Run club in Larkhall
Larkhall YMCA Harriers is a running and athletics club in Lanarkshire, established in 1930, covering track and field, road, trail, hill and cross country running. It caters for all abilities, from a Couch to 5K beginners group through to senior athletes who compete at club and external events. Typical sessions include track intervals, strength and circuits followed by a 2-6 mile steady or tempo run, weekend hill or cross country work, and a social long run.
The club trains up to four times a week, with Saturday and Sunday sessions scheduled around competitions and confirmed weekly by coaches through a private WhatsApp group. Tuesday is speed work, intervals and track at the John Wright Sports Centre in East Kilbride (£3.85 for 18+, paid at reception; free for SL Leisure members with a membership card); some winter sessions instead take place at the Emirates Arena in Glasgow at a higher cost. Thursday at the YMCA Hall in Larkhall costs £2.50 per session and includes a warm-up, dynamic stretching, plyometrics, strength work and circuits before a run of 2-6 miles, with distance set by ability. Saturday sessions (£2.50) are held around Larkhall or Chatelherault Country Park and may be hill sessions, sled pulls, cross country reps or intervals. The Sunday social long run is free, self-organised by the senior group, run at an easy pace and split into small groups of equal pace so nobody runs alone. A 12-week Couch to 5K programme for beginners runs once a year each January, starting with 60-second runs and building to 30 minutes continuous; graduates are invited to join the senior section. The first two sessions are free; join or enquire via the membership page or the website contact form. scottishathletics affiliated club.
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