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Wednesday 31 August 2022
Club Training Thursday 1st September - Auldhouse TT
Sunday 28 August 2022
TTC Final Payments and Menu Choices
Alan
Club Training Monday 29th August
Wednesday 24 August 2022
Club Training Thursday 25th August
CLUB TRAINING TOPS AND T SHIRTS
As some of you will know weve been looking at new club zip tops and t shirts. These are now available to purchase direct from Migo Sports in Clarkston. The link to the website showing the items specific to Calderglen Harriers is in the Calderglen Harriers Clothing list on the left of this page. Sizes are on the website and range from 4XS to XL. The link is at the bottom of the clothing list but if anyone has difficulty accessing it let me know.
Russell
Sunday 21 August 2022
Club Training Monday 22nd August
Monday's session is a straightforward 10k pace session of 5 x 5 minutes at 10k pace/effort with a 3 minutes jog recovery. Due to rapidly fading light, the route is the Sainsbury's loop, starting the first rep from the main gate and proceeding in a clockwise direction around the loop. Plenty of Harriers have been racing 5k's and 10k's on the roads recently, so should be familiar with 10k effort/pace and the difference between that and 5k pace. Faster is not better in a session like this as doing the session too fast only results in extreme fatigue and poorer quality training in the subsequent days.
The warm-up is via the Strathaven Rd, as is the cool down. This session will also suit some of the "older" juniors, in which case they should do 3 x 5 minutes with 3 minutes jog recovery and then just jog around the loop for 20 or so minutes until the seniors are finished.
Alan
Wednesday 17 August 2022
Club Training Thursday 18th August
Sunday 14 August 2022
Club Training Monday 15th August - Chatelherault
This Monday is a steady lap of Chatelherault. Daylight is becoming an issue, so please arrive on time and ready to run at 19:30. For those leaving from EKSC, please be there ready to leave at 19:00 and put EKSC as the venue on your registration form. If going direct to Chatelherault, select "Training Venue" on the registration form.
This will be the final Chatelerhault of this year as the sun sets at 20:20 in two weeks time, making it too dark to run safely on the trails.
Alan
TTC Lade Inn Dinner Choices
Decision time for those signed up for the TTC. Once again the Lade Inn will be our host for Friday and Saturday evening dinners. Please make your choices using this form. Details of each dish (whether vegetarian or gluten free) are provided in the menu here. For those who have memorised the menu from previous TTC's, note that there is a new main course dish this year.
Note that the TTC fee includes 2 courses (starter + main or main + dessert); if you choose a third course, please pay Russell the extra £3.50 on the night (note that due to our somewhat make shift, last minute accommodation for this year, the breakfast choice we give you may be a little bit sketchy in comparison to previous years. So might be a good idea to fuel up at the Lade Inn to tide you through the following mornings' runs).
Finally, in this time of high inflation, the Lade Inn would appreciate if we could get our orders in well ahead of time just in case there is an unexpected demand for sticky toffee pudding for example and they have to re-stock. May I request that all menu choices are made by 31st August.
I have also sent an e-mail out to all participants repeating the above content.
Alan
Wednesday 10 August 2022
Club Training Thursday 11th August
Thursday's session begins a phase to develop strength, power and hence speed ahead of the relay racing season. The session is 8 x 30 seconds hill reps at 3k race effort, so pretty fast. Jog down recovery. The hill is the one at Langlands. The aim of the exercise is to reach the same point on the hill in each rep, i.e. to be consistent. This is quite a short session compared to what we have been doing but the emphasis is more on speed. However, keep it sensible; it's not sprinting, it's fast running.
Warm-up via the glen, coming out of the glen at Langlands. Cool down via Sainsburys and the Strathaven Rd.
Alan
Sunday 7 August 2022
Club Training Monday 8th August
Monday's session is another 10k pace session but with slightly longer reps than in the previous weeks. The session is 5 x 5 minutes at 10k pace with a 3 minute jog recovery. With these longer reps it is important to judge the pace accurately and if anything, err on the side of slightly slower as if the wheels fall off through going too fast, a 5 minute effort is a long time to be struggling. Try to keep the effort absolutely even on each rep although the pace will vary up and down depending on the slope of the road.
The route for this one is the Sainsbury's loop which gives a good mixture of flat, uphill and downhill for approximately one third of each lap. Warm up via Strathaven Rd and around to Sainsbury's main gate, immediately after which the first rep starts.
Alan
Wednesday 3 August 2022
Club Training - Thursday 4th August
Thursday is the final daylight Auldhouse 5k Time Trial (September's final one will be in the twilight zone), so a chance for a course best if the weather plays the game.
As usual, warm up via Strathaven Rd and round by Sainsbury's to Langlands. The start order is the reverse of the pack list. For those who don't register for training, please do so for the Auldhouse 5k as it makes the life of the volunteer timers easier if they have a ready made list already sorted in start order. Talking of which, as Eddie is in the US of A and Russell is on holiday, I could do with a couple of volunteers to time the TT and e-mail me the results afterwards for the Auldhouse 5k database (link to all previous results is in the blog menu on the left).
Alan