Monday's session is the fist cross-country session of this season at Brancumhall. For those new to this, the session is on the grass around the perimeter of Brancumhall football pitches. There is one small bank to run up on the lap but otherwise the loop is flat. The underfoot conditions range from firm to soft, depending on the weather. At this stage of the year, I expect the conditions to be reasonably firm, therefore a trail shoe should be fine, although if you have cross-country spikes, now is the time to get used to them. The streetlights cast light around the periphery of the pitches and you will find that your eyes soon adjust to the conditions. One Harrier is usually kind enough to take all of the off-road shoes down to Brancumhall in their car, everyone else running there in their usual road shoes.
The session is similar to last week's Carron Place session i.e. threshold:
6 x 1 lap (approx 800m) at threshold with 2 minutes jog recovery. During the recovery, jog on round the lap and each subsequent rep starts/finishes wherever you are on the lap after the 2 minute recovery. As always, consistency is the name of the game and as this is threshold, nobody should be bent over double after any of the reps.
Alan
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