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0–700 m2:03,0
Coach in a black training jacket explaining something to a group of runners in a circle on the park lawn, warm evening light
700–1100 m1:09,8
Coach with a stopwatch and whistle beside a red athletics track with white lines, runners as blurred streaks on the bend behind
1100–1500 m1:08.8total 4:21.6
Group of eight runners in colourful running gear on a winding park path at sunrise, low backlight and mist between the trees, photographed from the side in motion

Maaike, 1500 metres on the track. Her best time, from 2011.

Width is distance, height is speedSwipe along the route

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About Tempo

A small running school in Voorbeeldpark. Three coaches, three groups and one 2.5-kilometre loop.

Maaike ran the 1500 metres herself

Coach in a black training jacket explaining something to a group of runners in a circle on the park lawn, warm evening light
Maaike with the Tuesday group, on the lawn next to the pond.

Tempo was founded by Maaike Ruitenberg. She ran the 1500 metres on the track for twelve years and found that what she loved most was watching someone else run their first kilometre. We train outdoors in Voorbeeldpark, whatever the weather, and we celebrate every record. Including the first.

After her athletics years she qualified as a Trainer-coach with the Atletiekunie (Dutch athletics federation) and started with five neighbours in the park. Now around eighty people run with us every week. The principle hasn’t changed: you run at your pace, not the group’s.

Best 1500 m
4:21,6
Qualification
Atletiekunie Trainer-coach 3
Coaching since
2014

Three coaches, three groups

Every group has a regular coach. So someone knows how you ran last week.

  • MR

    Maaike Ruitenberg

    Founder, Tempo group

    Writes the plans and runs the intervals with you. Never lets go of the stopwatch.

  • DM

    Dilan Maas

    Start group

    Was once a beginner in the starter group. Always runs at the back, with the slowest runner.

  • JT

    Janneke Tilstra

    Ten group and gait analysis

    Sports physiotherapist. Looks at your running style and knows what to do about shin pain.

Where we run

All sessions start and finish at the bandstand. The loop is paved and lit, so it’s good for running in winter too.

Pond Lawn 0,51,01,52,0 Bandstand · start and finish Voorbeeldstraat entrance
The loop: 2.5 km Paved path, lit until 23:00. We use the lawns for running drills and the hill by the pond for hill training.
Meeting point
At the bandstand in Voorbeeldpark (Voorbeeldstraat entrance)
Parking
Free on Parklaan, bike rack at the entrance
Belongings
Bags can go in the coach’s van

From trial run to race number

Four steps, from your first session to the day you pin on a race number.

  1. 1

    Run with us once

    Your first session is free. Sign up, come to the bandstand and join the group that suits you.

  2. 2

    Choose your group

    Afterwards we read your pace off the stopwatch. Right on the border? Then start in the easier group.

  3. 3

    Your plan

    You get a plan for the days you don’t run with us. Short and doable, with rest days built in.

  4. 4

    Reach your goal

    Your first 5 km, the 10 or a half marathon. On race day there’s always a coach on the sidelines.

Whatever the weather

We run in the rain, in the cold and in the dark. Only not in thunder or on ice. That’s not bravado: if you keep running in November, you’re stronger on the start line in April.

  1. JanuaryNew starter group, the first weeks still in the dark
  2. AprilStadsloop Voorbeeldstad: 5 and 10 km, with the whole club
  3. SeptemberSecond starter group and the half marathon plan begins
  4. NovemberLights on, hi-vis vests on and just keep running
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