So wonderful to see you all in something other than running gear last night! A big THANK YOU to Tamar and Cameron for the amazing food and drink. It was nice to meet many of your other halves, too. You guys really are a FABULOUS group! But you knew that 🙂
And of COURSE you guys were all fantastic on the run through Brompton Cemetery to Whole Foods. 80 minutes done and dusted! I know you guys are starting to realize this really is possible. I think I even heard someone say, “You know, if we just turned around and ran back to SJW from there that’s basically the half marathon.” Um.. what?? I love that!
DON’T FORGET – MONEY COLLECTION AND HAT/SHIRT DISTRIBUTION ON TUESDAY 31 JANUARY
Tuesday is a big day! Please stop by McKenzie’s house at Ordnance Hill which is near the corner with Acacia Road (a few blocks from Starbucks) some time between 8:30-11:00am. THANK YOU McKenzie for letting us invade your house! We’re collecting money for shirts, hats, half-zips and all outstanding items for the Warsaw trip. We’ll also be handing out the apparel. The dinners and tour are requiring large deposits so we’re trying to simplify things for everyone by doing the collection now. IF YOU CAN’T MAKE IT AT THAT TIME ON TUESDAY, PLEASE GIVE YOUR MONEY TO A FRIEND TO BRING AND TO COLLECT YOUR KIT. The costs are listed below:
All Warsaw Race Attendees:
Friday dinner – £45
Saturday dinner – £35
Race hat – £10
Appreciation gifts/End-of-Year celebration/WRW costs- £10
Warsaw Extra (by sign-up):
Saturday afternoon tour – £10
WRW Apparel (by order):
T-Shirt – £25
White or Navy hat – £25
Half-Zip – £50
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Normally, starting next week, we would have you start running 60 minutes on Tuesdays and 40-45 min on the weekends. However, since you are doing the 10K on Sunday, you should hold off on that and instead do a leisurely 30 min on Tuesday 7 February. I’ll remind you of that in next week’s email.
Just some thoughts about the 10K – don’t stress about it as a race – treat it as another training opportunity where you can get that feeling of energy that comes from the racers and also witness the mass of bodies at the start and how you will likely not move very quickly at the beginning. Don’t push yourselves too much – we don’t want any injuries! You may feel great that morning or you may not – every race day is different. So if you’re feeling tired, slow down. You will all have run the distance before so you know you can do it. The most important thing is to have fun!
This week, since ASL’s lower school is off on Thursday, we are splitting the groups. Meg and Amy will run on Wednesday and the other coaches will do Thursday. This is who we have down for each day (Krishna is away):
Wednesday – Julie, Tamar, Maria, Laura, Rachel
Thursday – Sue, Noelle, Grace, Susie, Kris, Kira, Paige
We will meet on Wednesday at Barclay’s as usual, just be aware that the regular MWF group will be there as well.
Our remaining schedule:
Week 23 – 2 Feb – 90 min = Sloane Sq/Green Park
Week 24 – 9 Feb – 100 min = Big Ben and back
Week 25 – February break – 60 min run
Week 26 – 23 Feb – 110 min = Wembley
Week 27 – 1 Mar – 120 min = Canary Wharf [NOTE – WEDNESDAY]
Week 28 – 9 Mar – 90 min = TBD
Week 29 – 16 Mar – 130 min = Kew Gardens
Week 30 – 23 Mar – 45 min = easy run through Regents Park
RACE DAY!
Week 24 – 9 Feb – 100 min = Big Ben and back
Week 25 – February break – 60 min run
Week 26 – 23 Feb – 110 min = Wembley
Week 27 – 1 Mar – 120 min = Canary Wharf [NOTE – WEDNESDAY]
Week 28 – 9 Mar – 90 min = TBD
Week 29 – 16 Mar – 130 min = Kew Gardens
Week 30 – 23 Mar – 45 min = easy run through Regents Park
RACE DAY!
Route this week:
We start out by running to Hyde Park, taking the usual route: west on Circus Road, left on Grove End, all the way down to Seymour Place where the road ends. Right on Seymour, across Edgware, left on Stanhope and enter the park. At the silver orb, turn left and run down to the southern edge, following the path to the right before it leaves the Park. Run to big gated exit before the tall ‘One Hyde Park’ complex, cross over Knightsbridge at William Street, quick right on Knightsbridge then a left onto Sloane Street continue past Sloane Square down Lower Sloane St/Chelsea Bridge Road to the Thames. Turn left on the Thames side of Grosvenor Rd and run along the Embankment to Westminster and continue left on Birdcage Walk, cutting through St James Park to the Mall, then left on the Mall towards Buckingham Palace, crossing before the circle to reach Green Park. Run up to the Green Park Tube on Piccadilly St and take the tube home!
