Quality Sessions
Steady running throughout the week is fine and you will get better - slowly. To make a real marked improvement you need to add in some quality sessions, short & long intervals with short or long recovery times and (my favourite) – hills.
This is not just from coaching manuals but from personal experience, too. Since November 2009 I have been doing our club sessions on Tuesdays & Thursdays (well planned by Phil May). With my hilly Monday session at Whiteley (6 – 7.30pm) the intensity of my training has increased and my performances have improved. We work really hard in the sessions but the warm-ups, cool-downs & stretching give us the chance for friendly banter & chat – as you can imagine, particularly if our illustrious chairman is there!
So please come along & give these sessions a go and see for yourself how your times will improve. We meet at 7pm on Tuesdays at Locks Heath Sports & Social Club car park and Thursdays at Crofton Community Centre car park. Glen’s Speedsters meet at 6.30pm on Thursdays alternately at Locks Heath Sports & Social Club and Crofton Community Centre (see the club magazine & website for details of sessions). Penny Forse.