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Help You Run Faster

Speed Secrets are all current athletes with a long list of race wins and titles among their accomplishments.

Speed Secrets squad

Speed Secrets was set up to help you become a better athlete, run faster and reach your full potential. We bring decades of combined experience, training and racing at a high level, across a range of disciplines; track, road and cross country.
Here, we’ll share our insight, training tips and sessions designed to help you smash your personal best and reach goals you didn’t think you could achieve.
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We regularly publish training guides, tips on how to run faster for all levels – anyone aiming to do their first Park Run to breaking their Marathon personal best.
When every second counts, we’ll have you build endurance and improve performance: knowledge is power! We’ll let you into speed secrets.

Meet the Team

Tom Gardner

Multiple county champion across road and track events, Tom, pictured right with the Essex 5,000m trophy, represented his county on a number of occasions. 

Athletic highlights include: 

  • 2020 Essex Road Relay Champions.
  • 2017 Essex Road Relay Champions (course record).
  • 2017 Essex County 5,000m Champion.
  • 2016 Essex County 5mile Road Race Champion.

Alex Richards

Alex’s natural competitive edge led him to compete at a national standard in both Swimming and Cross Country Running, landing him such titles as Senior Men’s 800 metres county champion & 3rd place in the 1500 metres.

In order to get a better upstanding for exercise mechanics, nutrition and exercise physiology, Alex went on to study Sport and Exercise Science at University to refine his arsenal of expertise. Now a qualified Personal Trainer, Alex help others achieve their health & lifestyle goals.

Athletics highlights include: 

  • 2020 Essex Road Relay Champions.
  • 2019 Essex 800m Champion (pictured right)
  • 2017 Essex Road Relay Champions (course record).

Paul Grange

Paul is an elite athlete, ranked one of the fastest men in the world for his age group.

The 800m specialist is the number one ranked athlete over this distance for over 40 year olds in the UK in 2020 – for both indoor and outdoor disciplines. He’s also picked up titles in events up to 10k.

Paul’s now using his amazing experience of achieving high performance to inspire a new generation of athletes – guiding and mentoring young runners to get faster, fitter and break personal bests.

Athletic highlights include: 

  • Essex Champion 800m indoors 2020.
  • Essex Road Relay Champion 2020.
  • 800m personal best: 1:53.46

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