With the clocks finally going forward we had the opportunity to spread our wings a little and head out round the city. As we did hills last week I thought this week we would do some intervals.The weather had been rubbish all day, but we seemed to be extremely lucky and none of the predicted rain made an appearance and the conditions were excellent for running.
The earlier weather combined with busy lives impacted our numbers and so the group was just 4 strong. Regulars Tom and Charlotte were joined by new member Karen and myself.
Starting, as normal, at Abbey Gardens we went through our normal warm up before heading to the High Street.
Our first interval was up the High Street as far as Pret, we then jogged to the Butter Cross, before a second interval up to the end of the pedestrianised area. From there we headed up the hill to where we would be doing the bulk of our session...Oram's Arbour park.The park has two paths set out in the shape of an "X" with a road at either end. The plan was simple...starting at the junction of the two paths we would sprint up one path, have a short rest and then sprint back down. After another short rest we sprinted up a different path, had a short rest and then sprinted back down. This was repeated for 25 minutes.
The session was a good mix. Half the sprints were uphill and were a mix of speed and endurance. The downhill sprints were an equally good test, giving the runners' quads and knees a thorough workout. The group were superb; working amazingly hard and running very consistently.
We headed back to the high street for two more intervals on the way back down to abbey gardens where we cooled down and headed on our merry way!
Thank you to Karen, Charlotte and Tom for their efforts and for making it such a fun session.
Until next week!
Coach James
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