Having started running and becoming reasonably decent and self taught I decided to join a local club. My thoughts were that it might help me improve and be more consistent & faster in races. I tried various local clubs but wasn’t finding what I felt I was lacking and needed. I became aware of TeamBR in Broughton just up the road from Scunthorpe, it was cheaper than most so I signed up.
They run a different session during the week for different activities and one called “Structured Monday” so I attended weekly to this. It soon became apparent this was a club to not only make us run faster, but also teach us how to run in the correct manner. Form, ability, techniques and recovery was all demonstrated and “drilled” into us week by week. They run different sessions week to week with Steve Portess the “coach” advising and looking at individual needs and required to help improve everyone’s weaknesses.
Week after week I could feel my ability improving and the TeamBR spirit and support was clear to see and made me feel very welcome.
This year the Steve picked 3 members to long term coach of different ability’s and goals to achieve. I was chosen as the candidate to work towards race goals and long term objectives. The coach gave me an assessment to then work on a “years plan” for events and plugged these in to make the structure and sessions tailored to my own personal needs.
TeamBR is not like any club I’ve been to before, everyone is friendly, supportive and with a group WhatsApp page you are never far from chat, words of encouragement and running advice from each and every member.
How to train smart and not become injured is part of Steve’s team values. They run various “Hill” session to mix up the normal running routines and keep things interesting. I cannot say enough good things about TeamBR, it’s members and Steve as a coach who honestly isn’t driven by membership revenues, he just works to help each and everyone of us to become better, stronger runners. I’m currently working towards running my first marathon event and the tailor made plan has already helped me achieve 5k,10k, and Half Marathon PB’s in a relatively short time. With this years plan and Coach and TeamBR behind me, who knows what else I can achieve? I would recommend this running club to anyone from beginners to experienced racers. It caters for all! Come along and “train smart” with TeamBR 
