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Club Running

CLUB NIGHTS

• Monday 6:30pm Track
• Wednesday 6:30pm Various locations (Meadows, Safa, Al Thanya) see schedule below
  Please come to this session if it is your first time at an ABRaS session.
• Occasional Friday and Saturday mornings

WEDNESDAY is new runner night.
Runners interested in training with ABRaS are requested to attend a Wednesday session first. New runners can just turn up on a Wednesday night at club training or contact the Duty Runner.
We regret it is not possible to accommodate NEW runners at Monday nights training.

CLUB TRAINING

ABRaS AC offers year round structured training.The training is planned in advance by experienced runners to get the best out of ABRaS members. We are a new club and are continuing to develop and discover the best way to organize our training runs. We try to provide the best possible training to suit our members to improve fitness levels and prepare for races whilst adding fun and variety in a safe environment. The training involves grass, track and road running.

Every month schedules are available to members for the planned Monday and Wednesday club runs/sessions for the following month. It is hoped that this will help members plan their training, be prepared on club night for what’s in store and allow the club training to run smoothly and efficiently and for the warm up to start on time. The club website will be continually updated to remind runners where to meet for training.
Where we meet on a Wednesday
7th July - Safa Park*
14th July - Meadows Village#
21st July - Safa Park*
28th July - Safa Park*
4th August - ABRas rest week - no training
11th August - until further notice - Safa park*
*#see below for directions

Junior Group

ABRaS AC has a junior running group for children aged 12+. We have a designated junior coach who sets appropriate sessions for this age group. The group meets with the main ABRaS club on Monday at track and sometimes at a separate location on a Wednesday. If you or your child are interested in attending please contact the club's Junior Coach, Tony Arnell or the Duty Runner (see above).

Mini ABRaS

ABRaS AC also organises separate junior training for children aged 7 - 12 years which is suitable for all standards of running. See Mini ABRaS for more information.

Duty Runner

Angeline is our Duty Runner and is the first point of contact for club enquiries from any new runners and members. Contact Angeline at: mailto:info@abrasac.org

Training in Dubai

During the hotter months running in the heat puts a big strain on the body. Always carry water on a run and ensure you are well hydrated before starting a training run. If you start to feel unwell stop running immediately, ask for help, rest and get out of the heat.
ABRaS AC and the ABRaS Duty runner is not liable for any injury or loss that may result from training with ABRaS AC. Here is a full article on Running in Extreme Temperatures RunninginExtremeTemperatures.pdf

Track Etiquette

We are delighted and grateful to have use of a 400m track facility. In order to ensure we have no safety incidents please follow these simple steps.

• During efforts, including tempo runs (anti-clockwise direction):
  1. Run in single file against the left hand side of the track.
  2. Faster runners are responsible to overtake slower runners. Slower runners should stay in position – DO NOT attempt to ‘get out of the way’.
  
• Outside of efforts (e.g. warm up / warm down, or recovery breaks between efforts)
  3. Run/jog in a clockwise direction in the outer two lanes, or on the grass area inside the track.
  4. Stay OUTSIDE of the two inner lanes of the track.
  5. If you hear a runner shout “TRACK!” this means you have forgotten Point 4. Get out of the two inner lanes quickly, moving INTO the CENTRE, not outwards, to avoid a collision.
  

WHERE WE MEET

We usually meet at Meadows Village, Safa park, Emirates International school car park or at the 400m track.

• #Directions to Meadows village car park
  Exit SZR at interchange 5, follow signs to Emirates Hills & then Meadows, straight over 2 roundabouts. Go right at fountain roundabout. Next roundabout turn left into Meadows Village (includes Spinneys & Hayya club). Park & meet in the small car park on the left near the tennis courts.
  
• *Safa Park
  Meet at 6.30 pm at the bottom of the grass hill in the centre of the park, to the right of the lake or meet the Duty Runner at Gate 2 (main gate on Al Wasl Road) at 6.15 pm.
  
• Emirates International School, Al Thanya Street.
  Al Thanya Street runs from the SZR, across Al Wasl to the beach Road. It is parallel with Al Manara Street (to the north/Dubai side) and Umm Suqueim Road (south/ Jebel Ali side). Travelling south on the SZR, take the exit marked 'Al Thanya' inbetween interchange #3 and 4, go over the mini roundabout with Macdonalds & green petrol station on right. EIS is almost immediately on your left, park at the far end of the car park (away from SZR) infront of the school.