Manchester Harriers and Athletics Club
Established 1886. Track and Field. Road Running. Cross Country.
Every adjective I can think of for 2020 is already a cliché, but it’s now September and – as promised – we’re back with a focussed training plan for the next four months. Aimed at competition in 2021, the details are here. TL;DR it gets harder from here.
This week:
Tuesday 1st September
5 mile short effort Fartlek (including 1 mile w/u, w/d)
Thursday 3rd
400/800/1200/1600/1200/800/400m
2 min (200m jog) recovery
Long run 10-12 mile
Nominal mileage 23
We’re still looking at September to start a four month progressive ramp up of training – to get us race fit for when we hope there will be races. So you could think of August as a relaxing break. This week’s Wythenshawe sessions:
Note: no changing, train in groups of no more than six – Contact Malcolm, Debbie or Chris before attending.
Don’t worry if you training has taken a back seat recently, we can adapt the sessions for you – running with others is great for motivation.
Also each week or 10-day period should include
The disruption of our Spring and Summer objectives presents a number of challenges. More here.
The proposal is to commence a four month training period with progression of mileage, volume and pace in September. This year there will be modifications to the plan regarding recoveries, length of repetitions and target pace.
Due to the recent issues the crucial element of hill runs could not be exploited in early Spring and this form of session will be added. This is also a good opportunity to experiment with pace, heart rate analysis and cycle lengths.
The training mix will comprise of Steady and Tempo runs, long runs, Long and medium intervals, Style Sprints and Hill runs (not in the same week!). Variety with a number of paces.
Not specified but as this is normally a competitive part of the year (both on the track and the road)
Aim at a comfortable mileage for your circumstances, I expect this will typically be 20 -25 miles a week but higher for those with half marathon and marathon targets. In addition to the Tuesday and Thursday training sessions.
We’re still looking at September to start a four month progressive ramp up of training – to get us race fit for when we hope there will be races. So you could think of August as a relaxing break. This week’s Wythenshawe sessions:
Note: no changing, train in groups of no more than six – Contact Malcolm, Debbie or Chris before attending.
Don’t worry if you training has taken a back seat recently, we can adapt the sessions for you – running with others is great for motivation.
Also each week or 10-day period should include
The disruption of our Spring and Summer objectives presents a number of challenges. More here.
The proposal is to commence a four month training period with progression of mileage, volume and pace in September. This year there will be modifications to the plan regarding recoveries, length of repetitions and target pace.
Due to the recent issues the crucial element of hill runs could not be exploited in early Spring and this form of session will be added. This is also a good opportunity to experiment with pace, heart rate analysis and cycle lengths.
The training mix will comprise of Steady and Tempo runs, long runs, Long and medium intervals, Style Sprints and Hill runs (not in the same week!). Variety with a number of paces.
Not specified but as this is normally a competitive part of the year (both on the track and the road)
Aim at a comfortable mileage for your circumstances, I expect this will typically be 20 -25 miles a week but higher for those with half marathon and marathon targets. In addition to the Tuesday and Thursday training sessions.
We’re still looking at September to start a four month progressive ramp up of training – to get us race fit for when we hope there will be races. So you could think of August as a relaxing break. This week’s Wythenshawe sessions:
What could be more relaxing?
Note: no changing, train in groups of no more than six – Contact Malcolm, Debbie or Chris before attending.
Don’t worry if you training has taken a back seat recently, we can adapt the sessions for you – running with others is great for motivation.
Also each week or 10-day period should include
The disruption of our Spring and Summer objectives presents a number of challenges. More here.
The proposal is to commence a four month training period with progression of mileage, volume and pace in September. This year there will be modifications to the plan regarding recoveries, length of repetitions and target pace.
Due to the recent issues the crucial element of hill runs could not be exploited in early Spring and this form of session will be added. This is also a good opportunity to experiment with pace, heart rate analysis and cycle lengths.
The training mix will comprise of Steady and Tempo runs, long runs, Long and medium intervals, Style Sprints and Hill runs (not in the same week!). Variety with a number of paces.
Not specified but as this is normally a competitive part of the year (both on the track and the road)
Aim at a comfortable mileage for your circumstances, I expect this will typically be 20 -25 miles a week but higher for those with half marathon and marathon targets. In addition to the Tuesday and Thursday training sessions.
Our track training sessions at Wythenshawe are up and running – with restrictions: Members must contact their coach before attending – please don’t just turn up.
The latest fixtures list is below, but there’s little change: no events are being run until late September at the earliest – and even those are subject to change.
Manchester Harriers and Athletics Club 