Kersal Wetlands 5K Summer Race
Thursday 26th August 2021, 6:30:pm
In lieu of our Summer Championships, this year we will be holding a Harriers' 5K Race on Thursday 26th August! This is a race within the club against your fellow Harriers. We will meet at 6.30pm at the Y Club as usual, then warm up on a jog over to the Kersal Wetlands together. From there the course will be a timed 5K route around the Wetlands.
We will then cool down on a run back to the Y before heading out for our first official "Last Thursday" club outing since before the pandemic! This will be the classic fish, chips and beer after the run. If the weather is nice we will grab a seat outdoors in the Roman ruins, but if not we will head to Cask.
Looking forward to seeing you there!
Session format
We meet at the Y Club reception at 6:30pm. After a quick warm up, the Captains will gather the group together for club notices, after which we’ll split into sub-groups before we head off on the run.
Each group will run at a different pace and will be led by a club member, so there should always be a pace group suited to you. The number of groups is flexible depending on the number of runners down on any particular night and the availability of people to lead a group, however we will try and provide the following pace groups:
- Group 1: 7.00 min / mile (4.20 min / km) +/- 30 secs
- Group 2: 7.30 min / mile (4.40 min / km) +/- 30 secs
- Group 3: 8.30 min / mile (5.20 min / km) +/- 30 secs
- Group 4: 9.30 min / mile (5.50 min / km) +/- 30 secs
- Group 5: 10 min / mile (6:10 min / km) +/- 30 secs
If you’re not sure which group to go in on your first visit, we'd advise starting off in Group 5 and try to work your way up to the next one!
Our routes are generally 6-8 miles (10-13km) but Group 5 will always run 10km or less.