The Great South Run is coming round quick now. If you haven’t enrolled you can still do so quickly at http://www.greatrun.org/Events/Event.aspx?id=12. It is the 25th anniversary of the run and likely to have more than 25,000 runners this year so don’t delay book it today! The running club has already planned a training schedule in preparation for the event. With the 10 week training plan starting on Monday 18th August!!
For the first 3 weeks of the plan we are focused on Fitness levels and particular raising the lactate threshold to allow the runners to run further at a faster speed. To do this we include several hills in to the planned route. The idea is for the runners to push themselves as hard as they can up the hills and then use the following downhill phase as a running recovery, so slowing down and allowing you to catch your breath. This training isn’t designed produce any quick times but will assist massively with the GSR preparation. The 2nd block of 3 runs will focus more on speed with a flatter route that the runners can blast! Then the final 3 runs, plus the 10 mile route at Lee-on-Solent will be putting it all together.
As part of the prep we will be running the Victory 10k on Sunday 14th September make sure you enrol soon as it is a busy run – http://portsmouthathletic.co.uk/victory-10k/
| Day | Date | Event | Detail |
| Monday | 18/08/2014 | NLT Running club | Route 1 -6, 4 & 3 mile routes |
| Monday | 25/08/2014 | NLT Running club | Route 1 -6, 4 & 3 mile routes |
| Monday | 01/09/2014 | NLT Running club | Route 1 -6, 4 & 3 mile routes |
| Monday | 08/09/2014 | NLT Running club | Speed & energy systems |
| Sunday | 14/09/2014 | Victory 10k | http://portsmouthathletic.co.uk/victory-10k/ |
| Monday | 15/09/2014 | NLT Running club | Route 2 – 6, 4.5 & 3 miles |
| Monday | 22/09/2014 | NLT Running club | Route 2 – 6, 4.5 & 3 miles |
| Monday | 29/09/2014 | NLT Running club | Route 2 – 6, 4.5 & 3 miles |
| Monday | 23/09/2013 | NLT Running club | Speed & energy systems |
| Monday | 30/09/2013 | NLT Running club | Route 3 – 6.5, 5 & 3miles |
| Monday | 06/10/2014 | NLT Running club | Route 3 – 6.5, 5 & 3miles |
| Sunday | 12/10/2014 | NLT Running club | 10mile route – Lee-on-solent |
| Monday | 13/10/2014 | NLT Running club | Small run & stretch session |
| Monday | 20/10/2014 | NLT Running club | Route 3 – 6.5, 5 & 3miles |
| Saturday | 25/10/2014 | Portsmouth GSR – 5k Race | http://www.greatrun.org/Events/Event.aspx?id=12 |
| Sunday | 26/10/2014 | Portsmouth GSR – 10Mile Race | http://www.greatrun.org/Events/Event.aspx?id=12 |
| Monday | 27/10/2014 | NLT Running club | Small run & stretch session |
| Monday | 03/11/2013 | NLT Running club | Route 4 – 5, 4 & 3 miles |
