Victoria Park Harriers and Tower Hamlets Athletic Club is an athletics club based in Victoria Park, east London, covering road running, cross country and track and field. Members range from absolute beginners to world-class athletes, and the club also has coaches, officials and timekeepers. Thursday evenings are social group runs from the clubhouse, while Tuesday evenings are interval training at the London Community Track, with runners grouped by ability.
Senior road running and cross country sessions are an interval session at the London Community Track on Tuesdays at 19:15 and social group runs from the clubhouse on Thursdays at 19:00; newcomers can turn up ready to run and ask for the training organiser, who will place them with runners of similar ability. A club handicap race is held on the last Thursday of each month, and the kitchen and bar at the clubhouse open after Thursday sessions. Senior track and field groups train at Mile End Stadium on Tuesdays and Thursdays at 19:00, arranged by emailing the coaches Alf Vickers or Cornelia Abe-Minale. There is a free two-week trial before joining; applications are made online for those aged 17 and over, with payment by Direct Debit. The club competes in road, cross country and track and field events, including the Metropolitan and Chingford leagues and the Southern Athletics League. General enquiries go through the club info mailbox; the chairperson is Dave Robinson and the secretary is Simon Wharton. The clubhouse has changing rooms, showers, a main hall and weights room, a members clubroom, bar and garden. England Athletics affiliated club.
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