Running courses of Running Holland exist since 1998. It started in the ?Oosterpark?, however, Nowadays we can be found on many locations. Every year approximately 60 new courses are started with several trainers. Quality shows itself among others by a big variety of practice material, feedback by means of video recordings of the individual running technique, tests with heart rate monitors and a stimulating individual approach to the participants. All trainers started as beginners themselves and are nowadays experienced contest runners. So, they have a broad view. Every course is complete: every participant gets an individual fitting training schedule and background information will be forwarded per e-mail on a weekly basis. A training is build up by a warming-up, technique training and an interval training. The training will be concluded by a cooling-down.

New York Marathon Course

Running Holland organizes a course in preparation of the ING New York City Marathon (6 November 2005). The most well-known running event in the world. In order to (1) participate we strongly advise 1.5 years of running experience and the ability to run for 1 hour non-stop.

Dates of the training sessions

Saturday 19 March, Saturday 26 march, Saturday 9 April, Saturday 23 April, Saturday 7 may Saturday 21 may, Tuesday 31 may, Saturday 4 June, Saturday 18 June, Saturday 2 July, Saturday 30 July, Saturday 13 august, Saturday 10 September, Tuesday 24 September, Sunday 2 October, Saturday 8 October, Sunday 16 October, Saturday 22 October and the last training will be on Saturday 29 October.

The training sessions on Saturdays start at 9:30 am in ?het Amsterdamse bos? and on Tuesdays at 19:30 pm . There will be a long run in the dunes on Sunday 2 October. On Sunday 16 October we will run 30 kilometers during the Amsterdam Marathon.

The course includes:

• 18-20 training sessions
• a personal training scheme (based on a questionnaire and a logbook)
• small information book ?hardlopen?
• support by e-mail
• support and cheers by the trainer during the ING New York City Marathon.

For enrolment or if you want more information please send an e-mail to Dave Baars at This e-mail address is being protected from spam bots, you need JavaScript enabled to view it or call: 020-463 43 61. The fee for the course is Euro 200,-

A fully arranged trip

Runnersworld Amsterdam, Vijzelgracht 7, offers this course in combination with a fully prepared trip to New York. This trip includes a return plane ticket, a fully prepared hotel and of course your start ticket for the New York marathon itself and more?

We also very much welcome runners who want to prepare for another autumn marathon. You can think about the Amsterdam marathon on 16 October 2005 and the Berlin Marathon on 25 September 2005.