Training
Information for Juniors and Seniors
Juniors
Junior members train on Thursdays between 6pm and 7pm, meeting at Glasgow Life John Paul Academy. Training is provided by Scottish Athletics qualified coaches with an emphasis on fun. We cater for juniors aged between 9 and 16 years old.
Thursday training focuses on outdoor running sessions using the nearby Caldercuilt running track and local area, with generally a repeating five week cycle:
- Week 1 – Pack run
- Week 2 – Fartlek
- Week 3 – 80m reps
- Week 4 – Pyramid session
- Week 5 – Hills
All junior sessions consist of a warm-up, drills, followed by the main training session and cool down.
Seniors
Senior members train on Tuesday and Thursday evenings. We meet at Glasgow Life John Paul Academy, ready to head out at 7:00pm sharp. We occasionally train on other nights too, for example strength conditioning on Mondays and meeting for long runs or exploring new trails on Sundays.
Thursday tends to be a night for tempo runs round the local area with routes covering between five and seven miles. Our running groups leave at staggered times or complete shorter or longer distances as we all aim to meet back at the academy at roughly the same time.
On Tuesday we focus on speed sessions, using the local Caldercuilt running track, which is two minutes from John Paul Academy, or the surrounding area for hill reps, interval training and fartlek runs.
Find us
Tuesdays and Thursdays 7pm
Glasgow Life John Paul Academy
2 Arrocher Street
Glasgow, G23 5LY