Performance Award Scheme Launched

I am pleased to announce that the Calderglen Harriers Performance Award Scheme has now been formally launched. The scheme has been developed with the assistance of EKGTA Ltd to recognise and motivate individual progression and improvement through training.

Race times set at accurate road race or track events at the distances of 5k, 10k, 10 mile, half-marathon and marathon will count towards the awards. Awards will be presented in two categories: absolute performance (running a very fast time relative to national age group standards) and setting personal bests (PB’s), both absolute and age group. With the inclusion of the latter category, every Harrier has the potential to achieve an award if they train hard and improve.

The full rules, performance tables and results forms can be downloaded from the club web site using this link:
http://www.calderglenharriers.org.uk/perfawardforms.html

There will be a presentation and question/answer session on the scheme after training on Thursday 4th June. For those that cannot make Thursdays, there will be a Monday night presentation at a date yet to be decided.

Auldhouse Time Trial Update

As you will all see, the voting is close between the 5.2km and 5km options. By way of some party political broadcasting, can I state that the soon to be launched Calderglen Performance and PB Award Scheme will require you to set performance standards or PB's at 3 out of 5 event distances in any one year to qualify for a performance award. The 5 distances are 5k, 10k, 10 mile, half marathon and marathon. Furthermore, you will require to have run at least 3 events at any specific distance before the time can count as a pb.

I can see from the pb data that we have collected so far that very few people have run a 5k road or 5000m track race hence they are limiting themselves to 3 out of 4 possible event distances.

The Auldhouse time trial course will be accurately measured and hence would count for the purpose of 5k standards or PB's. That is why I suggested the 5k option. If you have already voted, it is possible to change your vote assuming you use the same PC to do so. Voting closes next Tuesday.

Walter Ross Memorial and Helensburgh 10k's

We are well into the season of mid-week 10k's and the Harriers are spreading themselves far and wide to participate. On Wednesday 21st May, Stuart Waugh competed in the Scottish Veteran Harriers Walter Ross Memorial 10k at Lochinch, finishing first in the M55 class in a time of 39:57, a welcome return to form after a disappointing Kilmarnock 10k.

The following evening David Herbertson raced the Helensburgh 10k and further improved his pb to 41:23.

Womens 10k and Monklands Half

Fine weather and a fabulous field of over 10,000 set the scene for impressive Harrier performances on the South side of Glasgow on Sunday 18th May at the Resolution Asset Management Womens 10k. Harrier to be (we hope) Laura-Anne Maguire set an extremely impressive new pb of 41:58, finishing in 52nd position. Also on the pb trail, Sandra Reid took another minute off her pb, finishing in 47:58 and Alison Crooks continued her progression finishing in 49:38.

Meanwhile, in deepest Lanarkshire, Alan Cullie was the only Harrier to venture round the streets of Coatbridge in the Monklands Half Marathon. No official results have emerged yet but the word is that Alan finished a fine 5th in around 1:24, which included an unplanned diversion off course courtesy of some fine upstanding local youths.

Open Graded Grand Prix Series

As part of the Scottish Athletics Grand Prix series there will be an open graded meeting at the John Wright track on Wednesday 23rd July. Events will include an 800m and a 3k. For further information, please go to www.scotthishathletics.org.uk

Malcolm

The Auldhouse Time Trial

As part of the on-going process to monitor improvements in response to training I would like to introduce a regular time trial around the Auldhouse circuit. We did this last September and you can see how you all did here:
http://spreadsheets.google.com/ccc?key=p_aBIInrxrvNTOIeoyZQMQw&hl=en_GB

The circuit starts and finishes at the Langlands Golf Course Club House junction and, you'll be pleased to know, proceeds in a clockwise direction down the steep hill, past Park Farm, turn right along Leaburn Road and then first right down the hill and back up to Auldhouse Cross, turn right and all the way back to Langlands. This is a 3.25 mile circuit (5.2km). I'll take a vote to see if you want the start or finish moved to shorten it to precisely 5k. Vote using the buttons on the menu to the left.

The time trial will take place on the following Thursday nights as part of normal club training:
5th June, 10th July, 7th August and 4th September.

Chatelherault Lap Times

As announced at the club, we are gathering everyone's times for each training session at Chatelherault. The purpose of this is to track how everyone is doing through the Summer training season. We didn't get around to collecting the times after the first two Chatelherault sessions, so could you please leave a comment on this blog post, recording your name, the time you took for the lap and whether or not you did the full lap or a reduced version of it. If you did not record the time, let us know who you finished the lap with as most people were sticking to their assigned packs and we can work out your time that way.

The first session was on 28th April and the second session on 12th May. You can view what times we have already here:

http://spreadsheets.google.com/ccc?key=p_aBIInrxrvMplUqkL3CtPg&hl=en_GB

If you can't leave a comment on the blog for some reason, let Genevieve know what your time was.

Thanks
Alan