Training Sessions

At present we have a choice of nine sessions per week including road running, hill reps, track & circuit training. The Sunday morning sessions are regularly depleted by official races and tend to be organised either by word-of-mouth or on the members-only Website Forum..

Note on groups and suitability.  

Beginners to running.  We suggest that anyone beginning running joins us in April for the Beginners Course.  This provides the preparation needed to be comfortable in the steady group.  Below are some very rough guides to the aims of each group.

Steady Group -    5 or 6 miles in around 1 hour 15 minutes
Intermediate Group 1 -    7 or 8 miles in around 1 hour 15 minutes
Intermediate Group 2 -    8 or 9 miles in around 1 hour  15 minutes
Fast Group -   anyone see where they went?  

Monday 7pm

Heath Rugby Club, West Vale. Open to all. Average  5 miles  -  click here for map.

6:45pm

Hill Sessions seasonal - not currently running
Tuesday 6.45pm




6:30pm

Red Lion Pub car park, Stainland. Average 5 -8 miles. Usually 2 or 3 groups of all abilities (Intermediate 1 and Fast) - everyone is welcome. Just turn up and find a suitable group  -  click here for map.

The Moor, Savile Park - meet across the road from The Lodge fish & chip shop.  Usually 2 or 3 groups (Steady / Intermediate 1 and 2).  click here for map.
Wednesday 6:30 to 8pm

Speed training at Spring Hall Athletics Track on Huddersfield Road, Halifax.  Modern, floodlit facility paid for by you as tax payers and Stainland Lions members - we contributed £1000 towards this facility.  Our own coaches in attendance.  £2.20 per session - please bring exact change if possible - click here for coaching rota.

Here are links to a couple of useful documents put together by two of our coaches.  The first is the summer training 2010 program created to improve your speed & stamina and aimed specifically at 10k race distance with target races, timed miles and running analysis.  Second link takes you to Gav's track page which includes lots of useful information about track training and a log of past sessions.

Track Splits Calculator
7:30 to
8:30pm

Indoor circuit training in the sports hall at Rishworth school. Please park on the road outside the school, no parking will be allowed within the school grounds to maintain safety for students on site. The Sports Hall complex is the last right turn before the school if coming from Ripponden.  Cost £3  -  click here for map.
Thursday
6:45pm

Heath Rugby Club, West Vale. This is the main club night. Usually all 4 groups available to cater for all abilities, especially steady runners. Average 5 -8 miles.   -  click here for map.

 Note; usually on the second Thursday of the month we train away from our usual base at another venue, normally a pub. Checkout the Away Runs page for details.
Sunday 9am

Heath Rugby Club, West Vale. These runs are organised on an ad hoc basis, via word-of-mouth or via the member's forum and can range from 5 to 14 miles. Everyone is welcome and during the winter this can be the only time we get to run off road  -  click here for map.