Seniors & Masters: Middle and Long Distance Group
Male and female athletes in the group primarily focus on road running (5k to marathon) throughout the year, cross country in the winter and middle and long distance events on the track in the summer. The typical ability of group members range between 14-23 mins for 5k, 30 – 45 mins for 10k and 69 – 100 mins for half marathon.
Our training times are Tuesday and Thursdays 6.15-8pm with sessions on Saturday from 9-11am. The location of the sessions can be found below.
August & September
Tuesday, Thursday & Saturday at various locations - Campbell Park, Brickhill Woods, Woughton-on-the-Green, Stantonbury
Transition work involving tempo and threshold runs, interval and fartlek sessions on road, grass and trails. Sessions typically cover between 6-8 miles.
October through to January
Tuesday & Thursday - Stantonbury & Willen Lake (Peace Pagoda)
Session cycle through intervals and fartlek sessions on the road and track and also tempo and threshold runs (typically based at Willen Lake). The volume of the sessions varies between 20-30 mins of 'effort' and up to an hour in total.
Saturday - Brickhill Woods
These sessions involve hill reps and circuits from 600m through to 1000m and a total per session of between 3.5-5.5 miles.
February & March
Tuesday & Thursday - Stantonbury & Willen Lake (Peace Pagoda)
Sessions cycle through track based sessions focusing on 10km pace, tempo sessions, threshold runs and also interval/fartlek sessions.
Saturday - Campbell Park
Saturday sessions involve a variety of reps on the flat, uphills, downhills and undulations. The session typically includes 2-4 miles of 'efforts'
April through to August
Tuesday & Thursday - Stantonbury
Depending upon the athletes summer targets, sessions could be focused upon events from 800m through to 5km or 10km.
Saturday - Stantonbury & Campbell Park
Saturday sessions between these times focus upon speed work for the events listed above
Anyone interested in joining this group should contact the group leader, Steve : mmkac.seniorsmasters.mld@gmail.com