More details for these training sessions can be found below
- Please sign in to the attendance book before commencement of the training session.
Follow Coach instructions and maintain social distance.
Runners will be separated into groups and use designated lanes for efforts, overtaking and recovery.
Hot on the heels of the cross country training sessions, David Morrison and Toby Hone will be launching threshold sessions on the first Thursday of each month, starting on 5 October.
The sessions are aimed at everyone across all abilities. Please wear hi-vis clothing and bring a headtorch if you have one.
So if you’re looking to supplement your training with what promises to be some fantastic varied threshold training, come along to Threshold Thursday!
What is a threshold session?
Also known as tempo running, threshold sessions involve running at a moderate to hard effort
for a longer period of time. The intensity of these runs are typically between 60 – 80% effort,
or a pace at which you can only manage a few words at a time between breaths (comfortably
hard). It isn’t as quick as an interval or rep on the track.
Threshold training is suitable for all ability levels and our sessions at York Knavesmire
Harriers are created and organised in a way which allows all to take part, no matter their
running speed or experience.
A warm up and a cool down are included within the session.
How does it help my running?
Threshold sessions allow the body to improve its ability to deal with lactate by training your
lactate threshold; the body can become better at breaking down increasing levels of lactate
to be used as energy, which delays fatigue in a race. In simple terms, this means you will be
able to run at a faster pace for longer before that classic heavy, burning leg feeling we all
experience creeps in.
When and where are the sessions?
AUTUMN
THRESHOLD
SESSIONS 2023
The sessions take place on the first Thursday of every month. We meet at 6:30pm , see newsletter email/whatsapp for location