BRAMPTON TO CARLISLE 10 MILE ROAD RACE

 The Harriers have gone to this event annually since 1986 and some have been to almost every event. We have booked a bus so for those that are new to the club. The bus will leave the Sports club at 7am on Sunday 16th Nov and travel to Brampton. This will get us there in plenty time for warm ups, team photo etc before the race starts at 10.00am. At the finish depending how long we take to run we will have a few hours in Carlisle and time to have a refreshment or two and a good chat about how our runs went. We will then leave for Moffat for a meal and the presentations of our Brampton trophies to our first Lady and Gent and the all important reveal of the sweep winner (please bring £1 cash for the sweep). Back on the bus and back in East Kilbride for about 7pm. Note the earlier times from previous years as the race starts at 10am now.

£20 will secure your place on the bus and should be paid asap. If you opt to pay this direct to the club bank acc then drop Russell a message to say its done and your place is then secure. At this point i dont know what the meal cost will be but probably about £20 and this will be collected on the day. If your coming on the bus please leave your name HERE. If youve added your name it will appear Here.

Guests can come on the bus too so if you know anyone that wants to run then let them know the details.

As this is a long day you probably should bring something to eat on the bus for before the run and after to see you through to our dinner in Moffat

Entries are now only an online option so everyone will have to take care of their own entry. Details are on the sportsoft website and you will have to sign in for a login with sport soft and this link should take you to it Sportsoft Online Entries 

CLUB RACING T SHIRTS

 

A couple of years ago we ordered some racing T shirts as some of the members had requested them. We are going to place another order but need to know who wants to buy one. We are unsure of the cost at this point but based on the cost the last time there probably going to be somewhere in the region of £25. 

The minimum order is 3 per size in multiples of 3 per size & a total of at least 12 garments across the sizes/gender.

To establish if there would be enough interest from our members for the club to buy a small stock of these in, if interested could you please add your name to this form with the quantity of each size which you would like to buy (the form allows multiple choices).

Sizes are as follows:

Mens        Chest Size

Small          36"

Medium        38"

Large          40"

XL             42"

XXL             44"

Ladies      Chest Size

8/XS           32"

10/Small        34"

12/Medium      36"

14/Large        38"

16/XL           40"

Juniors (Sized by Age)

5 to 6 years

7 to 8

9 to 10

11 to 12

13 to 14

15 to 16

WEST DISTRICT XC RELAY TEAMS

 Teams for this Saturday are as follows

Young Females 11.00am   Leg1  C Buchanan  Leg 2 L Rooney  Leg 3 O Rooney

Young Males  11.45am   Leg 1 L MacArthur  Leg 2 R Rooney   Leg 3 H Anderson

Ladies  1.00pm   Leg 1  C McSorley   Leg 2  E Carroll    Leg 3  F Ferguson

Men A  2.15pm  1  J Grant   2  A Higgins  3  I MacLean   4  K Wheeler

Men B  2.15pm   1  R Pattinson   2  S Hair   3  G McInally   4   R Couper

Juniors will have arrival instructions from Andy/Lorraine. For the senior teams please arrive at least 40mins before the race start to allow number distribution and warm ups

I will pick up the race numbers and be at the club tent

We have places available with another male and female team due to withdrawels if anyone wants to run let me know asap and i will check we can get you entered.

Russell

Club Training Thursday 9th October

Thursday's session is a threshold session but with relatively short reps and short recoveries compared to our usual threshold sessions. This makes the session less tiring than the usual long threshold reps but only if you do the session correctly! If done correctly then those doing the West XC Relays on Saturday will be fully recovered by Saturday whilst getting the training stimulus of the session.

The session is 12 x 2 minutes at threshold with a 30 second jog recovery. The pace is threshold which will be slightly slower than 10 mile race pace for the faster runners and 10k pace for those whose 10k time is in the vicinity of 50 minutes to an hour. If you set off at 5k pace for this session, then you will not get the training effect but you will be knackered. 

For a change, the session is laps of Colvilles Place (Futura laps). Warm up via Strathaven Rd and Greenhills Rd and then turn right into Singer Rd and right into Colvilles Rd and along to Colvilles Place. Be extremely careful with the road crossings and watch out for uneven pavements and pot holes. Do the laps in an anti-clockwise direction. The cool down is the reverse of the warm-up.

Alan

Club Training Monday 6th October

Monday's session is split between those who were doing GSR and those who were not. For those who were not doing GSR, the session is at Langlands Place as follows:

12 x 400m at 5k pace with 1 minute stand/jog around recovery. Hopefully the wind has died down making consistent times per 400m possible to achieve. If it is windy, then just try to make the down wind reps consistent with each other and the up wind reps consistent with each other (but slower than the up wind reps).

For those who were running GSR and who are training, the run is a recovery run. Do easy laps of the Sainsburys loop until the others have finished their 400m reps.

Alan 

Grand Prix Races 2025-2026 - initial batch

The first batch of races for the forthcoming Grand Prix are listed here. Depending on what the final details of the West XC League races are, one of those races will be in the GP. Provisionally it will be race 2 or 3 of the league as those allow us to space the GP races out a little bit whereas race 1 is right in the congested part of the XC season.

Alan

Club Training Thursday 2nd October

Thursday's session is an easy, pre-race run with strides. For those not doing the GSR or any other race at the weekend, this will be an opportunity for an easier run, building the low intensity, aerobic volume that should form the majority of our training.

The route is not very imaginative unfortunately. Run up to the NEL roundabout and then straight through to pick up the Queensway. Thereafter carry on to West Mains Rd, follow that back past the railway station to Lidl and back up Churchill Avenue to the Strathaven Rd and the club. Fit in 6 x approx 100m gradual accelerations to 10k pace and hold that 10k pace for the second half of each 100m. Do this on the slight downhill or flat sections of the course, starting the first one when you reach the first downhill stretch of the Queensway. Thereafter, decide within your packs where to do each set of strides.

We have had a few trips and falls on club runs in recent weeks. Spread yourself out within your pack so that you can see what is coming up ahead and stay focused!

Alan