Club Training Thursday 18th March

Threshold Thursday is back this week. The session is:

5 x 6 minutes at threshold effort with 2 minutes jog recovery

Remember that threshold is a level of effort rather than a specific pace. It is the constant effort you could maintain for no more than 1 hour during a race. Therefore, if doing this session on a hilly circuit, the pace will vary with the hills but the level of effort, as indicated by how hard you are breathing, will remain the same.

As advised in the post about the return to training, this time around we are limited to a maximum of 15 people at any training venue, including the pre-session meet-up and post-session. If we have 15 or less signed up for training, then we will all train at Venue 1. If we have more than 15, then approximately half the packs will be sent to Venue 1 and the other half to Venue 2. The venues, warm-up/cool down route to the venues and parking arrangements are listed below.

Venue 1 (park and meet in EKSC car park)

Is the Sainsbury's Loop. Warm-up along the Strathaven Road, crossing into Greenhills Road at the small roundabout and then first left into the factories at the next roundabout and around to the Sainsbury's main gate where the session starts. Run the circuit around the loop in a clockwise direction. Cool down via the shortest route back to the club.

Venue 2 (parking and meet at Torrance Golf Course/Zoo Car Park)

Warm-up to bottom of Avondale then use the following circuit for reps, regrouping into your packs after each rep. Up Avondale, through the hedge at the top and turn left along to Whitemoss Roundabout and then turn left again down the hill past St Brides and left again back into Avondale. Cool down to the club via the shortest route on finishing.

Alan