2020-21 Beginners – Week 27

Well – how did it feel running all the way to Big Ben and then back again?!  Pretty incredible that you guys have come this far.  I hope you are all feeling as proud of yourselves as we are of you!

This week, we will build just a bit more.  The route takes you through the Belgravia portion of the Wander Art exhibit we did a few weeks ago in Mayfair.  Some of the regular WRW group have run it and the art work looks super fun.

We will continue to use gels on the rest of our long training runs so you can find ones that you like (or at least tolerate!).  Please remember to bring water with you from now on for your runs.  And eat something beforehand!!

Next Few Weeks
The rest of the longs runs after this week that we have planned are destination runs.  I had hoped that we would be able to run in more than pairs by then, but no.  I would like to know if you all are comfortable with doing the next 2 long runs (March 11 and March 25) as destinations.  It would mean coming back on the tube at the end of the run.  The tube stations for the runs are both on the Jubilee Line.  We may try doing some distanced pairs if people are comfortable with that.  If you are NOT comfortable with doing a destination, please let me know and we will figure something else out.

Race Update
Pace group leaders from all of WRW are meeting tomorrow to discuss race logistics for the last week of April.  Right now, my hope is that we will all run at approximately the same time on Thursday morning, April 29.  We will be in small groups and will base our departure times on pace with those who expect to take longer leaving earlier so we can all arrive fairly close to one another.  This is not set in stone as we need to make sure this plan fits with WRW as a whole so stay tuned for confirmation and more details.

The Schedule
Week 27 Mar 4 – Belgravia Wander Art Loop – 8.5 miles
Week 28 Mar 11 –  Canary Wharf – 9 miles
Week 29 Mar 18 – 60 min
Week 30 Mar 25 – Wembley – 9 miles
Week 31 April 1 –  Canada Water – 10 miles
Week 32 Apr 8 – April  break – 60 min run
Week 31 Apr 15 – Kew Gardens – 11 miles
Week 32 Apr 22 – 45 min = easy run through Regents Park 
RACE WEEK!
Don’t forget – your Tuesday runs are now 60 min long and the weekend run is 45 mins.  It is CRITICAL that you are running 3 times a week at this point.  Put it in your calendar and get it done 🙂

This week’s route: (thank you again to Tamar Brooks for the base of this run)
RunGo:  https://routes.rungoapp.com/route/iI3W0gNUI5
WanderArt website:  https://mayfairandbelgravia.com/wander-art?utm_source=google&utm_medium=cpc&utm_campaign=wander_art&utm_content=art_in_london&gclid=EAIaIQobChMIhfW26oGQ7wIVhrTtCh08egEOEAAYASAAEgLfCvD_BwE