I'm afraid it's that time of year again when we start thinking about the Winter timetable, boo! 

It launches officially at the end of Sept, but some changes will be starting from this week so I thought I would let you know the plans going forwards. 

Thanks also to everyone who took the time to fill in the members survey, its been massively useful with planning the timetable, and I'll be reviewing it with the coaching team to help us develop how we can best support you. I'll be doing a full feedback and announcing prize winners in a few weeks. 

So firstly the new timetable, and then there's some notes at the end to explain the changes:

Monday

  • [NEW SESSION] 8.30 -9.30pm - Swim session at Clapham Manor pool
  • 8.30 - 9.30pm - Pilates at Brockwell Lido

Tuesday

  • 7.30-9pm – [BACK TO WEEKLY FOR THE WINTER – date tbc] weekly road bike session at Herne Hill Velodrome, shared with Crystal Palace Tri

Wednesday

  •  7.30 pm – 9 - Spin at Brockwell Lido Gym.

Thursday

  • [day changed] 7 - 8am - Swim session at Clapham Manor pool
  • 7- 8pm - Run at Tooting running track

Friday

  • [new swim course]

Saturday

  • 9.45am - 10.45am - free uncoached swim at Brockwell Lido

Weekend

  • Member organised, uncoached club rides, check the forum to see what’s on offer. 

Some background notes: 

  • Sept – December is always our lowest attendance months as most people have finished racing for the year and take a bit of a break. Therefore I’m splitting the winter timetable into pre and post Xmas, with an increased investment in coaching/sessions from Jan when attendance goes up.
  • We are trialling a new swim course and run course this year (which will you will have to pre book for), more details coming on these in a week or so. 
  • New timetable will take effect from Monday 25th Sept (minus the exceptions noted below)
  • Swim

-          Lido swim goes to just Thursdays, starts slightly earlier, and ends at the end of Sept (boooo) - see separate post for details but the Saturday morning swim/cake continues through the year (yey!).

-          For the first half of the winter timetable (up to Xmas) we’ll have 2 main swim sessions, plus the swim course. Both sessions will be technique based sessions. Then we’ll hopefully move to 3 swim sessions, with additional coaching (dependent on attendance and venues) after Xmas.

-          We are not continuing West Norwood swim because it costs almost twice as much as other sessions.

-          We are launching a new Monday eve swim at Clapham and therefore changing the morning swim at Clapham from Tuesday to Thursday am so there’s more rest between the swim sessions. We're trialling the later start time because a lot of people have asked for later times (and it's what is available), sorry for the pilates clash. -  

  • No S&C until after Xmas. Pilates back from 4th Sept
  • Run continues as normal on Thursdays. 
  • Velodrome will go back to 90 mins weekly for the winter, exact date tbc but likely to be on Tuesday 3rd October

I’m aware that not everything will suit everyone, but I have tried and make it work for as many people as possible and used feedback from the last 2 years member surveys to inform these decisions.

Any feedback, please do let me know but I’m away first week of Sept so apologies in advance for the a delay in my replies. 

Happy training and enjoy the last of the summer!

Lucy 

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Hey Lucy - is the Tuesday velodrome session coached or do-your-own-thing?

It will be coached, same as current coached session but longer, weekly and colder! 

Hi Lucy, 

Thank you for all the information above!

Just out of curiosity was it a close decision regarding the West Norwood mid week swim sessions? They always seemed to be really popular sessions last winter. Were they no where near covering the costs required?

many thanks,

Shane.

Not close at all Shane I am afraid (bizarre as they are both better gyms!)! So even at full capacity (which wasn't every week due to last minute cancellations), the West Norwood session is quids down which isn't very sustainable! 

I also loved that session...maybe WN might lower their prices....

Bumping this back so it's on people's radar of the upcoming Winter timetable

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