Wimbledon Windmilers

We mark this year’s Mental Health Awareness Week eight weeks into the lockdown. Some of us will be suffering from isolation, loneliness or anxiety. Being cut off from our regular running, cycling and training routines and from the Windmilers’ social networks can make things even harder. So the Windmilers are continuing to provide a wide range of opportunities to stay fit, stay connected and to look after your mental health and well-being...

England Athletics has today released guidance documents, developed in line with the initial steps for a phased return of outdoor sport and recreation outlined by the government on 10th May 2020.

The documents (for Athletes, Coaches, and Athletics Venues) are available at https://www.englandathletics.org/athletics-and-running/news/guidance-upd...

More news, reports and an important message from the club Welfare team appear in the latest issue of The Waffle, now available to read online. Thank you to all those club members who contributed fab features and photos for this issue. Happy Reading! https://www.windmilers.org.uk/TheWaffle

Windmilers run a 3-mile handicap series of races on Wimbledon Common on the the last Tuesday of the month, from April to August. Unfortunately, it will not be possible to hold this as a real event this month, nor probably next month, too, so we shall be holding a virtual 3-mile handicap race centred round Tuesday 28 April.

40 miles in 40 days

Membership renewal payment will NOT be on 1 April this year, so your current membership will remain active until the renewal does happen. This is partly due to the current coronavirus situation but also because we are working to move our membership system to one provided by England Athletics (EA) and we need to do further work to set it up and test. This work should be completed before the end of April, so we will contact you again later this month with further plans about this year’s membership payment.

Hi Windmilers! Pasted below is the training email sent out yesterday. If you would like to receive this in your inbox just go to your account and opt in. Thank you! Kate 

The Wimbledon Windmilers Committee has agreed to recommend that all Windmilers consider wearing an ‘In case of emergency’ (ICE) product during Windmilers running, cycling or swimming sessions, or carry emergency contact details with them. Coaches will encourage members to do so at their sessions.