Well done everyone! Big Ben was a huge milestone and you all did it with smiles on your faces. Remember when you said you couldn’t imagine running all the way there? On top of that, we had a pretty big jump up in running time – we went from 28 to 36 total minutes and from 5 to 7 minute segments. Great job! Hopefully you can repeat the run on Tuesday for those of you who missed it on Thursday. If you do, take a photo and send it!
This week, the running segments are not too different from last week – just a few more 7 minute ones.
Some of you have asked about running a bit on the weekends. It would be good to start that in a week or so. In general, you don’t want to run a longer segment on the weekend than we are doing during the week – so if you ran next weekend, it shouldn’t have segments longer than 7 minutes. The run should be no more than 30-35 total minutes including walk time. Pay attention to your pace, too, so you don’t go too fast. Your muscles have been building so you can add that third run, but we don’t want you to push too much and get injured. As we run longer segments, it will become more important to have that extra run on the weekend so the longer runs during the week aren’t so tiring.
Welcome to Fernanda who joined us for the first time last week. This week, we have two more new beginners – Cara and Amy. Amy plans to join the group on Tuesday so please look out for her. Cara will be joining us on Thursday.
Finally, here is the likely route for the week:
Cross Wellington and head down Circus Road. Go left on Grove End to St. John’s Wood Road. Take a right on Grove End then a left on Cunningham Place. Go right on Aberdeen Place and follow the road to the canal entrance on Blomfield. Go west on the canal and exit at Harrow Rd. Cross the canal on Harrow then go right on Sutherland to Castellain. Take a left and run to Paddington Rec, entering at the Moorhead Road Gate. Run through Paddington exiting at Carlton Vale. Go right on Carlton Vale, right on Hamilton Terrace, and left on Hall back to Barclays.
Week 9 beginner