Our Training Sessions
Wednesday Nights
This is our main session, which begins at 6:30pm with the Early Birds run. The main run usually begins around 7:45pm, and this is preceded by any club announcements and news about upcoming races and any events that took place the previous weekend. The bar is also open for that essential post-run rehydration!
Tuesday Nights
Nigel Warren runs his 'bootcamp' on Tuesday evenings, which is a strength and endurance based session. In the summer this takes place in South Park behind the Hockey Club, with the winter venue to be confirmed nearer the time.
Saturday Mornings
Alan Probert is running the Speed Sessions and these are held each Saturday at 9.00am at South Park, which is behind the Hockey club in Armstrong Road, Maidstone.
These sessions are aimed at all abilities and are designed to help you improve your stamina and speed. We start with a warm up and then commence the session which normally lasts for no longer than 1 hour.
Most of the sessions are timed and for this part we do need any volunteers to help, ie to use a stop watch. Its very easy but does dramatically improve the effectiveness of the sessions and for those taking part.
If for any reason the weather is so bad the Saturday session cannot be held, there will be a message posted on the Maidstone Harriers Facebook page by 8.00am.
Thursday Night Hill Sessions
Hannah Erskine is running hill training each Thursday night and these will run up to and including 1st March 2012. These are held on Forest Hill which is just by the Hockey Club in Armstrong Road.
Again these sessions are aimed at all abilities are will not only make your legs stronger but will make you fitter overall and give you the competitive edge over those who don't do hill training.
Please meet promptly at the Hockey Club at 19:15. There will be a 1 mile warm up, heading down Postley Road, turning left onto Old Tovil Road, then left onto Forest Hill.
The Saturday morning s peed sessions we have planned are as follows
7th January 2012 400m relays
14th January 2012 3 x 1 mile (3 minutes recovery)
21st January 2012 Paced/slow/paced/slow
28th January 2012 800m x 6 92 minutes recovery)
4th February 2012 5k time trial
11th February 2012 Relays
18th February 2012 10/15 minutes continuous running x 2
25th February 2012 3 x 1 mile (3 minutes recovery)