Venloop Running Team
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About the Venloop Running Team
The Venloop Running Team is a running team, housed in a separate athletic club. With this athletics club, the Venloop Foundation wants to provide young running talents from North Limburg with a platform to get the most out of their athletic potential and thus also give the running sport in North Limburg a new boost.
The Venloop Running Team started in January 2014 and now consists of 23 athletes and two trainers. The athletes are scouted at talent tests or local competitions and train together three times a week. The Venloop Running Team scouts running talent in Venlo and surrounding areas (from Swalmen to Venray and from Venlo to Meijel). The Venloop Running Team specifically targets young people in the age group of 12 to 25. The talents participate in regional, national and international competitions and are trained to become top (inter)national athletes.
Strong team from day 1
Together, the team has been able to achieve many great results.
For example, Sophie Dielissen (2014, 2015 and 2017), Sam Lavrijsen (2015) and Danique Verdellen (2016) won the 5 km at the Weir Venloop. In 2018, former trainer An Lenders won the 10 km while Leon Hendrikx was the fastest Venloner in the half marathon in 2016.
In 2019, Pjotr Dolfsma, Jip Janissen, Niels Peeters and Jordi Tijssen captured a bronze medal in the 4 x 800 meters at the Dutch Relay Championships. Two years earlier, almost the same group (Pjotr Dolfsma, Jip Janissen, Niels Peeters and Olivier Gijbels) had won a bronze medal in the boys C. In 2015, Sophie Dielissen, Romi de Bruijn, Anne van Heeckeren and Danique Verdellen also won a bronze medal in the 4 x 800 meters in the girls A.
At the Dutch Junior Championships, athletes from the Venloop Running Team captured four silver and six bronze medals. The final medals were won by Max Hutjens. He won a silver medal in the 2021 National cross for juniors D and a bronze medal in the 1,000-meter indoor for boys D1 in 2020.
In 2019, Pjotr Dolfsma earned a silver medal in the 1500 meters at the National indoor for C2 juniors and Fenne Janssen also picked up a bronze medal in the 1500 meters at the NK indoor for Girls A. In 2018, Sophie Dielissen managed to capture silver medals in the 5000 meters for Girls A and the 3000 meters indoor for Girls A. In 2017, Rens Simons earned a bronze medal in the 3000 meter steeple for Boys A while Sophie Dielissen earned a bronze medal in the 3000 meter indoor for Girls A. In 2016, there were bronze medals for Fenne Janssen (1500 meter indoor girls C2) and Danique Verdellen (1500 meter girls B).
Register for the Venloop Running Team?
- Individuals with an aptitude for running or who would like to learn more about the Venloop Running Team can email runningteam@venloop.nl for further information.
Training times
- Tuesday: 18:30 - 20:30, track and running training (Sportpark Vrijenbroek Venlo)
- Wednesday: 6:00 - 7:30 p.m., strength training
- Thursday: 18:30 - 20:30, track and running training (Sportpark Vrijenbroek Venlo)
- Friday: 6 p.m. - 7 p.m., boot camp workout
- Sunday: 09:00 - 11:00 (Belfeld woods)
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