Run club in Melbourne
Hobsons Bay Running Club (the Hobbos) is a recreational running club in Melbourne's inner west, based at Newport Athletics Track. It caters for beginners, runners returning after a break, those chasing a personal best and people who simply want a social run and chat. Weekly sessions include track intervals, hill and strength work and varied Sunday group runs, with a club handicap race on the last Saturday of each month.
Three group training sessions run during the week and all training sessions are free; newcomers can try three no-obligation group sessions before deciding to join. Tuesday track interval sessions (morning and evening cover the same session) include a warm-up, the main set such as 5x800m or 10x400m, and two warm-down laps, taking about an hour. Thursday sessions are hill and strength work, with mornings at Farnsworth Avenue Footscray or Newport Lakes and evenings at the 100 Steps of Federation in Altona; hill runs do not run in the rest week around the club handicap, which is held on the last Saturday of each month. Sunday runs vary in time, distance and location and are advertised on the club Facebook page, with a regular group at Newport Lakes running multiple laps so members can cover any distance, some up to 15k or more, plus occasional trips to the You Yangs and long slow runs along the Williamstown and Altona foreshore. The club has AV certified Level 1 and Level 2 coaches and run leaders who provide adaptive training plans, including a 12-week walk to 5k schedule, and membership and contact details are on the club website. Athletics Victoria recreational running club.
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