Club Training Thursday 7th May - Auldhouse 5k TT

Thursday is the first Auldhouse 5k TT of the year. For this first one, treat this as a familiarisation lap to work out how to pace it in future months. We may have the additional complication of road resurfacing works near Auldhouse. If that is the case, then make your way past the road works safely, walk or jog on the verge if necessary, and then resume your time trial pace on the other side, making it a two effort time trial.

As I enter the start list onto the timing app in advance, please register for training as normal and I will use that registration list as the start list in the timing app. For newcomers to the monthly 5k TT, we run this as an individual time trial, setting each runner off at 30 second intervals. The fastest runners start last such that everyone finishes relatively close to each other. Kenny is going to help me on the finish line. All previous times are available via the menu on the left of the blog.

Warm-up to the start via the Strathaven Rd and Sainsburys.

Alan

Club Training Monday 4th May

Monday's session is another session at 10k effort, this time 7 x 3 minutes with a 3 minute jog recovery, regrouping during the recoveries. As usual, moderate the pace depending on the terrain and wind. In addition to the benefits in fitness and running efficiency, doing these sessions on the country roads also teaches pace judgement on the sorts of roads many of our summer road races are on i.e. undulating.

The route is a warm-up through the glen to Langlands and then down the steep hill (the start of the 5k TT). The first rep starts at the 90 degree corner at the bottom of the steep hill. Run past park farm and turn left then right at Leaburn Rd and continue climbing up the hill to the next cross-roads junction where you turn right. Carry along this top road and follow it as it turns right back down towards Leaburn Rd. At the Leaburn Rd junction turn right and first left and down the dip and up to Auldhouse Cross. Turn right again and back past Langlands Club House and Sainsburys and back to the club. These are the sorts of Summer routes which make training with Calderglen a bit special with the EK streets banished to the darker nights.

Alan

Club Training Thursday 30th April

Thursday's session is hopefully a run in the sun around the country roads. The session is 10 x 2 minutes at 10k race effort (pace depends on hills) with a 2 minute jog recovery during which regroup as much as possible ie everyone turns and jogs back until they meet the pack at the back and then turn around and continue jogging.

The route is through the Glen to Langlands junction. Start reps at junction heading past the clubhouse to Auldhouse. Straight through Auldhouse Cross and turn right at the kennels. Carry on along Shields Road to turn right on Greenhills Road and back to the club.

Alan 

Club Training Monday 27th April - Chatelherault

Monday's session is the first Chatelherault session of the year. This week it will be an easy, post-race recovery and route familiarisation run. Details of where and when to meet and how to fill in the registration for training are in this post from a few weeks ago: https://calderglen.blogspot.com/2026/04/chatelherault-training-starts-monday.html

However, to recap, if you are going direct to Chatelherault, select "Training Venue" on the training registration form and be at the meeting point in the car park at Chatelherault by 19:30 as described in the above post. If anyone is leaving direct from the club and can give a lift or needs a lift, then select "EKSC" in the form and be ready to leave the Sports Club at 19:00. This lets us know if we are waiting on anyone before the run.

Alan

Round the Houses 10k - Some Photos

 

Fantastic performances from the Harriers today in as good as the conditions get in Grangemouth. Many PB's were achieved along with very strong performances. I captured a few photos in this albumhttps://photos.app.goo.gl/nyJStZ7ASw2hP7fw7, which includes Harriers, Olympians and prize giving.

Alan

Club Training Thursday 23rd April

Thursday's session is an easier, medium distance run with fast strides given that the Grangemouth 10k is on Sunday and some were racing last night too.

The route is through the Glen to Langlands, then follow the Auldhouse 5k route and back to the club via Sainsburys. On the flatter parts of the route (the first one being from the bottom of the steep downhill after the 5k start) fit in 6 x 15 seconds accelerations building to a very fast but relaxed "sprint" for the final few seconds of each rep. Don't do any of them on downhill sections as you are likely to strain a hamstring (ask me how I know....).

Alan 

Club Training Monday 20th April

Monday is a threshold Monday (doesn't have the same ring to it as a Thursday). The session is 3 x 8 minutes with a 2:30 jog recovery. Once again, we will do this out on the Auldhouse roads on a relatively flat route. Warm-up on Strathaven Rd and around by Sainsburys to the Langlands junction where the reps start. Run past the Langlands club house to Auldhouse. Run straight through Auldhouse cross and turn right past the Kennels. Carry on along Shields Rd to the fingerposts and then turn right on Greenhills Rd. If the faster ones are running out of space to complete the reps (I don't think you will), turn right into the Kelvin industrial estate at the top of the hill on Greenhills Rd and run around the Sainsburys circuit anti-clockwise to finish. As always with threshold sessions, maintain constant effort by varying the pace to suit the slopes and wind. The effort should be about two or three word talking level.

Thursday's run will be an easier run with strides ahead of the Grangemouth 10k.

Alan