Thursday 12 September training sessions

Training
Morning Striders, here are tonight's sessions: Sub 22, led by Paul J are doing 800 metre repeats.  22-25, led by Liz are doing a lamppost speed session. 25-27, led by Caroline are doing 800m intervals.     27-30 and 30-33, led by Helen are doing an intervals session: 6x 3 mins /90 seconds recovery. Odd number intervals at threshold pace & even at 10k pace. 33+, led by Dave E are doing a social run. The door will be covered by Richard W and Gail R. Tonight is our first tea/coffee night of the winter so please stop back for a brew if you can. To save on waste where possible please bring your own cup. As it’s been a while the Striders biscuit tin will need a top up…
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A bumper weekend of running… parkrun’s, Great Tees 10k and GNR

Run reports
It was a bumper weekend of running - with parkruns, The Great Tees 10k and The Great North Run all taking place. By my reckoning just under 100 club members took part in one of these 3 events - a fantastic turnout. We'll start off with parkruns where Ian Saul and Christian Oxley got new pb's at Albert Park. Christian inching ever closer to a sub 20 minute time. Suzanne Brodie pb'd at Durham, as did Claire Taylor and Sarah Griffiths at Sedgefield. Sedgefield was also the venue for Tom Day to complete his 100th run. There were further pb's for Fiona Shaw at Northallerton and James Boynton at Darlington South. Jamie Bentley and Simon Russell got pb's at Harlepool with Jamie notching 3rd place in the process.  We also…
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Tomorrow night’s training (Tuesday 10 September)

Training
Due to another event at the football club tomorrow night we will be meeting at Ropner Park bandstand.  There will be no formal sessions instead we will be doing some plogging - a combination of running and litter picking. While I’m sure none of us drop litter it’s still a great opportunity to give something back to our local area.  It’ll be a team competition which will be explained more tomorrow. All necessary equipment has been provided by Stockton Council. While I’m sure there will be lots of Great Tees 10k and GNR tops on display, it would be great if people could wear Striders tops and let everyone see that it’s us doing this. https://www.runnersworld.com/uk/training/motivation/a776063/plogging-the-new-running-craze-that-is-saving-the-planet/
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Thursday 5 September training sessions

Training
Morning Striders, here are tonight's sessions:  Sub 22, led by Sam are doing 7 miles social run (8:30-9 min miles pace).     22-25, led by Liz are doing 5x5 minuets intervals.     25-27, led by Cat are doing Social run.     27-30, led by Suzanne  are doing 8x 400m @10k pace, with 90s recovery warm up cool down.     30-33, led by Julia are doing 3-4 miles social run.     33+, led by Dave E are doing Speed hills at Ropner. The door will be covered by Ian and Doreen M
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Tuesday 3rd September training sessions

Training
Morning Striders here are tonight's sessions:  Sub 22, led by Tom are doing Ropner Park medley session.     22-25, led by Liz are doing Indian file. 25-27, led by Cat are doing hills: 2x6 reps with downhill recovery.  Aim to get faster with each set. 27-30, led by David H are doing hill sprints. 30-33, led by Lucy are doing 400m 600m 800m intervals.     33+, led by Gavin are doing 5k Social / recovery run. The door will be covered by Jonathon A and Zoe W. Happy running 🏃‍♀️🏃‍♂️
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31 August parkrun report

Run reports
30 Striders at the barrage where Gareth Maloney, Robert Parker and David Edwards got new pb's and Sarah Winter was 3rd female finisher. Neil M, Viv M and David M helped with volunteering. Dave Fender failed his fitness test and didn't run. Albert Park saw a pb for John Corvesor whilst Emily Palmer was 3rd female finisher. Simon Russell led the field home at a parkrun somewhere in the local area and Katie Abel eased herself back to parkrunning at Sedgefield. Runners too at Redcar and Hartlepool. It was the day of the Royal Signal relays - and as a warm up 7 of us did the Herrington Country parkrun at Houghton-Le-Spring. Tom Day and Michael Burke viewed it less of a warm up and more of a chance to…
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24 August parkrun report

Run reports
Last weeks report - sorry for the delay in posting. I could mention that 34 Striders ran at the barrage on Saturday - or report that Janice Long got a new pb and Sarah Winter was 2nd female finisher. Maybe it would be nice to say that Suzanne, Colin, Keran, David M, Ben R, Gail, Liz S, Helen W and Sarah W helped with volunteering. However, all these things pale into insignificance with the main event - the welcome return of Dave Fender. Elsewhere Kirsten Wilson ran her 50th parkrun at Albert Park. Finlay Pennington got a new pb at Catterick as did Ian Saul at Sedgefield. Runners too at Peacehaven, Sewerby, Darlington South, Hackworth and Doncaster. Paul J
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Tuesday 27 training sessions

Training
Morning Striders, here are tonight's sessions:  Sub 22, led by Sam are doing sprint pyramids.     22-25, led by Lucy are doing 2 minutes on 2 minutes off x 10.     25-27, led by Cat are doing tempo: 2.5 mile warm, 1.5 mile tempo, 1 mile cool. 27-30, led by Liz are doing mile repeats.     30-33, led by Helen are doing a 45 minuets progression run.     33+, led by Anna are doing hills. Please remember to bring some water with you tonight. Happy running 🏃‍♀️🏃‍♂️
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Thursday 22 August training sessions

Training
Morning Striders, here are tonight's sessions:  Sub 22, led by Paul J are doing Jo Pavey' speed hills session.     22-25, led by Liz are doing mile repeats.     25-27, led by Cat are doing Hills: warm, drills, 8x hill sprints for 8-12s, 1-2 min RI. 27-30, led by David H are doing a tempo run 30-33, led by Helen are doing 5 x 5 minuets at 10k pace with 90 seconds recovery.     33+, led by Dave E are doing a tempo run. The door will be covered by Janice and Caroline. Happy running 🏃‍♀️🏃‍♂️
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