West of Ireland Weekender - we’re going into the West ...Do you want to get fitter, or run faster - have you got goals you want to achieve? You can do all this and enjoy a weekend break at the same time in Oughterard, Co. Galway. Check out www.therunninginn.co.uk for more information on this fantastic fitness weekend in Connemara.

We’re so excited about this one!

We’ve teamed up with those lovely people at the Oughterard Tourism Office, to offer you our unique and award-winning running weekends in the most beautiful part of the world, the wild west of Ireland, the home of the Connemarathon. Arrive Friday 3rd April. 

Accommodation and food* will be provided by local upmarket B&Bs and guesthouses, and the course will be provided by Fiona and Mike from the Running Inn in Eastbourne - the flying coaches! The course price will be an amazingly low £150+vat per person (or 175 Euros per person), and includes the following:

• Multi-stage fitness test to assess V02 max
• 1500m pace test to help assess pace and a control test for V02 max
• Hill session - how to work them hills and an assesment of running gait
• Long run - one to 2.5 hours
• Circuits and resistance sessions for runners - outdoor workouts with running specific exercises
• Core stability training advice and workshop
• Scheduling advice and follow up one to one service*
• Sports Massage*
• Yoga or Pilates for runners*

*Extra costs

• Accommdoation and food, prices TBC, but will be between 40 and 60 Euros per person per night, including food.
• Party night will be charged at an extra 20 Euros per head and will include evening meal
• Sports massage is available at 15 Euros for half an hour
• Six weeks post course online support is available at £60 or 60 Euros for six weeks)
• Travel/flights for UK guests is extra