Meet the coaches
Well this won’t take long. In short I am a much more accomplished coach than I am an athlete but my running achievements have allowed me to coach from a technical and experiential perspective as opposed to just being able to read the latest articles / blogs / research. I have competed over a wide range of distances and love the structure of a 10k as much as I thrive on the uniqueness of off road or multi-day events. My biggest achievement was as a member of the winning National Cross Country team as a junior.
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Mike Cayton
P.E.T. Coach
Mountain, Road and Ultra specialist
I started running at junior school but never really got into training until I was 17. I was fortunate enough that I had guidance from a coach at the local running club and with their assistance I represented England in 3 Mountain Running Championships and a cross country European race. I went on to become the British and England Fell running champion in 1998. I also represented the England Mountain running team in 2000 at the International Snowdon Race. I fell out of love with running in the year 2000 and didn’t return to training until 2016, mainly to lose weight and get fit and that’s when the running bug struck again.
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P.E.T. Coach
Mountain, Road, Cross Country specialist
I can just about remember the first time my Dad took me to my local athletics club, Caithness AAC; I must have been around 11 years old. Distance running wasn’t something that immediately grabbed my interest, I just wanted to try everything, even if my abilities at various different events were (to be generous here) somewhat modest… I loved being part of a club, the social interaction, but also that it was a sport that I could be in control of the outcome.
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