There are many advantages to training on an athletics track:

SAFE: an all-year, lit, off-road, safe space to train

RUN TOGETHER: you are never more than 200m away from your team mates, so all abilities can run together and inspire each other

FOCUS ON FORM: track provides the time, space and coaching to focus on improving your technique

FOCUS ON SPEED: we have dedicated use of the track on Tuesday and Thurday evenings, so you can focus on your running

You will join your discipline group led by an experienced coach, and a 90min session will look something like this:

• Group warm up
• Extended drills (sprints and jumps) 
• Main session - this could be fartlek or interval training, speed work, endurance, power or skill development depending on your discipline
• Circuit (sprints)
• Warm down/stretching

U11 and U13s usually work on 2 movements per session - running for speed, running for distance, jumping for height, jumping for length, hurdles or throws.

• Group warm up
• Simple drills
• Movement development
• Movement practice
• Games for coordination, balance or speed
• Stretching

U15 and U17s are working towards senior training and will focus on one or two disciplines per session depending on coaches.

• Group warm up
• Complex drills
• Skills development
• Skills practice
• Circuit

We aim to be an inclusive Club. The Centre and track is accessible.

If you have specific needs please get in touch with us in order to check we have the expertise or capacity to help you train.

We believe running and athletics is for everyone.

Endurance group sessions are tailored for different speeds so you should be able to fit in to a session that suits your ability.

Sprint sessions are not divided by ability, but we will put you in the most appropriate group during runs.

You can come along on a Tuesday or Thursday at 7pm and pay £6 so you can see whether our training sessions suit you - you're welcome to try out all disciplines!

We suggest you invest in a decent pair of trainers - it's a hard and unforgiving track!

Comfortable leggings/shorts and layers to take off/add on according to the weather.

A bottle of water.

You will be able to change and shower in the new Centre if you want, so bring a towel and change of clothes.

Generally groups meet in the following locations:

Distance - at the far end of the track in the 'D' section

Sprints - at the 100m start, right by the track entrance

Jumps - at the finish line by the long jump pit

Throws - by the throwing circle

Check out our coaches page to see who you are looking for!

In a word, yes!

We train in all weathers and will only cancel sessions if there is ice on the track, or maybe in a hurricane! We will broadcast this via Coacha if we know in advance.

See this page for latest membership fees and monthly subs.

Sadly we can only take young athletes in the term they turn 8.

Athletics is a later development sport (specialist disciplines are rarely determined until U17) so your little Bolt has plenty of time.

If you would like to do your own sessions on the track you can book the times with Southwark Leisure.

We ask that on Tues/Thurs Club nights you join the coached sessions only.

We don't offer personal coaches for fitness. 

If you are a competitive athlete looking for a coach for a personal development programme we suggest you come and join Club sessions. Coaches will be able to let you know whether this is something they would be happy to discuss, or whether you would benefit more from the group sessions.

Yes. The track is available throughout the week and weekends through Southwark Leisure

We use Coacha to do all our Club administration.  If you are having any problems, drop us a line at info@southwarkac.org or come to the Centre on Club nights and we'll get it sorted.

The Club is run entirely by volunteers, most of whom have full-time jobs. Please bear with us if we take a while to get back to you.

Feel free to come down to the track on Club nights (Tuesdays and Thurdays) and we'll be more easily able to help you.