Crystal Palace Arena
Speed / interval track sessions

Tuesday night training is at Crystal Palace track until April 2025. Please book the 7pm-8pm Athletics session on the app. You should arrive at 7pm for a 7:10pm start. Group training focussed on getting faster over 5-10km. 

You must pre-register with Crystal Palace Arena first using the form below. You need to reactivate your Crystal Palace membership on your apps and pay online. 

Depending on numbers, we will split into two or more groups, and subject to last-minute changes we should be doing:

Tuesday 29 October

1200m or 1600m @10k pace then 4x800m @5k pace then 1200m or 1600m @10k pace with 90 seconds recovery.

Tuesday 5 November

Reverse pyramid session of 1600m/1200m/800m/400m/400m/800m/1200m with 75/90 seconds recovery, shorter reps at about 5k pace and longer ones at 10k pace.

Tuesday 12 November

3x1600m @10k pace with 90 seconds recovery + 3-5x400m@5k pace with 45 sec recovery.

Tuesday 19 November

4-6x (800m@10k pace, 300m @5k pace, 100m @3k pace) with 75/90 seconds recovery.

Tuesday 26 November

4-5x1200m @10k pace with 90 seconds recovery + 2-4x400m@5k pace with 45 seconds recovery.

How to book a slot

To book a slot at the track please register (or re-activate) with Crystal Palace arena - you must register with Crystal Palace Arena using the form below for the track sessions. You will need to reactivate your Crystal Palace membership on your apps and pay online. Then get the booking app to book your session - details are below the form.

If you are coming for the first time or have any questions or feedback contact Tom Poynton (Coach in Running Fitness) tpoynton@hotmail.com 

How to get down and on to the track

Enter main sports centre building go through main reception, down the stairs, follow signs to track, go past beach volleyball courts and through the indoor track ( yes it’s far too complicated, but you should see other club members along the way). There are changing facilities in the sports centre, but most people brings any bags, coats etc to the track and leaves them by the side, we've never had any problems.

Track etiquette 

We are a big group and others use the track at the same time, so it’s important to act safely and treat them with the same respect that we’d expect. 

All members using the track must: 

• Give others plenty of space when overtaking or moving off the track. 

• Keep to lanes 1&2 whilst running reps, use outer lanes for warm ups, recoveries and cool downs. 

• Wait between reps off the track (or outer lanes) and step onto the track just before they start their next rep. 

• Act on any instruction from a coach, even from another club, to ensure the safety of others.

The cost is expected to be our usual discounted entry of £2.45 per member per session booking.

1. You must first register using the form above and your details will be passed on to the Crystal Palace track management .

2. Get the session booking app: https://www.better.org.uk/booking and register with the name and email you used on the form above.
Your booking will be for the Crystal Palace Sports centre.

3. You can then book via the app. - How to make your booking

All queries should be directed to:

Rajwinder Kaur crystalpalaceevents@GLL.ORG