Welcome to the web page of the running club ERA.RUN. In our case “ERA” stands for Elkonin Running Addicts. We are united by the dependence on running and by our coach – Alexander Elkonin.

We are amateur runners of different levels and with different goals. Some of us run to lose weight, some are eager to run a marathon in less than 3 hours, some prefer to run 100+ km ultra-trail. And, surprisingly, our sports goals are fulfilled thanks to the regular and varied, sometimes difficult, but always reasonable training and thanks to the scientific approach of coach Alexander Elkonin.

Alexander has been training runners since 2014. He is a doctor by first diploma, PhD in medicine. Trail runner, ultramarathon runner. Lecturer at “Welcome to Run” school for coaches and at “Sportmarafon” auditorium.

When working with his students, Alexander Elkonin comes from the fact that running is only a hobby for them. So running has to be seamlessly built into their life mainstream along with job, family and other important activities. Therefore, he builds an individual training plan for everyone, not only on the basis of sports results, but also taking into account the specific current situation in his life. Yes, immersion into the personal circumstances of each one requires additional time. But it is important for our coach not to overload, not to break a person if job, household and sports tasks suddenly fall on him at the same time.

• Individual or group lessons with the coach take place in winter in the sports hall Krylatskoye, in summer – in different parks in Moscow and the region.
•  Workouts the athletes do on their own in accordance with the training plan. The coach writes weekly plan for each individual on the TrainingPeaks platform. The plan should lead to the achievement of the students goals. Why is the planning horizon a week? On the one hand, runners would like to see the longest possible perspective, but on the other hand, the coach adjusts the plan according to the well-being, results and personal circumstances of the athlete. The basis for adjusting plans is the comments that runners leave in their training log on the TrainingPeaks platform. Also, at least once a week, they call or write to the coach and tell how the week passed, how hard/easy the training was, what awaits at work next week: emergency, business trip or freedom at remote job – the coach will take into account all these factors while making a plan for the next week.
• Trips for training camps, usually in the mountains, for 7-10 days, 3-4 times a year.
• Working on running form – video analysis: shooting video at high frame rate, scrolling slowly, evaluating movements, looking for what can be changed to run easier, faster, safer.
• General physical training: the vast majority of those who run need to take care to load the whole body. For some runners whole-body workouts is a permanent component of the training plan