CALENDAR

Distance – 8.2 miles

Efforts – 4 x 1.5 miles (ish)

Route – Down to Stanningley, up Broad lane to Bramley Town Street, down Henconner Ln (past bus depot) to Wickes, up Pudsey Rd to Pudsey centre, on to Uppermoor, then Waterloo Rd and back to the start

Start/finish points for efforts:

1. Viaduct Richardshaw Lane to shops by Beacon Pub on Broad Lane
2. Opposite Methodist Church on Upper Town Street to Bridge (under train track) on Henconner Lane
3. Just after lights on Pudsey road (“Pudsey Speed Watch” sign on left) to Pudsey centre/Pudsey Town Hall traffic lights
4. The Marsh pub to the last bus stop on Bradford Road before the Dawsons Corner roundabout

Session to be decided based on group.

Possibilities:

Grass session, Rhubarb route, Tempo run around one of the summer sessions or through Black Carr or Post hills woods, off road hill reps

Short efforts (1/4 mile / 400m approx)

Total distance about 6/6.5 miles – route Bankhouse, Fulneck, Pudsey centre

Meet at Pudsey Civic Hall car park

8 x “800m” efforts.

Route – Rodley, Calverley, Thornbury (distance 8.5 miles)

Start/finish points for efforts:

1. Junction half mile court/half mile lane (just after Tesco) to end of half mile Ln/Coal Hill Lane junction.
2. Bagley Ln (bus stop) to traffic lights/round about
3. A657 (speed camera) to Town Wells Garden
4. 40mph sign to Clara Drive
5. Just after Sainsbury’s side rd to the pedestrian crossing
6. Bus stop (just after Ravensliffe Ave) to the lights/round about
7. Leeds Rd – first telegraph pole to traffic lights at the end
8. Gain Lane (opposite Mortimer Ave (by Morrisons/Hovis buildings) to side road/new houses

Distance – 8.75 miles

Efforts – 5 x  0.75 to 1 mile efforts (approx)

Route – Through Farsley, down to The Owl pub at Rodley, up Coal Hill Lane, along Intake/Swinnow through Stanningley, to Pudsey centre, then down to Fartown before heading back to the school.

1. 2nd entrance to Westroyd Park to Springbank Rd/Coal Hill Ln/Bagley Rd junction
2. Pedestrian crossing (just after Club Ln) to Top of Coal Hill Ln/Intake Ln junction
3. Bus stop after the bypass bridge to The Britannia Pub
4. Corner/bend on Littlemoor Rd (building that used to be a pub opposite Busy Bees) to top of Fartown where it becomes Greenside
5. The Marsh Pub to round about at Bradford Rd (A647)

8 x hill reps on Calverley Cutting/Adjacent hill

Possibility to split into 2 groups starting on opposites climbs if needed

Distance: 8.9 miles

Possibly 12 x 2min efforts (could be more)

Route: Down towards Calverley, heading back near river, efforts end at canal crossing, then longish jog back to Priesthorpe

Distance: 8.2 miles

Possibly 9 x 3min efforts (could be more or less)

Route: Fulneck and Black Carr Woods

Tempo run/time trial on Rhubarb course

or

Grass session – Jog to park – Short timed efforts, pyramids, etc – jog recovery

Distance: 22km / 13.7M

Climb: 1500m / 4920ft

Route: https://www.scottishhillrunners.uk/Racemaps/Stuc%20a’Chroin580.jpg

This year, the race takes place on May 3rd, 2025 in Strathyre, Perthshire at 13:00.

Allow plenty of time for the journey and registration. It’s early May Bank Holiday and traffic from Stirling, past Blair Drummond Safari Park, and through Callander can double the normal journey time.

There’s a licensed bar and free ceilidh after the race. Bar open from 5, and ceilidh starts at 8pm.

Pre-entry via Sportident