Billericay
Striders Coaches and Specialists as
at 19th September 2007
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Name |
Qualifications |
Strider
coaching activities etc |
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UKA Level 2 Studying UKA Level 3 |
Senior coaching Newsletter editor |
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UKA Level 1 |
Currently none |
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UKA Level 2 Studying UKA Level 3 UKA Children in Athletics Coach |
Senior coaching Junior Coaching Men’s Captain |
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National
Academy of Sports Medicine |
Junior Coaching |
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See profile |
See profile |
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UKA Level 1 Studying UKA Level 2 |
Junior Coaching |
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Geraldine Howard |
Profile soon
!!! |
Junior Coaching |
Kevin Jacob
Age: 43
Level 2 UK Athletics Group Event Coach
Certificate in Sports and Exercise, BTech Higher in
Running.
Qualified: September 2004
Editor of the Newsletter
I start running when I was 9
(and I am pretty tired now!). I won my first 800m race at the grand old age of
9½ and thought it was so nice I continued racing and training until I was 18,
unfortunately that was my one and only school win.
During my early years I ran
for my, School, and for the Warwickshire Schools Cross Country and Athletics
Team. I then had a couple of year at
University where I slobbed about and did very little competitive running. L
I am now fitter, leaner and
once again I enjoy running. I compete in
most distances up to the marathon and love the buzz of racing. I took up coaching to pass on my knowledge
and experience and I like to think that I have helped others to improve their
running. I regularly take the session on
a Tuesday and Thursday (when I’m not racing at the weekend). My aim is to help as many Striders as
possible to enjoy and improve their running, to introduce them to interval
training and to nurture a compulsive desire to enjoy their running and to have
fun. To me success is seeing a runner
week after week and year after year down the club smiling. J
I also run for Luton AC on the
Track and compete over distances 800m, 1500m and 5k, and when the team is short
I do the Discus, Shot, Long Jump, Javelin, and have been known to do the Pole
Vault, Steeplechase and 100m, 200m and 400m.
In 2004 and 2005 I won the
Bedfordshire M40 Cross Championship title (I was born in Bedford) and the 2005
Bedfordshire M40 5 mile road race and in 2006 I was the M40 Road Grand Prix
Essex Champion. I am presently studying
for my Level 3 UKA coaches’ award.
Roy Fleming
Age: 36
Level 2 UK Athletics Group Event Coach
Qualified: April 2004
UK Athletics Children in Athletics Coach
Qualified: November 2004
Billericay Striders Men’s Captain
I started running in August 2003 because I decided I wanted to
become fitter. After giving up football in 1996 I had become very dormant and
needed to loose weight. With the help of running and sensible eating I lost 3
stone in as many months, which is when I joined "the
striders" after running their 10k road race. In the last 3 years
I have completed over 60 marathons and I have just returned from
completing the 2007 Marathon Des Sables which is a 150mile foot
race across the Sahara Desert and also regularly competing in Ultra
distance events between 28 and 200 miles I am also halfway through an 18
month process to reach Level 3 status in my coaching.
Ian Budge
Picture coming soon!!
JUNIOR ATHLETICS COACH
I am the junior athletics coach for 11 –
15 year olds at Billericay Striders. I also work as a Personal Trainer and
Class Instructor for David Lloyds Limited. As part of my class instruction I
run Spin and circuits classes for 11 – 15 year olds. Whilst doing my coaching
exams I also worked for Megasports supervising sports
and games for juniors
In July 2006 I took the National Academy
of Sports Medicine Qualification, for Junior Athletics which is a REPS
registered qualification.
The Tuesday night sessions I coach for
our mixed ability group include steady runs, intervals, hill training and
sprints. As a group we participate in local races (this is encouraged as
opposed to being compulsory) and recently won the team event at the annual
Brentwood 3 mile race. The group is friendly and all abilities are encouraged.
My own running background started at the
age of 11 and as a junior I competed for my local club, school and borough. As
a senior I have run under the hour for ten miles and under 3 hours for the
marathon and have twice been the clubs cross country champion.
I
am at the club on Tuesday nights from about 6.50PM if you are interested come
down the club and try a session.
Age: 40
Level 1 UK Athletics Group Event Coach
Qualified: April 2007
UK Athletics Children in Athletics Coach
Qualified: April 2007
Billericay Striders Kit supplier
I started running in
November 2002 because I decided I wanted to run a marathon. My main sport was
rugby; I stopped playing rugby after an injury in 1998.
My first run was a 10K, in
which I came last. I completed my first London marathon in 5:30ish hours.
Over the years, my timings
got better but not great. Earlier this year I decided to put something back
into the club and enrolled on both CiA and Level 1 UK
Athletics Coaching courses.
My plan is to focus on
endurance running ‘Marathon Training’ which I hope to start after my Level 2 UK
Athletics Coaching course later this year.
Since joining the striders I
have completed 5 London Marathons and 1 in Paris and Dublin.
My other passion in sport is
triathlons which I have just started this season; I am a member of Tri-sport
Epping, and am shortly starting my Triathlon Level One coaching course.
Ian Parkins
Age: 45
Occupation: Manager in a Russian bank in the
City
Lives in: Billericay
Married with 2 children (16 & 14)
UK Athletics Coach Level 1 (Full Police check
undertaken in 2006)
Essex AAA U13 Girls Track & Field Team
Manager
I have been a member of the Striders since 2001
and used to race regularly until a persistent injury and work commitments
curtailed my activity. I have run marathons in London, Chicago &
Boston but would say my best distance was the half marathon running a PB of 83
minutes in 2005. Through my daughter, I was introduced to assisting with
the coaching at Chelmsford AC and thoroughly enjoyed working with the 10-12
year old age group. I became the Essex U13 Girls Team Manager in 2005 and last
year saw us win the Southern Inter-Counties match in Kingston, Surrey.
Essex contains some hugely talented youngsters and it is a pleasure to watch
them compete against the best in the South of England. Outside of
athletics I coach the Intersports U17 football team
and regularly run the line during their matches as well.
MASSAGE AND PERSONAL TRAINER
Do you need personal training to meet your goals?
Do you need Nutritional advice?
Looking for a sports massage
Fully qualified and fully insured.
Then contact Kevin 07973 252707 and arrange an
appointment.
My Profile
As many of you will know I used to race on a regular
basis until a couple of years ago and along with Nigel Burvill
we were the only two striders to do handicap in less than 15 mins. Both of us were vets at the time and it was a number
of years before the likes of Jamie and Crispian stole
our thunder. I have been second twice in the cross country championship to John
Barber and Ian Budge in successive years and have ran the marathon many times
What few of you will know, I came from a strong
competitive cycling background and held club records as a schoolboy and was 4th
in the eastern counties area at the same time (which covers many counties). I
still retain a link with the Essex Roads Cycling Club, which I joined way back
in 1973!
In 2006 I took a redundancy package from my long
term employer and am now a fully qualified Personal trainer and Sports Masseuse
as well as holding a certificate in nutrition. My intention is to use these
skills on a limited basis and feel having been competitive in two large
disciplines I offer a wealth of knowledge. In addition I did a level 1 coaching
course, but felt that doing the premier course that I an Geraldine have
completed gave a better understanding of the physical side of exercise and my
experience in competition compliments it.
I recommend anyone should check the register of
exercise professions and clarify what their trainers experience is rather than
from someone with no formal qualifications.
