norwich High School for Girls). These 1 hour swim sessions s operate currently at 7:30pm Mondays, 8pm Wednesdays and 7:30pm Thursdays. We have all four lanes of the pool and have quite a mix of abilities ranging from those able to swim front crawl through to those quite proficient. The sessions comprise a mix of drills, technique work and focused efforts which varies across the lanes and is tailored to those who are attending. These sessions are popular, but open to all to attend. To secure your spot for a particular session click “attending” against that session on the training sessions list.  Membership cards are to be taken to these sessions, so that emergency contact details are to hand should something untoward happen (highly unlikely) and to initiate collection via direct debit of the session fee which is £4.

UEA Sportspark AM Swim Sessions

Also operating twice weekly throughout the year is the more advanced morning swim squad at the UEA Sportspark 6:30am on Tuesdays and Thursdays. These sessions open to all to attend but need to be booked in advanced via the Training Sessions Page, there are 7 spots available per lane. Please book yourself into the relevant lane depending on your ability.

UEA Sportspark AM Swim Lane Turnaround Times

• LANE 1 : Capable of repeating 100m off 2:00 – 2:15
• LANE 2 : Capable of repeating 100m off 1:50 – 2:00
• LANE 3 : Capable of repeating 100m off 1:40 – 1:50
• LANE 4 : Capable of repeating 100m off under 1:40

Open Water Swim Sessions at Whitlingham Lake

Our most popular weekly sessions are the Open Water Swim sessions at Whitlingham Broad during the summer months. These are open to those capable of swimming 1500m in open water and operate Saturday mornings 8-10am from early May through to mid September and Wednesday evening 6-8pm from early May through to the end of August. For more details see the Open Water Swimming training page.

NHSG Junior Swim Sessions

The weekly junior swim sessions are held at The Norwich High School For Girls every Monday during term time at 6:30pm. A waiting list to these sessions is held by juniorcoaches@tri-anglia.co.uk.

Bike Sessions

Club Turbo Sessions

Also weekly through the winter are the club turbo sessions at Hayman Lodge Catton Park. £5 per session from the scan of your membership card. We have a limited number of club turbos, so please book in via the training sessions page. You will need your bike, bike shoes, a drink etc. You may bring your own turbo. For Winter 2018-19 these will be Friday evenings arriving from 6:30pm for a 7pm start. There will be a coach on hand to help you setup and give advice throughout the session. These are open to beginners as well as more experienced members.

Saturday Morning Club Ride

Our final weekly winter session are club rides that depart from outside the UEA Sportspark on Saturday mornings. Details are to be found via the club training page. No cost to these, though bring some money for the cafe stop.

Run Sessions

Wednesday Night Run Group 2020

Wednesday Night Running Club is for all runners all abilities. The aim of the sessions are for you to build your confidence and improve your running fitness. There is a mixture of safely distanced social running, efforts, drills and knowledge exchange. We are fortunate to have experienced run coaches planning the sessions each week, with Steph Waterman leading. There are a mixture of out and back runs and effort sessions led by the coaches with support from Activators and take place at various locations in Norwich (depending on the type of session). There is no TA charge for the sessions, however, ALL members wishing to attend MUST book on this session and cannot turn up without a prior booking, if you do so you will be turned away.

NHSG Junior Run Sessions

The weekly junior run sessions are held at The Norwich High School For Girls every Monday during term time at 5:30pm. A waiting list to these sessions is held by juniorcoaches@tri-anglia.co.uk.

Regular Monthly Training Sessions

During the winter the club also run monthly training events. These include:

Winter Handicap 5k/10k Series

During the winter, we run a monthly timed 10k and 5k runs at Whitlingham Country Park (from the Flint Barn) in the winter. These are organised as a handicap so that you declare an estimated run time on arrival and runners are set off in order to get everyone at the finish line at roughly the same time. These are free to attend but attendees must sign up beforehand via the Training Sessions page and declare their estimated finish times.

Lotus Club Duathlon

Timed duathlons for juniors and adults, with adults course comprising a 4.2k run, 31.5k cycle and 2.2k run at the Lotus Test Track in the winter. The cycle involves 9 laps of the 3.5k race track. There is a £5 charge for this session and places must be booked via theTraining Sessions page

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