Happy New Year!
I hope everyone had a wonderful break. It was so fun to run with some of you on Friday – thank you for getting me out of bed to help my jet lag! We are looking forward to running with you on Thursday and hearing how you spent your break. I hope you all managed to do at least a bit of running over the past few weeks. If you haven’t, please let one of us know so we can help you take it easy – we don’t want any injuries!
For the next 2 weeks, we will be doing 60 minute runs on Thursday to remind ourselves that we can do this! We want to make sure you all have a strong base to build on when we start to increase our time and mileage the week after next. Thursday, we will do a loop that will have plenty of opportunity for red men for most of the run.
Please note that after next week, most of our runs will start to be destination runs, meaning that we will end someplace that is not SJW. This is because we need to run further and longer while also trying to keep us as flat as possible and with some interesting places to keep us distracted while we run. We have mapped out a tentative schedule below, subject to change. This should help you determine your timing for getting back to SJW after the run. Please make it a habit to bring your Oyster Card or contactless card. If you have questions, please let us know.
Week 21 Jan 16 – 60 min – probably a loop going down to Hyde Park and back
Week 22 Jan 23 – 70 min – Borough Market
Week 23 Jan 30 – 80 min = Brompton Cemetery/Whole Foods Kensington
Week 24 Feb 6 – 90 min = Sloane Sq/Green Park (note – this is parent-teacher conf at ASL)
Week 25 Feb 13 – 100 min = Big Ben and back
Week 26 Feb 20 – February break – 60 min run
Week 27 Feb 27 – 110 min = Wembley
Week 28 Mar 5 – 120 min = Canada Water
Week 29 Mar 12 – 90 min = TBD
Week 30 Mar 19 – 130 min = Kew Gardens
Week 31 Mar 25 – 45 min = easy run through Regents Park (note this is a Wednesday since we leave for the race the next day)
RACE DAY!
For now, keep doing 45 minutes on Tuesdays and 30-35 minutes on the weekend. This will increase in a few weeks, but not yet.
This week’s route:This route takes Elsworthy Rd to Primrose Hill Rd (left) and quick right onto King Henry’s Rd to the end to cross the bridge and turn right onto Regent’s Park Rd then turn right onto Chalk Farm Rd/Camden High Street. Just after crossing the canal, turn right onto Jamestown Rd and left to Arlington Rd. After Mornington Crescent, run briefly on Hampstead Rd and then turn right on Granby Terrace (if you can – it may be blocked) or at Vardell or Robert Street to meet up with Stanhope St. Turn left on Stanhope and run to Triton Rd. Turn right and at the end, turn left. At the light, turn right and make the next right into Regents Park. Staying on the pavement/sidewalk on the outside of the hedges, follow the outer loop back to the Charlbert exit of the park then finish at Starbucks.
