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- Monday evening from 20:00 to 22:00.
- Wednesday evening from 17:00 to 19:00.
The track is called "De Hondsheuvels". It is located at Onze Lieve Vrouwestraat 1, 5612 AW Eindhoven.
Asterix offers training for both new and experienced athletes. So don't worry about your previous experience!
Yes!
You can just show up on Monday or Wednesday for the training!
The training consists of a warming-up, the main part of the training and the cooling down. Usually, the warming-up consists of 5 laps around the track, followed by some warm-up exercises. The main part of training is either running training, for example, ten times 400 metres or another discipline like high jump or javelin. The cooling down is a slow three laps to finish the training.
You can find the trainers, Tom, Rik, Niek and Wichard here!
Asterix has around 150 members!
Of course! You can find it here.
Trainer Ton often tells newer members who are practising their start that they are 'telgangers' (ambling). A telganger refers to an animal that moves its legs on either side together. For humans, this would mean that the left arm and leg would move forward together, instead of the usual left arm and right leg. The Olympic games of 1928 in Amsterdam are infamous for the poster 'De Telganger', in which an athlete is shown in a Telgang. For extra information please look at this Wikipedia page.
You can find the FAQ page here!
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