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Sessions for week commencing 4th August

Hi all, forms for next week are up. Please put your name down if you’re coming along.

Tuesday’s track session is 20 * (1 min / 1 min) recommended paces @ ~5K race pace, walk or slow jog recovery.

Amanda, Scully and Chris W are putting on another buddy hill rep session on Pit Top. Once again, meeting instructions are:
2 mile jog or thereabouts to the starting point OR you can meet directly there. They have built a new car park quite close to where you need to be. Meeting point is the stone bridge closest to the woods.

Pins for parking.
1. Pit Top: This brings you to the end of Jenkinson Grove, keep going after you reach this point, turn left and follow the lane around and you should find a new car park. To get to meeting point, follow the big gravel path

2. Race Course / Sandall Beat Wood: You will need to find your way through the woods and cross the railway bridge.

Thursday will be M9R (Amazon loop in reverse). This is about 7.8 miles with the detour that’s baked in and there are no shortcuts so you must be able to do this distance. Consider dropping down a group or two if you need to.

Sessions for week commencing 28th July

Good afternoon! Forms for the week are now up. Please make sure your name is down if you’re coming along.

Tuesday’s workout is to be reps of the track.

This is a multi-faceted session that can be tailored to whatever your focus is. For example, if you are in marathon training, do more reps at a lower pace (e.g. at 10K pace).
If you are working on your 5K and 10K times, do fewer reps but go harder.
Aim to make each rep of equal pace, whatever you’re doing.
Suggested workouts:
G1 marathon runners ONLY (unless you are doing at least 7 m/m per rep you will not have time to complete these before we need to leave the track)
* 8
G1 / high volume G2 (e.g. marathon runners)
* 7

Other marathon runners:
* 6
Everyone else
* 5 or 6
90s standing rests between each rep.

Thursday we’ll try that newish route last run in May. It’s just under 6 miles and there are no easy shortcuts unless you know your way back from the woods.

Sessions for week commencing 21st July

Hi all, form for this week is now up. Please put your name down if you’re coming along!

Tuesday’s session is a pyramid – 1-2-3-4-5-4-3-2-1 minute efforts with 1 minute rest between each.

Would suggest you work somewhere between your 5 and 10K target race pace for this one consistently across all reps (vs going up and down the ladder, which is something we’ve done in the past).

Don’t forget that we’re away on Thursday at Thorne Moors, leaving from The Dutchman.

If you haven’t already specified your food choice and intend to eat, please do that now.

See you in the week!

Sessions for week commencing 14th July

Hi all, forms for next week are now up. Please remember to put your name down!!!

Tuesday’s session is:
8 * (2 min / 1 min)
Paces to vary between 3K and 10K pace – 3K for those who have not raced this weekend and have no intention of racing Wednesday, somewhere at or slower for everyone else, depending on your priorities.
Alternatively, Amanda is taking a figure of 8 hill session on Lakeside with Chris W.

Thursday’s route is M3. This takes us mainly around the woods. There is a shortcut that makes it around 6 miles, the full route is closer to 7.

IF you know your way back from the woods then you could probably cut the run down to about 3 or so miles, but ON THAT NOTE…

If you don’t know where you are in these routes, we’d strongly encourage you to take your phone with you so that you can either navigate back with it OR use it to call for help if you get separated from your group.

Well done to everyone who raced today, well over 40 at Normanby alone.

Sessions for week commencing 7th July

Hi all, forms for next week are now up. Please remember to put your name down if you’re coming along to either of them!

Tuesday’s session:
2 * (4, 3, 2, 1) each off 60 seconds walking rest and at 10K race pace
1 min ADDITIONAL rest (making the last block 2 minutes in total)
1 min slow leading jog into
4 * (20 / 40) seconds fast strides, jogging between them

Thursday’s route is M5R (M5, in reverse – available for viewing on the website). It’s around 10K, there’s a bail out point quite early on across Cantley Park and one or two other spots if you know your way back, but otherwise you’ll need to commit to this one.

DonFaster entries will open Monday morning at around 9am. You’ll need to get in there quick if you want to race this!

Enjoy the rest of your weekend!