Facilities
As a member of Team Durham, DUAXC has some of the best facilities available to our athletes.
There is access to a 4-lane running track, last re-surfaced in 2002-2003, which is free to use. As well there are the usual: long/triple jump pit; javelin/discus/shot areas. The club also has all the basic equipment such as blocks and hurdles. Moreover, next year we are looking to invest in other things such as resistance parachutes and plyometric equipment.
If you are a member of Team Durham (information concerning how this is possible will be circulated during the first term), then you also have free access to the High Performance Weights Room at Maiden Castle. However, there is the 'Fitness Suite' which is a more typical gym which can be joined for only a £100 annual membership. Indeed it is possible to get a club discount to £50.
All this means that there are sufficient facilities for all our athletes. Often the short distance and field event training will take place at the track, however, many of the cross country sessions take runners all around Durham. The variety of cross country runs is fantastic: plenty of hills and many of the runs are off-road which saves your shins and joints. It is usually the Wednesday and Sunday sessions where you would go on these longer runs which currently include: (excuse the bizarre names of the runs!)
- Prison Run (40 - 60 minutes)
- Shin Cliffs (50 - 90 mintues)
- Mad Cow (45 - 60 minutes)
- Bear Park (55 - 90 minutes)
- Finchale Priory (80 - 120 minutes)
Plus, there are many other routes which we take such as the' Past v Present' or 'Cathedral Relays' courses. Often the farteks are done on roads around Durham as in the winter it gets too dark too early.
For the other types of sessions, such as aqua jogging, circuits and medicine ball, the club has all the necessary equipment such as mats, floats, medicine balls (!) and there are many different places where they can be done depending on the weather.
