We have just received information on 2 events being held on the weekend of the World Half (11th Oct) aimed at athletes and coaches wishing to improve performance from 10k to Marathon.

I have pasted in the summaries of both events (9th and 10th October). If anyone is interested then please let me know at:

sean.rose@hotmail.co.uk

so that I can send you the pre-registration information as both events need to be notified of attendance.

Firstly......

UKA ENDURANCE

COACHING CONFERENCE

FRIDAY 9 OCTOBER 2009

ENJOY AN EVENING WITH…

Triple New York Marathon winner, Alberto Salazar, former marathon world record holder and coach to KaraGoucher, Adam Goucher, Daniel Ritzenhiem and Galan Rupp.

Plus…

Three times World Champion and 800m world record holder, Wilson Kipketer

World Championship silver medallist Lisa Dobriskey and her coach,George Gandy

Former World Champion and Olympic silver medallist, Liz McColgan

Chair of Men's Long Distance Running for USATF, Glenn Latimer

UKA Head of Endurance and Meeting Director, Ian Stewart MBE

Endurance coaches and budding endurance athletes are offered this fantastic opportunity in the company of some of the great names that have decorated endurance running, two days before UKA and Birmingham hosts the 18th IAAF/EDF World Half Marathon.

Attendance is free of charge and places are limited, the event will start at 6.30pm and finish at 9.30pm

Venue: Jury's Inn, Broad Street, Birmingham

Secondly......

From10k to

the Marathon

England Athletics are pleased to invite coaches and athletes

to an Endurance masterclass on 10 October 10 at Birmingham

University, to tie in with the IAAF World Half Marathon

Championships weekend in Birmingham.

The highly experienced and successful partnership of Lindsay Dunn

and Charlie Spedding will look at the specific work they did in

preparing for 10000m and the marathon, while Richard Neurarker

will look at the key transition issues in moving up to the marathon

distance from 10K. The emphasis will be on open discussion after

short presentations from our speakers with a clear aim to push

practical ways of improving performance.

Munrow Leisure Centre, Birmingham University

10 October 2009, 10am – 12.40pm

£5 registration fee, payable on the day.