It is important that the sessions we do each week contrast with each other i.e. the Monday and Thursday sessions should each be challenging a different aspect of fitness. Whereas Monday (and the coming weeks) focused on long reps at threshold effort, the Thursday session is looking to develop power and speed as we head towards the short relay season on road and country. The starter session this week is 10 x 30 seconds hill reps at a hard effort but not sprinting. i.e. try to use your normal running style for say a 5k race on the flat but focus on maintaining that same style despite the fact you are going up a steep hill. That means you are overloading precisely those muscle combinations you would use if running at race pace on the flat but with extra load from going up hill. You'll be wondering what the hill is. Well it's our usual fading daylight hill at Langlands. Warm up via the glen. Cool down via Sainsburys and back to Strathaven Rd.
After a rep session such as this, it is particularly important that everyone stretches after the session as the muscles will tighten considerably after a running strength and speed session such as this. So gather together with Eddie in the club and do the stretches afterwards.
Alan
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