This week we are doing an 80 minute long run on Thursday.  The route will be a loop through Regents Park, down Regent St., along Piccadilly, then into Hyde Park, up Seymour/Lisson back to Starbucks.  I am in the US so won’t be joining you, but your other coaches will take good care of you!

The last couple of miles of this route are on a slight uphill incline so you may find this run more difficult than last week’s run.  If it feels harder, don’t be disheartened – hang in there.  If you have to slow your pace – do that.  Try not to walk; just slow your pace down to a very slow jog.  It is convenient to do a loop to and from St. John’s Wood from time to time, but that usually means running on an incline.  From SJW, everything generally slopes down to the river so if you run south, it’s uphill coming home.  If you run north, you have to run uphill to start then downhill to finish.  Let’s see how this goes.

The following week we are up to 90 minutes of running and the route will not be a loop (so it will be slightly downhill and/or flat).  It will feel easy like last week’s run, so we all have that to look forward to!!!  I’ll be sending out another email this weekend giving you a lot more information about our training in the upcoming weeks, some suggestions for your Tuesday and weekend runs, as well as specific information about how the 90 minute, gel-fueled run will work.

I’ll miss you all, but I must admit this warm and sunny Texas weather isn’t bad!

xo,

Paula