Club Training Thursday 21st September

It is a threshold Thursday this week. The session is 4 x 8 minutes at threshold with a 2:30 jog recovery. Remember that we are running to a level of effort and not to a pace. The effort will stay the same but the pace will vary depending on whether you are running uphill, downhill, into the wind, on soft ground or hard ground. So the effort level is such that you could say only 2 or 3 words comfortably if asked to talk after a few minutes into each repetition. Do the session on the Carron Place loop, running continuously and starting each rep where ever you are when the recovery time is up. This will give a mix of flat, uphill and downhill sections to practice controlling the effort level. Warm-up/Cool-down via Strathaven Rd and Greenhills Rd.

Monday's session will be the first of our fortnightly Brancumhall sessions and will be approximately 400m reps. Get the cross-country footwear looked out and last year's mud chiselled off in preparation.

Alan