Training nights
Training takes place on Tuesday, Thursday and occasionally Friday evenings - ready to run at 7pm (6.30pm Fridays).
Tuesdays involve different groups and will involve some speedwork or faster paced runs. The routes may go off-road so bring a headtorch if you want to take part in these.
Thursdays involve 1 or 2 groups running at a steady pace - sometimes off-road as well as around the town.
Some well-tested routes are as follows:
Loop to West Hallam 6.5 miles route
Out and back to Heanor 7.7 miles route
Kimberley 8.4 miles route
Bypass Race route 5.3km route
Trowell 7.6 miles route
Training runs for January 2012
Thurs 5th Jan - run to Mapperley ~ 6 miles.
Tuesday 10th Jan - intervals - 6 x 3 mins
Thurs 12th Jan - run to Trowell/Stapleford
(Sun 15th Jan - xc at Shipley Cricket Club)
Tues 17th Jan - hilly loops
Thurs 19th Jan - run to Strelley 7-8 miles
Tues 24th Jan - 4x 1000m intervals
Thurs 26th Jan - run to West Hallam ~7 miles
Tues 31st Jan - hill reps
These are events/training sessions that will be held on Tuesday & Thursday evenings. Other training groups can continue to operate normally if they wish. When the nights are dark it's advisable to carry a torch and also wear high-visibility clothing as we'll often go off-road.
STRETCHING - if you don't do it after a session then you'll be more likely to get injured. There, thats it. Simple really.
CORE STABILITY - probably the most important training that you can do as you need to be able to balance and control the amount of movement of the torso in order to go quickly without risking injury. Plenty of exercises on the internet. Do some.
RUNNING WITH AN INJURY - Don't do it basically. Have a massage, go for a swim, do some core work, put your feet up - anything but running on hard pavements.
Enjoy the running.