Unless otherwise announced the main Thursday training session is the “Muster”.

We run together using a system that allows people to run at different speeds but keeping us all together as a group. To keep everyone together, we have points every mile or so at which we all turn around and run back to the slowest runner who is always accompanied by a back marker. We call these "muster points". The back marker changes at each muster point so he only has to run slowly for one muster leg.

This system allows everyone to run at their own speed without anyone being left behind. Some of us treat the runs as interval sessions, running different sections at different speeds, or perhaps some sections as training runs and others as social runs.

Muster etiquette
Please try to follow these guidelines, for courtesy & safety and to make sure the muster works well.

• Always run on the left, whether you're running forward to the next muster point or back to the back marker.
• Please don't run two or three abreast when people are mustering towards you, especially when the path is narrow
• Please don't just stop and congregate at the muster point.  If there are a large number of runners it gets crowded and possibly dangerous.  If you want a break, just jog slowly back to the back marker, then start running at full pace again.
• Please volunteer occasionally to be the back marker.  You won't need to do it every week but it does help if we don't have to persuade people.
• You are responsible for your own safety, especially if you choose to run in the road!
• Be courteous to other road and path users.

To sum up, be courteous to other people (runners, pedestrians and road users) and you are responsible for your own safety.

Although many faster runners run the muster, some prefer to do a separate faster pace run.  There is also a separate beginners run for those who are just starting or who are not yet ready for the full muster