ENTRIES are flowing in for the Brambles Trust road races which take place on Sunday, September 25.

More than 300 runners are expected to take part in the 10k event and 4k fun run which start and finish at the all-weather athletics track at Kingsway, Stourport at 11am.

Backed by the Shuttle/Times & News and organised by Kidderminster and Stourport Athletic Club, the races raise money for Brambles' work supporting bereaved children and their families.

Part of the proceeds also go to the Ray Mercer Sporting Foundation, set up by the Shuttle/Times & News in 1995 to provide cash grants for Wyre Forest's top sporting youngsters.

Get in shape for the Brambles races - 5

l Readers following our six-week training schedule in preparation for the races have reached Week 5, possibly the most important week in the build-up to the day.

BY now you should be running or jogging for all the planned sessions. Your confidence should be at an all-time high, believing in your own ability.

This is the last week we will increase the time that you spend out.

This week we will be extending the time spent out on Sunday again by 10 minutes and leaving all the others at the same level. The reason for increasing the Sunday run by this amount is to get you into running the right time for the day of the race.

Do try to run at the race time. This will help you mentally as well.

The route of the 10km race goes from the Stourport Sports Club along the Kidderminster Road to Oldington. It then turns left at the traffic lights and goes past the Brintons club towards the Kingsway.

It then goes up Kingsway, then left to go down Windermere Way.Then it follows part of the first route to finish at the Stourport Sports Club again.

I believe that it would be a great idea to use part of your running time to go over the course and get used to where you are going to go.

I am sure that you do not need to be reminded about warm- ups, drinking and resting again this week. They should now be part of your daily life.

One thing which may not seem so obvious is not to wear new kit on the day of the race.

Make sure that all the kit you wear has been worn before and is comfortable.

I hope that you are managing to keep up any other other activities in the gym, swimming or circuits. You should be starting to notice an improvement with those as well.

If you want more information or advice then please come to Kidderminster and Stourport Athletic Club. We meet on Tuesdays and Thursdays at 6.30pm. Phone Richard Warder on 01299 822297 for details.

YOUR WEEK 5 SCHEDULE

Friday - Run for 15 minutes

Saturday - Rest

Sunday - Run for 45 minutes

Monday - Rest

Tuesday Run for 20 minutes

Wednesday - Rest

Thursday - Run for 20 minutes

RICHARD WARDER

Kidderminster & Stourport AC