Greater Peterborough Athletics Network

Sports Psychology

How can you prepare to control pre-race nerves?

How can you overcome the fear of failure on race day?

What strategies can you start to implement to complement your training?

Wednesday 29^th January 2025

7:00pm – 8:30pm

Guest Speaker: Matt McKeen BSC MSC Sport and Exercise Psychology

Matt is a Trainee Sport Psychologist with the British Psychology Society and the Founder of Flourish & Thrive, where he provides mental performance coaching for athletes, coaches and teams across a range of sports. 

Matt is also completing a PhD at Loughborough University. His research focuses on coaches' awareness of their coaching behaviours and the coach-athlete relationship.

www.flourishandthrive.co.uk

Venue Details: The Pavilion, Embankment Track, Peterborough Regional Fitness and Swimming Centre, Bishop’s Road, Peterborough PE1 5BW

Tea and coffee available, please bring your own mug.

Booking essential via www.gpan.org.uk on the Events tab

No charge and open to all members of GPAN Clubs or runners thinking of joining a club

In addition to these regular times, a series of 1.5m Handicap Races are run during summer and winter on Thursday nights around Cukoos Hollow about a mile from the Leisure Centre and the times and dates for these are announced each Tuesday night and on Facebook.

New runners are very welcome and we have a team of volunteers to help you in your first few weeks with the club whether you are a complete running novice or an experienced veteran. Our volunteer rota can be found on the New Runners Rota page.

For all news, events and coaching for our Junior Section, please click Werrington Joggers Junior Site.

Do you enjoy running? Would you like to join a sports club? Are you worried about keeping fit ?  Are you looking for a way to complete your Duke of Edinburgh Physical?

Werrington Joggers run a Junior Section for children aged 9-16. We meet on Tuesday evenings between 6pm – 7pm at the Werrington Sports Centre.

Your children will receive instruction from qualified coaches, become part of a growing running community within Peterborough and have access to road, cross country and track events.

Annual subscription is only £15 and will be refunded if after 2 weeks your child does not wish to continue.

Induction evenings take place regularly during the year and the next induction dates can be found on the Junior Introduction page here 

During the induction we will cover a range of topics such as when to eat, injuries, clothing, competition and behaviour.

We hope you will consider joining our friendly local club and we look forward to seeing you and your children at our next induction.

For any further information prior to the next Induction evening please contact either Tim Cook (07793 906746) or Louise Richardson (07732 407070) otherwise you are most welcome to simply turn up with your child on the next date.

We regularly meet on a Sunday for a cross country run. These are social events and can vary between 6 and 12 miles, often with alternative shorter routes. Very often muddy - trail shoes are recommended if you have any - and run from local village halls where possible.

Sunday Run - Nassington

Many Sunday Runs have more than one distance alternative and can vary in terrain. Please see the Diary for more details of times, locations and formats. Sunday Runs are an excellent way to get to know your fellow runners and our tradition of "looping back" to keep groups together ensures that no-one is left running on their own or will get lost. Please support the run hosts who plan and arrange the runs and spend a Sunday morning in the fresh air on some of our local countryside routes.

The club diary has details of the meeting points and start times of the runs. Start times are prompt. The runs have a guide to distance and difficulty.

For Garmin users, a catalogue of the sunday run routes is being steadily built up on the Sunday Run Routes page.

Many members take part in the regular Peterborough parkrun and a list of the latest results for the consolidated Werrington Joggers members can be found by clicking here. This is a measured 5km time trial open to the general public every Saturday morning at Ferry Meadows country park at 9am, and elsewhere as an unmeasured 5km run. these are not races and no entry fee is required but you must pre-register on the  web site.

Club members, friends and family are entitled to discounts on purchases from

• More Mile (20% discount) www.moremile.co.uk using voucher code more20
• Start Fitness (10% discount) www.startfitness.co.uk using voucher code WerringtonJoggersSF10
• High5 Sports Club Rewards Programme ( 30% discount)  www.highfive.co.uk using code notified to all members on email dated 21/11/24 at 18:23