England Athletics Marathon Conference

England Athletics

MarathonConferenceUniversity of WarwickSaturday 2 & Sunday 3 April 2011

Details & booking at: www.englandathletics.org/marathonconference

• A two-day conference on training for Marathon andlong-distance

• Featuring some of the greatnames in the sport

• Includes an evening with the‘Coventry Godiva Greats’, hosted by Dave Moorcroft

• Residential and non-residential options

• Subsidised conference fees(limited availability)

Speakers include:

Steve Jones UK Marathon record holder

George Gandy Coach to numerous World andOlympic medallists

Ron MaughanProfessor of Sport and ExerciseNutrition

Tracey Morris Athens Olympian

Barry Fudge The physiologist behind theUKA altitude camps

Brian Scobie Coach to Veronique Marot

Lindsay Dunn Coach to Charlie Spedding


England Athletics Marathon Conference

England Athletics is delighted that some ofthe most influential and successful names inendurance running will be taking part in ourMarathon Coaching Conference.The event will provide a great opportunity for coaches tolearn more about preparing athletes for successful Marathonperformances. Attendees will benefit from the presentationsgiven by experts as well as from the opportunities to discussthe topics raised, their own experiences and other topics withone another.

Ideally coaches or interested athletes should attend both daysas many of the themes will be developed and built uponacross the weekend. This also gives the opportunity to beinvolved in informal discussion and sharing of ideas outside ofthe formal timetable. However, a single day attendanceoption is also available.

Prices advertised here are subsidised by England Athletics tosupport the development of our country’s coaches and ensurethat our athletes are given the best possible coaching.Availability at these rates is limited – once these places havebeen booked prices will no longer be subsidised and willtherefore be higher so please book early to make the most ofthis offer.

Conference DinnerThe weekend also includes a dinner and event where many ofthe great Coventry Godiva endurance athletes who enjoyedinternational success at marathon and other distances willshare their experiences.

Hosted by David Moorcroft and supported by NP Aerospaceand Coventry Runner.

Conference venue:Warwick Arts Centre,University of Warwick, Coventry CV4 7ALTel: 024 7652 [email protected] University of Warwick islocated just south of Coventryand is easily accessible by road.

Conference fees:All weekend residential £132*Day one or day two non-residential £40* per day*Subsidised price with limitedavailability. Residential fee includes theConference Dinner and Sundaybreakfast. Non-residential delegates mayattend the Dinner for £27 extra fee.

Further information:For further information visitwww.englandathletics.org/marathonconferenceor contact Dave Dix on [email protected] or 07854 962114

AccommodationOn site accommodation is in en-suite bedrooms with clock radio,free internet access (cablerequired), tea and coffee makingfacilities, hairdryer, towels andtoiletries.

University of Warwick 2-3 April 2011



Saturday 2 April 2011

09.30 Registration

10.00 - 11.30 George Gandy Combining training for the Marathon and 10kCovering:• Key work outs • Moving from 10k to Marathon• Case study: Jon Brown

11.30 - 12.30 Breakout groups to discuss issues raised by George Gandy

Chaired by Brian Scobie, Lindsay Dunn, Martin Rush, Bud Baldaro, and David Sunderland

12.30 - 13.30 Lunch

13.30 - 15.00 Ron Maughan Nutritional strategies for Marathon runners

Focusing on High fat and carbo-loading diets in:• The Marathon Training Phase• Pre-marathon tapering phase• Within the Marathon• Post Competition recovery

15.00 - 15.30 Coffee and reflection time

15.30 - 17.00 Tracey MorrisFrom club runner to Olympian - interviewed by Bud Baldaro

17.00 - 17.30 Plenary SessionA round table Question & Answer session with Saturday’s speakers.

17.30 - 19.00 Free time /training time

19.00 - 20.00 Conference Dinner

20.00- 21.30 The Godiva Greats (Bill Adcocks, Dick Taylor, Sheila Carey, Dave Long et al) interviewed by Dave Moorcroft

Sunday 3 April 2011

09.30 Registration

10.00 - 11.00 Barry FudgeThe physiology of altitude training: performance implications for the MarathonCovering:

• The physiological rationale for altitude training

• Performance implications for Marathon

• Scientic data from elite athletes

11.00 -12.30 Steve JonesTraining and coaching approaches

• Coaching approaches to tackling Marathon work loads

• Key work outs

• Psychological approach to marathon racing

12.30- 13.15 Lunch

13.15 - 14 15 Interactive Workshops

Delegates choose one from:

• Bill Adcocks in conversation with Bud Baldaro – The Road to Athens

• Lindsay Dunn

• Brian Scobie

14.20 - 15 20 Interactive Workshops - repeated

Delegates choose a second workshop

15.20 - 15 30 Coffee

15.30 - 16.15 Conference Summary


Conference ProgrammeDetails correct at 3 February 2011 - may be subject to change.

Dr Barry FudgeDr Fudge will talk on Thephysiology of altitude training:performance implications for theMarathon.

In any given year it is apparent thatthe top performances in middleand long distance running eventsare generally completed by athleteswho are either resident at altitude(e.g., east African runners) or havecompleted a substantial block oftraining at altitude (e.g., British,European and North Americanathletes). In this talk Dr Barry Fudgewill present the physiologicalrationale for altitude training andthe performance implications thismay have for the Marathon,including some scientific data fromelite athletes.

Dr Barry Fudge completed hisundergraduate degree and his PhDin Physiology from the University ofGlasgow. His PhD focussed on theenvironmental factors leading tothe success of elite east Africanrunners. During that time heworked with a number of runnersin Kenya and Ethiopia, some ofwhom are World record holdersand/or World and Olympicmedallists. Barry currently works asa Senior Physiologist at the EnglishInstitute of Sport providing supportto UK Athletics. In that capacity hesupports the altitude trainingprogram for the British enduranceteam.

George GandyGeorge Gandy will speak onCoaching approaches to tackling10km and Marathon, covering:

• Key work outs

• Moving from 10k to marathon

George Gandy is UK AthleticsNational Event Coach forEndurance. He has over 40 yearsexperience in athletics and has longbeen recognised as one of the UK'stop endurance coaches with hisinnovative and successful coachingmethods. George has worked withathletes such as Seb Coe, JonBrown, Lisa Dobriskey and JackBuckner from his base atLoughborough University. Prior tohis UK Athletics appointmentGeorge was Director of Athletics atLoughborough University where hehas coached or advised over 75international track and fieldathletes.

Steve JonesSteve Jones will talk on Coachingapproaches to tackling Marathonwork loads, covering:

• Key work outs

• Psychological approach toMarathon racing

Steve Jones is currently based inColorado, USA where he workswith an elite group which drawsathletes from a number ofcountries. This group has includedJorge Torres, who ran for theUnited States in the 10,000m in the

Beijing Olympics and debuted with11th place at the 2010 ING NewYork City Marathon, and FionaDocherty, the former New Zealandtriathlete who made the WorldChampionship grade as a marathonrunner in Berlin and lowered hermarathon PB to 2:32:17 in Chicagolast October.

Steve, a former holder of the worldbest for the Marathon, was born inTredegar. Steve began his career asan aircraft technician in the RoyalAir Force. He began training for themarathon in 1983 and, up untilthen, his career had been focusedon the 10,000m.

In 1984, two months after finishing8th in the Olympic 10,000, Stevewon the Chicago Marathon, comingin at 2:08:05 and thus breaking theworld record of Australian Rob deCastella by 13 seconds

He won the London Marathon inspring 1985 in 2:08:16. In October1985 he achieved his career bestmarathon time of 2:07:13 inwinning the Chicago Marathon, atthat time only one second slowerthan the world record run by CarlosLopes at the Rotterdam Marathonearlier that same year. This timeremains the fastest of any Britishrunner. Rob De Castella, Australia’sformer world record holder, said inan interview in 1990: “Althoughone second short of the worldrecord, his 2:07:13 in Chicago in1985, is to my mind, is one of thegreatest marathons ever”




The Speakers

Ron MaughanRon Maughan will talk onNutritional strategies for Marathonrunners, considering the partnutrition has to play for theMarathon runner in: • The Marathon training phase • The pre-Marathon tapering phase • Within the Marathon • Post-competition recovery

The presentation will take aparticular focus on the followingtwo themes• High fat diets for training: do

they work?• The carbo-loading diet - does it

still work?

Ron Maughan is Professor of Sportand Exercise Nutrition atLoughborough University. Heobtained a BSc (Physiology) andPhD from the University ofAberdeen, where he was based inthe Medical School for almost 25years. Professor Maughan is aFellow of the American College ofSports Medicine and received thatorganisation's Citation Award in2007. He is also a member of thePhysiological Society, the NutritionSociety, the Biochemical Society,and the Medical Research Society.He chaired the Human and ExercisePhysiology group of the PhysiologicalSociety for 10 years and was amember of the Council of thatorganisation. He is Chair of theSports Nutrition group establishedby the IOC Medical Commission in2002. He has acted as an adviser toUK Sport, UK Athletics, The FA,FIFA, The Irish Sports Council and tovarious other sporting bodies.

Tracey MorrisTracey Morris, née Jones, was bornand raised in Holyhead. Tracey wasa keen athlete whilst at school inHolyhead and was captain of theWelsh girls' running squad. She wasa member of Cybi Striders beforemoving to Bradford to become anoptician and settling in Leeds.During this time she took a tenyears break from running, althoughrunning for charity she completedher first London Marathon in 1999in a time of 3:39.

In 2003, returning to running withthe aim of keeping fit, Traceyjoined Valley Striders in Leeds.Having competed in a number oflocal road races and missing out onthe ballot for the 2004 LondonMarathon, Bud Baldaro securedTracey a place in the race where shefinished 10th in 2:33.52 and as firstBritish finisher was selected forTeam GB at the 2004 Olympics. InAthens Tracey finished 29th out of81 starters.

Her PB of 2:33:13 was set in theCommonwealth Games Marathonheld in Melbourne, 2006. Traceyfurther added to her internationalchampionship racing career with16th in the EuropeanChampionships Marathon and 19thin the World ChampionshipsMarathon, Osaka, 2007 in 2:36:40

Dave MoorcroftDavid Moorcroft is a former worldrecord holder for 5000m and Level 4UK Athletics coach. He subsequentlyserved as the Chief Executive of UK

Athletics from 1997 to 2007. He wasawarded an MBE in 1983 and anOBE in 1998 for services to Britishsport. He is still the UK record holderfor 3000m. He joined his home club,Coventry Godiva Harriers in 1964and in his recent years has take onthe role of club President.

Moorcroft made his senior debutfor Great Britain in 1973 andcompeted in his first Olympic Gamesin Montreal 1976, placing seventh inthe 1500m final. He won gold in the1978 Commonwealth Games inEdmonton at 1500m. Just fourweeks later, he won the bronzemedal at the same distance in theEuropean Athletics Championshipsin Prague.

Moorcroft had a remarkable seasonin 1982, where he broke the 5000mWorld Record by 5.79 seconds(without pace-making). His time of13:00.41 set at the Bislett Games inOslo stood for three years untilbroken by Saïd Aouita (but was aBritish record until 2010). He is stillthe last non-African to set a 5000mworld record. The same year, hewon gold in the 1982 Common -wealth Games in Brisbane at 5000m,broke the European and British3000m record (7:32.79) and recorded1:46.64 for 800m. His 3000m timeremains a British record.

He continued to compete for Britaininternationally until the late 1980s.Following his retirement from top-level competition, he continuedrunning and his time of 4:02.53 over1 mile in Belfast in 1993 remains aworld masters record for 40+ agegroup.




Bill AdcocksBill Adcocks is one of Britain’s finestMarathon runners with a personalbest of 2:10.48 set when winningthe Fukuoka Marathon in 1968. Hisinternational Marathon recordincludes 5th place in the Mexico1968 Olympics and a silver medal inthe 1966 British Empire andCommonwealth Games in Kingston,Jamaica.

Bill was also the long term recordholder for the classic Marathon toAthens course setting 2:11.07 in1969, a time that survived until2004 with the staging of theAthens Olympics. In addition Billachieved prestigious victories inboth the Karl Marx Stadt (1968)and Otsu (1970) Marathons.

Bill joined Coventry Godiva Harriersin 1955 and since his internationalretirement in 1972 hasendeavoured to put somethingback into his club and the sport.He has and continues to performnumerous roles which haveincluded serving as a Club and GBTeam Manager, acting as the ClubSecretary (in excess of 20 yearsservice) and officiating rolesthroughout the endurance year atnational, regional and local level.

Bud BaldaroBud Baldaro is one of the mostrespected coaches in Britain with areputation built over the past 30years. He has worked with athletes

at all levels and across a wide rangeof ages – his most successfulathletes include majorchampionship medalists and twotime Chicago Marathon winnerMarian Sutton and 2:09 marathonrunner Tony Milovsorovo. Currentlyhis coaching charges includeMichelle Ross – Cope, Hattie Dean,Hannah England, Luke Gunn, PhilNicholls, Dave Webb and MartinWilliams

Lindsay DunnLindsay is one of the country's mostsuccessful endurance coaches andhas worked with many of the bestdistance runners to come out of theNorth East.

Athletes he has worked withinclude Brendan Foster, CharlieSpedding and Nick McCormick.

Martin Rush Martin Rush has had a career thathas incorporated being a college PEteacher, an athletics developmentofficer and Head Coach to the GBJunior Team.

In addition to his own athleticssuccess as an Olympic race walker,Martin has coached Olympic, WorldCup and Commonwealth walkers,and GB Marathon, track and crosscountry runners. Currently hiscoaching group includes Holly Rush,Kairn Stone and Susie Hignett andin his spare time serves as TeamBath AC Coaching Secretary.

Brian ScobieBrian is an Area Coach Mentor forEngland Athletics and a formerUniversity Lecturer. His Marathoncoaching successes include PeterWhitehead, Angela Pain andVeronique Marot the former UKrecord holder. Brian has a wealth ofcoaching experience across a rangeof events and is a former HeadCoach for the UK AthleticsParalympic Team

David SunderlandDavid is England Athletics NationalCoach Mentor for middle distancewho has served as UK AthleticsNational Coach for middle distance.He has coached numerousinternational athletes, nationalchampions and medallists at majorchampionships, including theOlympic Games, World andEuropean Championships.

A highly respected IAAF coacheducator, David has lectured acrossAsia, Africa and Europe.




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