Glasgow Athletics Association Community Sports

THE GLASGOW ENDURANCE SESSIONS entered their twelth year in 2013.

The successful training sessions were established in 2001 to encourage athletes of a similar standard to train together in simple endurance sessions. They are open to all endurance athletes male and female aged 13 and over who wish to take part in some quality training. Sessions are designed around simple endurance sessions that cater for all athletes. The venues, times and course descriptions are shown below. Coaches will be present to lead sessions but personal coaches of athletes are also encouraged to attend to lend support. Last year, the endurance sessions attracted over 40 athletes per session. If you would like to rub shoulders with some of Scotland's best and most talented athletes or just fancy a bit of company on that Saturday morning endurance session then come along and try a session out. Athletes of all levels are catered for.

More information will be available on this website and updates for each session will also appear on the SAL and Unofficial SAL Forum websites including each session’s details in the week leading up to the session.

Direct links to the Glasgow Coach Education Diary and booking form can be found below.

coach education diary final 2011-12.pdf

booking form final 2011-12.pdf

Pictures and results are now available from the Yuletide Meet

For information on Sport Equalities and Disability Awareness Courses
please contact Sports Equalities on 0141 287 5682

As Athletics Clubs work towards becoming even more inclusive it may be an idea that members of Clubs become more Disability aware and if available attending such a course may be of use to the Club.

Links to the Glasgow Coach Education Diary where information on Athletics/other Generic Coach Education taking place in Glasgow can be found by clicking onto the Coaching link on this website.

Race Running

RaceRunning is a relatively new international disability sport in which children and adults compete with running bikes on an athletics track. Events range from 40m to 3000m and competitors are functionally classified into four classes RR1 - RR4. It has a large following in Denmark with a presence in around 11 other countries, which is expanding.

It was originally aimed at those athletes with Cerebral Palsy who do not have the ability to easily propel a regular wheelchair or run ambulant. A functional classification system has recently been introduced which is opening the sport up to other disability groups.

RaceRunning is regulated by CPISRA and has the goal of becoming a Paralympic athletics event. Commencing this year RaceRunning will be included with IWAS (International Wheelchair & Amputee Sports Federation) world events. Scotland has a RaceRunning world record holder - Gavin Drysdale. Gavin, a member of the Scottish National Disability Athletics Squad, holds World Records in the U/12 RR3 category.

Below we have the latest Miller Meet timetable and start list / heat listings, Ausgust 5, 2011.

Miler Meet Timetable

The closing date for the Glasgow Open Graded Series

is Wednesday 21st December 2011

The Glasgow Athletics Association is happy to announce this festive season's Glasgow Athletics Association Open Graded Meetings. Please click here for a copy of the  entry form. There will be two Indoor Meets making up the Glasgow Indoor Championships. These Meets will take place in Kelvin Hall International Sports Arena. The Yuletide Meet, on Wednesday the 28th December 2011, followed by the New Year's Bash on Tuesday the 3^rdJanuary 2012. Information is available at www.glasgowathletics.org.uk Pre-event entry will be taken up until the 21st December for both meets. Entrants will need to complete an entry form and post the form, along with the appropriate remittance to Sean Watson at the address provided. Electronically you can send the completed form to This e-mail address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it. // This e-mail address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it. // .Cheques should be made payable to The Glasgow Athletics Association. The cost per event by pre-entering will be £3 per event. Entry on the day will cost £5.00 per event. This year we are trying to encourage athletes to pre-enter and then we will list the entry lists before each meet.

As in previous years, we hope to have live results through the link to the Glasgow Athletics Association Website. www.glasgowathletics.org.uk

Following the success of the GAA Metric Miler Meets outdoors this summer, we will be holding a short series of paced 3,000m races within the Glasgow Indoor Open Graded Series 2011/2012. There will be a designated pace maker in each race and all races will be seeded on current power of 10 data. The purpose of this series of races is to provide two opportunities for fast 3,000m races in Scotland over the holiday period. The 3,000m is an endurance event that has not been contested frequently enough during the indoor season in Scotland and we hope by adding two additional opportunities we allow:

- Indoor specialists to use them as over-distance work before tackling shorter middle distance races as their season progresses

- Cross country runners can use it as speed work before refocusing on longer races as the cross country season come to a peak

Entries for the GAA Metric Miler Meet 3,000m races will be available via the BMC website and will be by pre entry only.