Club Training Thursday 5th September - Auldhouse 5k TT.

Thursday is the final Auldhouse 5k of the year and weather conditions look good (by the standards of this Summer). This one starts and finishes in Auldhouse so needs a slightly different judgement of pace with a hilly second half. Register as normal as this list forms the start list on the timing system. Wear something briggt/reflective as it will be dark by the finish.

See you there. 

Alan 

40th Anniversary Interviews - Kai Wheeler

 In the next of our interview series Richard Lawton has interviewed junior member Kai Wheeler. Kai has been a member with us since 2015 and is also a brilliant photographer. For those that don’t know it was Kai who took the 40 formation photos for us that we are using to promote our 40th anniversary.

WEST DISTRICT CROSS COUNTRY RELAYS

Our first cross country outing this year will be the West District relays on 5th Oct. This is also the first race of the 2024/2025 Calderglen Harriers Grand Prix, so a good opportunity to get early points on the board.

For those new to the club please ask at the club for details of these events as there will be a whole host of cross country races coming up over the whole winter season.

The venue is at Ayrshire athletics arena (Kilmarnock).

Ladies over 3 legs and Men over 4 (4k per leg)

Cost is £7 per head

Ladies start at 13.00 and Men at 14.15

I need names by Tuesday 17th September

Please make sure your SA number is up to date both at entry time and for the competition date.

If you wish entered please leave your name HERE those already registered are listed HERE.

We will run partial teams if the numbers do not add up, so don't worry if it looks like there is not enough for a team. Enter anyway and you will get a run.

Calderglen Harriers 40th Anniversary Photo Album

An album has been created to collect photos capturing the Harriers in all the things we do and have done in the period since the 25th anniversary album was released (see the Calderglen 25 Archive link in the menu to the left of the blog for all the early stuff).

The 40th Anniversary Album is here and is also available via the Calderglen 40 Archive link in the menu on the left. Please feel free to join the album and add photos of the Harriers. I have added a few to get started and shall gradually add more from the 100's I have. For future reference, when you add a photo, could you please click the info button and fill in the description with where it is, what the event is and who is in the photo.

Alan

Calderglen Harriers 40th Anniversary Ceilidh

 

We would like to invite all current and former members plus partners to a ceilidh to celebrate our 40th anniversary on Saturday 26th October at 7pm. Please pass this info on to former harriers you are still in touch with.

Please RSVP to calderglenharriers@outlook.com

Club Training Monday 2nd September

Continuing the contrast between strength/speed and endurance in this current, pre-race season block of training, Monday's session is a threshold session of relatively short reps (for threshold at least). The session is 4 x 6 minutes at threshold. Remember that irrespective of whether we are doing 4 x 6, 2 x 12 or 1 x 24 minutes at threshold, the effort level and hence pace is the same. So please do not be tempted to run 6 minute reps as fast as you can and do hold the pace/effort back to comfortably hard. Threshold should be 2 or 3 word talking effort level or a level you could keep going for about 1 hour in a race, so 4 x 6 minutes should be very much under control. The recovery after each 6 minute rep is a 2 minute jog. This session will be around the Sainsburys loop in a clockwise direction, starting the first rep just past Sainsdbury's entrance gate as usual. Moderate the pace on the uphill and downhills to keep the effort level constant.

Finally, remember that Thursday is the September Auldhouse 5k, the final one of the year. Attendance at the time trials has been excellent this year, so lets keep the trend going for the final one. This final one starts/finishes in Auldhouse, mainly so that I can stand under a lamp post to see the timing/results!

Alan

TTC Menu Choices

Hi All

Everyone who is registered for the TTC has been sent an e-mail with the Lade Inn menu choice form for the Friday and Saturday dinners. However, a few of the messages bounced back as they were suspected of being spam, so I am repeating the message here just in case you didn't get the e-mail.

Dear TTC participants

It is once more that time to make one of the biggest decisions of the TTC Training Camp; what to have for dinner. For those who have been before, there will be a sense of familiarity with the menu and you may already know what your choices are. However, could everyone please fill in this form with your menu choices as soon as possible and certainly before the end of Sunday 15th September. Due to our very large group, I have to compile the menu choices and get them to the Lade Inn several days in advance.

The menu containing more details is here: Lade Inn menu.

Remember that your TTC entry fee includes two courses which can either be a a starter and main or a main and dessert. Select "none" for the course you are not taking. You can also select three courses on either or both nights (I am) and Russell will collect the extra money for that on the night of each meal. Finally, there is an option at the end of the form to receive an e-mail of your menu choices. I will have a list of all the choices made with me on the night of each meal too.

Alan