Training with Penny Lane Striders

We have a fairly large membership with a wide range of athletic ability, and we aim to make available training suitable for all standards. Our main training sessions are on Tuesday and Thursday evenings starting from Garston Leisure Centre. The main training is organised in three training groups based broadly upon ability as judged by current 10k times as follows:

Group 1 - 43 minutes and under (Leader Marty Hirrell)

Group 2 – 44 minutes – 53 minutes (Leader Andrew Stansfield)

Group 3 – 54 minutes and above (Leader Tim Warn)

Members can move between groups as they feel or as ability changes. If any member is unsure about which group to join then talk to one of the leaders.

Programmes are drawn up for Tuesday and Thursday sessions (see panel to the left) for each group, usually on a 12 week cycle, and these can be viewed by clicking on the respective Groups above. In winter, sessions invariably are run on pavements of local roads with street lighting.  For their own safety Members are strongly recommended to wear light coloured tops with reflective strips and/or flashing lights, for these sessions. In summer, sessions vary between runs on road and on grass in local parks and open spaces.

In addition to our regular Tuesday and Thursday sessions, more informal sessions also take place on most Saturdays – see panel to the left. For long runs on Sundays, members are particularly encouraged to use the Forum to advise of long runs which they have planned so that other members can join them on those runs.

For advice on training just ask one of the leaders or click on the linked articles below written by one of our leaders:

Training Programme Group 1- Tuesday

Training Programme Group 1- Thursday

Training Programme Group 2 - Tuesday

Training Programme Group 2 - Thursday

Training Programme Group 3 - Tuesday

Training Programme Group 3 - Thursday

A typical training week:

Training Tips - Intervals

Training Tips - Threshold running