Tuesday Training 

Chepstow Harriers Tuesday Sessions

These 10 sessions are regularly used by the club:  Note that the session will vary from time to time depending on the annual cycle and whatever the coach of the week wants you to focus on.

Winter Sessions                           

Thornwell Loop – Threshold training

Elm Road – Speed/ Endurance

Danes Loop – Strength / Endurance

SB Hills – Strength and Speed/ Endurance

Link Road 400s – Speed /Endurance

Link Road 800s - Strength / Endurance 

Summer Sessions 

Fartlek - A period of steady running with random fast bursts of varying distances

Pyramid - Pace practise session over increasing distances , short to long and back again

Paarlauf - A two runner relay with one running and one recovering

400/800s - Laps of the track at a target pace with set recovery

Time Bands

The club uses 5k time bands to organise much of its training. There are 8 time bands , please ensure you are familiar with the one that applies to you so that you can run with members of a similar standard. 

Bands                 5k time (mins) VO2-Max (V-Dot)

A                     16-18 64-56

B                     18-19 56-53

C                     19-21 53-47

D                     21-22:30 47-43

E                      22:30-25 43-38

F                      25-27:30 38-35

G                     27:30-31 35-29

H                     31 + <30