Where & When
Burnhow Garden Hotel, Bowness · 23–26 October 2026
A dedicated performance weekend for Assent Performance's coached athletes — the full Runner's MOT format, built around one team.
The Runner's MOT format, run as a dedicated weekend for one squad — Assent Performance's coached athletes, together, on their own terms.
The Assent Performance Camp (APC) brings LSB's full diagnostic performance weekend — coaching, physiotherapy, biomechanics, nutrition and lab testing — to a single team, rather than an open group of athletes booking individually. It's the same rigorous format as the Runner's MOT, delivered for Assent Performance's own coached athletes as a squad weekend.
Assent Performance is the evidence-based 1:1 endurance coaching practice founded by Steven Southern in 2021, working with runners from complete beginners to national-level athletes across distances from 5K to multi-day ultras.
Built for Assent Performance's coached athletes — a chance to train, test and recover together as a squad. The weekend is headed jointly by Steven Southern and Gemma Carter, backed by the same coordinated team of specialists behind the Runner's MOT. Run as a pilot for team and club camps more broadly, ahead of opening this format to other squads in future.
| When | Activity |
|---|---|
| Friday PM | Arrivals & welcome · Easy shakeout run · Welcome talk with Steven & Gemma · Group meal |
| Saturday AM | Coached morning trail run · Individual assessments & testing begin |
| Saturday PM | Lunch · 1:1 consults — lactate testing, physio, nutrition · Second easy run · Evening talk · Meal out |
| Sunday AM | Hilly adventure run on Lakeland terrain · Lunch out |
| Sunday PM | Strength & biomechanics session · Race planning as a squad · Celebration meal out |
| Monday AM | Easy run · Final 1:1 consults & take-home plans · Departures |
Trains to Windermere station (via Oxenholme), then a 5-minute taxi or 25-minute walk. Driving guidance and parking details sent with your booking confirmation.
Arrive Friday afternoon for the welcome and shakeout run; departures Monday from early afternoon after final consults. Exact timings in your pre-camp pack.
Trail shoes, full waterproofs, warm layers, running pack and head torch are essential. A full packing list is sent with your pre-camp info.
Founder of Assent Performance (est. 2021), Steven delivers evidence-based 1:1 endurance coaching spanning training psychology, running physiology, advanced nutrition and supplementation, strength, sleep and stress management — working with runners from complete beginners to national level, over everything from 5K to multi-day ultras.
19 years of full-time endurance coaching, BSc Psychology, UK Athletics licensed. Competitive ultra runner with national representation at 100km. Gemma leads the coaching and diagnostic programme across the weekend.
The Assent Performance Camp is arranged directly through Assent Performance's coaching team. Pricing will be confirmed shortly — room types at Burnhow vary slightly in price, so options will be listed here soon. The camp runs subject to a minimum number of athletes; if it can't run, everything paid is refunded in full, so please book flexible travel. Full booking terms are in our camp terms & conditions. Not yet coached by Assent Performance? Find out more about 1:1 coaching at assentperformance.co.uk.