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Wednesday 31 January 2024
Club Training Thursday 1st February
Sunday 28 January 2024
Club Training Monday 29th January - Brancumhall
NATIONAL XC CHAMPIONSHIP ( FALKIRK )
This years National XC Championship will again be held in Callendar Park Falkirk on Saturday 24th February.
Start times u/13 Girls 11.00 Boys 11.16 (3.2k)
u/15 Girls 11.32 Boys 11.53 (4.3k)
u/17 Boys 12.15 Girls 12.20 (6.2k)
Senior Women 12.55 (10k)
u/20 Men 13.50 Women 13.55 (6.8k)
Senior Men 14.30 (10k)
Cost is u/17 and younger £7.00 and u/20 and older £8.50
Please make sure your SA registration is up to date for the time of entry and the race date.
I need names by Tuesday 6th February.
If you wish entered please leave your name HERE. Those registered are listed HERE.
Friday 26 January 2024
SVHC ROAD RELAY (STRATHCLYDE PARK)
Teams updated
Sunday 28th is the Masters Road Relay at Strathclyde Park.
Race start is at 11.00 and you should be there for 10.15.
I will register the teams and collect the numbers for distribution.
If your going to be late or can no longer make it please let me know asap.
There is 2 spaces available for the Ladies teams if anyone is still looking for a run.
Provisional Teams are
Ladies A A lessells, C McSorley, J Whittle
Ladies B F Ferguson, Spare, Spare
M50 D Watt, M Howell, S Phimister, G Ferguson
M35 K McPhillips, K Leinster, R Gibson, R Couper
If theres any more Men want a run let me know and if theres no withdrawals i will see if i can get another team entered.
Russell
Wednesday 24 January 2024
Club Training Thursday 25th January
Thursday's session is the 4-hills again, the intention being to continue to build strength and endurance through the Winter season. This time, run easy between the hills but pick up the pace on each hill. Therefore, some reps will be long at say 10k race effort and some hills will be short at 5k or faster effort. There are of course many more than 4 hills! Within your pack, take it in turn to call the start and end of each up-hill effort. This is a continuous session so don't stop at the top of each hill, just slow down to an easy pace such that your pack can regroup on the run. Follow the 4-hills in the usual direction, starting off with the Kingsway, the Village and Market Hill.
Alan
Monday 22 January 2024
West Cross Country Leauge - Race 2 - Bellahouston Park
Sunday 21 January 2024
Club Training Monday 22nd January
Monday's session is back to a bit of pace to balance out the threshold, long reps and long hill reps we have been doing the past month. The session is at Langlands Place and is 12 x 400m at 10k pace with 30 secs stand/jog recovery. Usual warm-up via Strathaven Rd and Sainsburys.
Alan
Grand Prix Update
After Saturday's West Cross Country League race 2 at Bellahouston, some gaps are starting to open up at the head of the ladies' and men's Grand Prix and Club Championship tables. Julia Pechlof has a comprehensive lead in both the Grand Prix and Club Championship whilst Russell Couper has made an early charge to the front of the men's Grand Prix. In the men's Club Championship, Andrew Buchanan has established a big lead. Full tables are at the usual link in the "Calderglen Harriers Grand Prix" menu to the left of the blog.
Further updates to the list of Grand Prix races have been made with the Tom Scott 10 mile and Round the Houses 10k dates confirmed. The dates and links to the race entry web sites are in the list here and in the Grand Prix Races link in the menu to the left of the blog.
Alan
Wednesday 17 January 2024
Club Training Thursday 18th January
Monday 15 January 2024
WEST LEAGUE XC
This Saturday 20th January we have the West League XC
Venue is Bellahouston Park at the High Flats end of Mosspark Boulevard
Race times are as follows U/11 girls 11.30, U/11 Boys 11.45
U/13 Girls 12.00, U/13 Boys 12.20
U/15 combined 12.40 U/17 combined 13.00
Juniors, Seniors, Masters combined 13.30
Cost is £3 each
This is not a pre entry as names are submitted after the event but it would be helpful if i know in advance whose coming so i have the numbers there in time so please let me know on the whatsapp group if your coming and if the Juniors could let Andrew or Lorraine know.
Reminder that participants need to be Scottish Athletics members and that this is a Grand Prix event
Next League event will be Saturday 10th February in Erskine.
Russell
Sunday 14 January 2024
Club Training Monday 15th January (Brancumhall)
We continue with our strength and endurance training at Brancumhall. I wish I had thought of this quip but I paraphrase the great Norwegian 400m hurdler Karsten Warholm when I say that the "WINter training is where the WIN comes from"!! Check this out (in -21C): https://www.instagram.com/reel/C1wxscXMqE3/?igsh=enFsMzZjODhldnhq
So the Brancumhall session is 7 x 1 lap at 5k to 8k race effort. Each lap is about 800m. As with last week, the recovery durations are pack dependent. For those packs that are running 5k in 22 minutes or less, the recovery is 2 minutes. For those packs running 5k in 22 to 26 minutes, the recovery is 2.5 minutes. For those packs running 5k in greater than 26 minutes, the recovery is 3 minutes. I recommend that everyone keeps their shirts on though, snow or no snow.
Should there be snow, then we shall move this session to the golf course. In this case, the session will be on the hill either side of the line of trees we used last time we did golf course reps. One rep will be two laps of that course. Warm up by running the lap up to the location for the reps and then cool down by returning by completing the lap to the club.
Alan
MASTERS XC CHAMPIONSHIP
This years Masters XC championship will be held on Sunday 11th Feb.
Venue is Grant Park in Forres.
Start time is 13.00 for Ladies and 13.45 for Men
6k for Ladies W40+ with M65 and 8k for M40+
Cost is £8.50 and i need names by 23rd January
If you want entered please leave your name HERE Those already registered are listed HERE
Wednesday 10 January 2024
Club Training Thursday 11th January
Thursday's session is an easy paced run around the 4-hills to continue building strength and endurance through the winter and cross country season. Do not push the pace on any part of this run and finish feeling relaxed. Run via the village and Market Hill and follow the route around in the usual sequence of hills from there.
Alan
Sunday 7 January 2024
Club Training Monday 8th January
The session on Monday is on the Sainsburys Loop. However the forecast suggests the temperatures will be sub-zero and ice on the pavements could be a problem. Therefore, I am proposing only using part of the Sainsburys loop such that the reps can be completed entirely on the road rather than the pavement, assuming that the road is salted and ice-free.
The session is 5 x 1km at 5k race pace. For those packs that are running 5k in 22 minutes or less, the recovery is 2 minutes. For those packs running 5k in 22 to 26 minutes, the recovery is 2.5 minutes. For those packs running 5k in greater than 26 minutes, the recovery is 3 minutes. Be pragmatic about the recovery e.g. if 3 of your pack are currently running sub 26 and 1 of your pack members is running 26:30, the recovery for your pack is 2.5 minutes. This is not a precise science! The recovery is a jog around/on the spot in the vicinity of where the rep finishes.
The route starts at Sainsburys main gate (on the road, not the pavement, unless it is not icy) and follows the usual loop in clockwise direction. The first rep should end around about the junction with Greenhills Rd at the top of the hill. Jog about up there during the recovery and then do rep two in the reverse direction. This is a wide, well lit road so should be safe to run on the road, but as always, be vigilant of traffic and prioritise safety over finishing a rep.
Alan
Wednesday 3 January 2024
Club Training - Thursday 4th January
Happy New Year everyone!
For Thursday's session we are back to the Winter strength endurance training block with a repeat of the Lickprivick hill reps session from a few weeks ago. The strength comes from the hill and the endurance comes from the fact that the reps are long and the total distance of the session is high.
Warm-up via the usual Murray Rd route to the bottom of Lickprivick and then do 4 x 3 mins uphill, jog down recovery + 4 x 2 mins uphill, jog down recovery as a continuous session at threshold effort, i.e as soon as you reach the bottom, turn around and start the next rep. Make sure your pack regroups on the jog down rather than having to hang around at the bottom to regroup. The cool down is the reverse of the warm up.
Monday's session is 1km reps at Langlands.
Alan
Tuesday 2 January 2024
MEMBERSHIP FEES 2024
Membership fees this year will be kept the same as last year and are as follows. This includes both Sports Club and Harriers fees.
· FAMILY - £194.00 - Includes 2 Adults & all children age 6 to under 18 years.
· ORDINARY/ SOCIAL - £130.00 - Open to individual adults 21 year and over (but under National Pension Age).
· INTERMEDIATE - £90.00 - Open to individuals aged 18 and under 21 years.
· JUNIOR - £50.00 - Open to all youngsters age 6 but under 18 years.
· RETIRED FAMILY - £114.00 - As Family (above), but applicable where both adults are over National Pension Age *
· RETIRED ORDINARY - £90.00 - As Ordinary (above), but applicable to those over National Pension Age *
Payments should start in January and can be paid in full or monthly in 10 instalments. If anyone is experiencing any difficulties and needs to make alternate arrangements then please feel free to discuss it in private with me (Russell) and we can see if we can find an alternate arrangement