About Us

Teignbridge Trotters are a friendly Newton Abbot based running club, attracting members from all over South Devon and beyond. We cater for all abilities, whether you are an experienced runner or absolute beginner. We concentrate on mainly road and off road running, along with a Winter Cross Country league.

Training takes place from Newton Abbot Leisure Centre, Wain Lane, Newton Abbot on Monday and Wednesday evenings at 7.00pm. Monday's run consists of 2 groups, the first is generally a 5-7 mile social/recovery run, with the emphasis on 'steady' rather than 'speed'. The second is a group designed specifically for complete beginners. Our coaches will aim to over see your progress from those initial run/walk sessions through to joining the other more advanced groups on a Monday and Wednesday.

Please note that the Wednesday session is not suitable for beginners, unlike a Monday.

Wednesday's training consists of 4 groups. The first being for improvers or runners coming back from a long-term injury. The second, third and fourth groups are structured training sessions, each offering something different, ranging from short sprints, hill reps, parlofs, pyramids, 1k & mile efforts to name but a few. As with all sessions they are only as hard as you want them to be! A full list of each weeks available sessions can be found by clicking on the training tab on our website. During the year there are also many organised long social runs (8-20 miles) which take place on Sunday mornings.

We also organise a time trial, usually taking place on the second Wednesday of every other month. This is over a measured course of 1 and 2 miles and is open to all members.

All our groups are supervised by qualified coaches, many of whom have many years experience. We only cater for runners over the age of 16, as we don't have a junior section.

We organise 6 races during the year. They are the Bovey Tracey Cross Country, (part of the Westward League) a 'proper' xc race with a bit of everything!. The Teignbridge Ten, a relatively flat 10 mile run, ideal for that PB! The Haytor Heller, a tough off road run on Dartmoor. The Totnes 10K, a scenic off road race. The Ladies 10K, an undulating course run on country lanes. And finally the Templer Ten, a mixture of road and off road 10 mile run.

In addition to our running we are known for being a club with an excellent social scene. With numerous events organised through out the year.

If you would like further details then please contact our club secretary, Mark Becker on 01626 833856 or our membership secretary, Dave Dunn on 01626 353873 or contact us by email: info@teignbridgetrotters.co.uk