Club Training Thursday 2nd May - Auldhouse 5k TT

Thursday is the first Auldhouse 5k TT of the year. For those new to the club, these occur on the first Thursday of each month from May to September. This is an individual time trial where each runner is set  off at 30 second intervals, with the fastest runners starting last such that we roughly all finish within a few minutes of each other. All the previous times are available from the link in the menu to the left of the blog page. The Auldhouse 5k is a wheel measured 5k and counts for the purpose of performance rewards. It's not an easy 5k though!

Register for training as normal as the registration list will form the basis of the start list, making it easy for the timekeeper. I'll probably come straight to EK from my work to time the event.

Alan

West Highland Way Relay Minibus Pick-Up Times

The following WHW Relay pick up times have been set by your early morning driver. For those not familiar with the WHW Relay, these times are Saturday 18th May AM! Any questions (or complaints), contact Eddie. 

Club Training Monday 29th April - Chatelherault

Monday is the first of our fortnightly Chatelherault trail run sessions. Full details of where to be and when and what to put on the training registration app are in this post from a few weeks ago:

https://calderglen.blogspot.com/2024/04/chatelherault-training-starts-soon.html

The important point about the Chatelherault session is that it is not a time trial. The session is about building aerobic condition (which means taking the pace relatively easy/steady so that you remain in the aerobic energy system) and building strength from the wide variety of hills, twists and turns. So, for those who know the route, if you hammer the first half such that at the bottom of the log jam you have to walk all the way up and take a rest at the top, then you are not getting the strength benefit of running slowly up the stairs. Arrive at the log jam relatively fresh so that you are able to work up the steps and then carry on recovering on the run from the top.

For those unfamiliar with the Chatelherault lap, please stick with your pack of more experienced Harriers as there are various junctions where it is possible to go wrong. Although not for a while, we have had to send search parties out towards Larkhall in the past looking for missing Harriers! Similarly, experienced Harriers, don't let anyone drop off the back of the pack and be left on their own.

Finally, in the days before Strava, we kept track of Chatelherault times using this form, the idea being mainly to see perceived effort reducing whilst the time per lap remains more or less the same or slightly faster. Anyway, we have years of Chatelherault times and comments in this sheet, so let's keep it going by recording your time, effort level and any comments after each session.

Alan

Harriers' Sports and Quiz Night

As part of the Harriers' 40th anniversary celebrations, Billy is organising a multi-sports night at the club, exposing teams of Harriers and former Harriers to a range of sports. This is similar to the event Billy organised in June 2021 and which was a great success and a lot of fun.

The event will be at the Sports Club at 7pm on Friday 31st May. Please be there at 6:30pm so that teams can be picked.  The sports event will be followed by a quiz on the theme of the history of the Harriers.

Leave your name on this form and this list will be used to form the teams on the night. The events are open to Harriers and former Harriers so do please spread the word and ask everyone to fill in the form.

Any questions about the format, please direct to Billy!

As a reminder of the 2021 event, here are some photos.

Alan

Harriers' Strathclyde parkrun Takeover - Volunteer Roles

The time is drawing near for the Calderglen Harriers takeover of Strathclyde parkrun. The date selected is Saturday 8th June, so only fill out the following if you are available to help on that date. Julie B has provided the following information:

The roles to be covered are:

• Timekeeper- 2 needed 
• Barcode scanning - at least 7 
• Marshalls - 3/4
• Finish Tokens -1
• Finish Token Support - 1
• Funnel Manager - at least 5
• Number checker - 1
• Pre-event set-up (will be needed from about 7.30/8.00 but could go home once they have helped with the set-up). The race director will help the volunteer with this
• First Timers Welcome - 1
• Tail Walker - 1
• VI Guide - 1 (although dependent on whether they are required for this role on the day)

Use this form to select all the roles you would be interested in performing or select "any" if you are not bothered which role you are given. It is particularly important that you provide your parkrun barcode number (it is the number below your barcode). The responses received so far are here.

Alan

Club Training Thursday 25th April

Thursday's session is 400m reps at Langlands Place, following the usual warm-up to Langlands Place via Strathaven Rd and Sainsburys. The cool down is back via the glen, entering at Langlands, if the underfoot conditions are known to be good enough.

The session is 14 x 400m at 5k pace with a 1 minute stand/jog around recovery. The majority of this session should feel more comfortable than Monday's long rep session given that we are breaking the total distance up into smaller pieces, so if you are struggling from early on, you are most likely going too fast!

Remember that Monday is the first Chatelherault session of the year (see the post from a few weeks ago) and that next Thursday will be the first Auldhouse 5k Time Trial of the year.

Alan

Club Training Monday 22nd April

Monday's session is  long interval session (unless you were racing at the weekend in which case run the same route as an easy run.

The session is 10k race specific. Warm up via Strathaven Rd to start of Auldhouse 5k route. Run Auldhouse 5k course at slightly easier than 10k race effort (not pace but effort given the hilly terrain). Rest for 3 minutes then run from 5k finish line back to Auldhouse cross in the reverse direction past Langlands Club House at 5k race effort. Jog back to club via Langlands Club House (or the Boardwalk if it is still there). 

Register as normal so we know who is doing and has done the session but note I won't be able to update packs due to time difference.

Finally, also remember that next Monday is first Chatelherault of the year. 

Alan