We help the 40+ year old runner reduce the rate of inevitable age related declines in performance. You don’t have to be 40+ though to use Blizard Run Club Online. You can gain benefits at any age! The 40+ year old runner is a unique athlete with special requirements!
See if you can align with the runners frustrations in these two scenarios.
All for less than two coffees per week!
All for less than two coffees per week!
This LIVE class takes place every Friday at 6pm and is different every week. Can’t make the live class? A quality recording of the class will be uploaded afterwards and be available permanently. Chapters and a full breakdown of the class will be provided so you can navigate to the exact sections in the class rather than having to scroll and scroll.
Every week you will have the option to complete a further two 30 minute workouts. A full breakdown of every session will be provided so that you can easily navigate back and forth through all the sessions or just follow along each week with a new routine. Again chapters are also provided so that you can navigate to certain parts if you want to refine and improve on a certain exercise or technique.
An 8 week beginners block is also available on the platform for those new to strength and conditioning.
We are really excited about this section!. We have added comprehensive training programs from “Beginner to 5K” right through to the marathon. All the sessions are explained in detail. We have also included a pace chart so that you can totally individualise each program exactly to your needs. Using the pace chart you can work out an equivalent performance of what you would expect to achieve at a new distance and also work out your training paces for every session for every training plan.
The “Beginner to 5K” is a very comprehensive program in itself, with advice on what to do in the weeks before even starting the program, a weekly plan (not just the running bit) and weekly tips on technique.
There are 14 mini (less than 10 minute) mobility routines available to choose from. These are either focussed routines on a particular area for example, the foot or the hip, enabling you to target areas that you as an individual feel you need to work on or you can choose from one of the 7 general full body mobility routines. A full breakdown of all the exercises in each session is provided.
In addition we have extended mobility routines as well as all the routines we use often in the LIVE class.
We have a dedicated section with sessions of technical running drills. Using these running drills isolates parts of the running action. The nervous system coordinates the sequences of muscular action more effectively, improving running efficiency and reducing compensatory movements.
A follow along video with instructions for how to perform each exercise has been provided so that you can really focus on your pre-run warm up.
These are research driven articles. We only provide information that we have critically analysed and assessed to be robust and relevant to what you need as a runner, so you can trust us to provide you with the latest information. All articles will be available for you in one place and we will continually be adding more for you to read.
We have included the official Jack Daniels pace calculator so you can easily individualise the training plans to achieve that target performance you are looking for but also ensure your goals are achievable.
We are Jenny and David, lifelong real runners, one of us in our forties and the other in the early fifties. We are both coaches and one of us is a physiotherapist. We are also a husband and wife team. Whilst we are modest individuals, we feel that it is important you trust us completely with your training so here goes for our running and professional achievements!
In 2012 we opened the doors of our clinic Blizard Physiotherapy and Sports Performance Clinic.
Jenny has been working as a physiotherapist since 2004 initially in the NHS before moving into private practice. Since 2004 Jenny has continued her professional development and now specialises in running injuries as well as female pelvic health physiotherapy having undertaken postgraduate training in this specialism of physiotherapy.
David, having himself competed as a Great British International for many years, followed this up and coached Jenny to help achieve her first Great Britain Athletics Senior International vest in 2006 and has since coached athletes of all ages and standards alongside his regular lactate threshold testing service at the clinic.
Together we founded and developed Blizard Run Club based on our experiences of running at international level and working in our specific professions predominantly with runners at our clinic in Doncaster. A few years ago we also changed the clinic’s name to Blizard Physiotherapy and Running Clinic as we felt this better reflected the dedicated services that we offer.
Blizard Run Club started in May 2021 after many years of leading classes for runners alongside our roles at the clinic. During Covid-19 lockdown we carried on teaching the classes online and realised that we could help more runners access more than one class per week, tap into our knowledge on building training programs as well as have access to the latest running related research given in an understandable and actionable format.
We have developed a huge amount of experience over the years:
With Blizard Run Club Online we basically do all the work for you in the background, all you have to do is turn up to the classes, follow the training programs and read the articles!
We have both ran competitively since our teens and still continue to compete in the masters rankings. The masters age group (35+) is the quickest growing and largest running sector yet it is this age group who struggle most due to age related changes but …… this age group we have found improve the most with a consistent and patient approach to training including strength and conditioning, many going on to run lifetime PB’s.
This age range is the main category that we feel we can help most with the platform.
Just send us an email on [email protected] and we will be super happy to help!
Yes you can.
Just go to your account section and click cancel subscription.
If you do this on a 28 day FREE trial before 28 days you will not be charged.
If you have been billed for the month, then you will continue to have access until the end of the monthly billing period.
Yes!
We have a beginners 8 week strength and conditioning program that you can get started with.
We have also added lots of tips under the LIVE class section to help you modify the session to suit your capabilities.
Whilst we would recommend completing the new work outs provided on a weekly basis, you also have the option to pick and choose which ones you wish to complete as all historical sessions are provided with a full breakdown of each class and also chapters so that you can easily navigate to specific sections.
