It's a threshold Thursday but at the lower end of threshold rather than the gasping out 3 or 4 words end. The session is 5 x 6 minutes at threshold (controlled discomfort, can't hold a conversation but can say 3 or 4 words) with 2 minutes jog recovery. Remember that threshold is a level of effort, not a pace, so the pace will vary for the same effort depending on hills and wind direction. Don't accelerate too fast at the start of each rep as initially threshold will seem too easy, but give it a couple of minutes into each rep and you will know that you are working when the oxygen deficit starts to kick-in.
Warm-up along Strathaven Rd to Sainsburys and start the first effort at Langlands (where the finish line for the Auldhouse TT is). Run towards Auldhouse and turn left at the cross down the steep hill. Turn right on Leaburn Rd and follow it until it bends to the right and down the steep hill. Turn right at the bottom and then left past the kennels and back along Shields Rd to Greenhills Rd. Return to the club via Greenhills Rd and Strathaven Rd.
Alan
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