Training

York Knavesmire Harriers offer training sessions 3 days a week ranging from social runs on Monday and Thursday to coach led endurance training on Tuesday (track). There are also occasional hill rep sessions on some Thursdays (please check the calendar).

More details for these training sessions can be found below

Jun
19
Thu
Thursday Threshold Session @ Hamilton Panthers ( Outside )
Jun 19 @ 6:30 pm

Weekly threshold sessions to commence Thursday 10th AprilKnavesmire Road, 18:30 at (Hamilton Panthers).

Sessions will run from April until September and are designed to improve the body’s ability to buffer the build-up of lactic acid.

This particular training format assists with incremental improvements in endurance speed, particularly when employed regularly and made part of a structured training schedule.

These sessions involve repeated efforts at a comfortably hard pace over a measured mile and one-kilometre course, linked with appropriate recovery periods and warm-up/warm-down time.

Yours in running,
Richard Gott / CIRF

🗨 Thursday Social Run @ Knavesmire Road/Campleshon Road intersection
Jun 19 @ 6:30 pm
Jun
23
Mon
🗨 Monday Social Run @ Outside York College building entrance
Jun 23 @ 6:30 pm
Jun
24
Tue
👟 Track @ York University Track
Jun 24 @ 6:30 pm
👟 Track @ York University Track | United Kingdom

This is a coach-led session for all abilities, with structured warmups included at the start. The session tends to be roughly 5000m total of efforts, with recoveries in between. Each week is slightly different, you never know what you’re going to get.

Runners will be separated into self-selected groups according to their speed, with group 3 being the fastest group (generally sub-40 minutes for a 10k race). Please use the designated lanes for efforts, overtaking and recovery, in order to keep everyone safe. If you have a question then just ask the coaches and they’ll be happy to answer.

If you are new to track could you make yourself known to the coaches, so they can explain the sessions and help you work out which group is best for you.