More details for these training sessions can be found below
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.
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