Track at Longford Park - 600m relays

Craig and Sarah organising a track session at Longford Park track. We will start with a few warm up laps at 6:15pm prompt and some dynamic stretches, before going in to the main session.

This is a 30-minute session, where you need to partner up with someone of a similar ability.

The session consists of 600-metre efforts, followed by 200-metres of walk/jog recovery. (i.e. One-and-a-half laps of effort, followed by half-a-lap recovery.)

Complete as many sets as you can in the 30 minutes.

Partner 1

• 600m efforts start at the line and end at the 200m mark at the far corner.
• 200m recovery walk/jog starts at the 200m mark and ends at the line.
• Completes their 200m recovery during the time it takes Partner 2 to complete their 600m effort.

Partner 2

• 600m efforts start at the 200m mark at the far corner and end at the line.
• 200m recovery walk/jog starts at the line and ends at the 200m mark.
• Completes their 200m recovery during the time it takes Partner 1 to complete their 600m effort.

Track sessions are at the Manchester Regional Arena. We will start with a few warm up laps and dynamic stretches at 6:45pm, before going in to the main session.

Entry is discounted to £3.20 for running club members, and there is a further discount to £2.85 for those who live in the Manchester City Council area.

Better UK app

You can download the Better UK app to book and pay for track sessions in advance.

Set up the Better UK app

• Select National Squash Centre & Regional Arena as your home venue.

If you are using the app for the first time you will need to create an account with Better UK to make a booking.

Set up Manchester Resident pricing

• From the app home page, scroll down and select Buy membership in the bottom right.
• On Choose Your Membership select Pay & Play from the drop down list.
• Select payment type of Single Payment.
• Scroll down the list and select Better Adult Resident (cost £0.00).
• Enter all the details and checkout at zero cost.

The account created can now be used to book track at the discounted rate.

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