Hello everyone,

I hope you all had a great break and were able to get in at least a little running 🙂

Originally this week we were going to try gels on our run, but since we will be splitting up the groups, we are going to wait until next week’s Canary Wharf run for that.

We have the following groups running this week:
Wednesday am with Meg, Lesley and Amy
Dawn
Cyd
Kara
Suzanne
Magali
Gisele
Christina
Paola
NOTE – for this group, please be on time to leave promptly at 8:20.  Meg needs to get back to SJW for an appointment.  We will do a short walk to Cavendish and start our run from there.  Remember there will be a large group of regular MWF runners also at Barclays so look out for us so we can separate ourselves.

Thursday am with Jane and Vicky
Vijaya
Mary
Jodi
Denise

Thursday afternoon without coaches:
Erin
Tiffany
Charla
Holly

No answer:
Swati

Since we are a disparate group and may need to get back home quickly this week, we are just going to run to Hyde Park and vary the distance based on the pace.  We are running 100 minutes this week.  There are various routes to Hyde Park on the WRW website here:  https://womenrunningtheworld.com/Women_Running_the_World/Routes/Entries/2013/5/18_Hyde_Park_routes.html

Finally, Vijaya had some good advice from the physio she saw in terms of stretching.  We all know how important it is to stretch before and after the run, but it is equally important to stretch on the days you DON’T run as well.  This will keep your muscles from tightening up as they heal between runs.  So please do everything you can to stretch just a bit every day.