{"id":1637,"date":"2016-04-11T15:56:13","date_gmt":"2016-04-11T15:56:13","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/womenrunningtheworld.com\/beginners\/?p=1637"},"modified":"2016-09-04T15:57:45","modified_gmt":"2016-09-04T15:57:45","slug":"beginners-week-32-11-april-2016","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/womenrunningtheworld.com\/beginners\/2016\/04\/11\/beginners-week-32-11-april-2016\/","title":{"rendered":"Beginners Week 32:  11 April 2016"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Hi everyone!<\/p>\n<div class=\"\">Well, this is it! \u00a0Our last big run before the race! \u00a0You may be a bit nervous about the run, and that is normal. \u00a0You all can do this &#8211; and we know you know you can do it. \u00a0It\u2019s a long run, and it will feel long, and that\u2019s OK. \u00a0We will make sure you are not running too fast and we will get there and it will be AWESOME!<\/div>\n<div class=\"\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"\">A few things:<\/div>\n<div class=\"\">\n<ul class=\"MailOutline\">\n<li class=\"\">Use this run to try out what you might wear in Nice &#8211; your shirt, waist pouch, hat, leggings, socks. \u00a0If the weather isn\u2019t cooperative, it\u2019s OK to wear different bottoms (I don\u2019t want anyone catching cold by wearing something too light if the weather is bad), but it would be good to wear your expected shirt so you make sure it doesn\u2019t chafe. \u00a0We want no surprises on race day that something that worked for a 6 mile run suddenly starts chafing at 9 miles. \u00a0Right now, the weather looks to be a high of about 70 and a low in the mid 50s. \u00a0With the race at 9:30 am, the temp will probably be around 60 to start and mid-60s to end. \u00a0If it\u2019s sunny, it will feel warmer.<\/li>\n<li class=\"\">Bring your Oyster card or contactless card to take the tube back plus money for Starbucks<\/li>\n<li class=\"\">Bring a gel, maybe two<\/li>\n<li class=\"\">Bring water<\/li>\n<li class=\"\">Eat well and get a good night\u2019s rest the night before and don\u2019t go out partying \ud83d\ude42<\/li>\n<li class=\"\">Stretch the night before if you can<\/li>\n<li class=\"\">Eat something for breakfast<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<div class=\"\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"\">A note about bathrooms along the run &#8211; around mile 5, there is a Costa Coffee attached to the Hilton Hotel on the Kensington High Street (just past the intersection with Holland Road) which has a few toilets. \u00a0There is also a Starbucks at mile 5.7 but it only has a single toilet. \u00a0We are not going to plan a stop &#8211; it\u2019s better to keep running &#8211; but if you need to stop, a coach will wait for you and other coaches will continue on with the group.<\/div>\n<div class=\"\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"\">Please confirm that you will be there on Thursday so we can plan our coaching groups.<\/div>\n<div class=\"\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"\">Finally &#8211; I think a few of you may not yet have turned in your medical form. \u00a0Please please get that done ASAP. \u00a0One of our runners had a cousin who flew to Italy from the US for a race and was turned away because his medical form wasn\u2019t in order. \u00a0We don\u2019t want that to happen to any of you!! \u00a0Please let us know if you need any help with that.<\/div>\n<div class=\"\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"\">See you Thursday!<\/div>\n<div class=\"\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"\">The route:<\/div>\n<div class=\"\">We start out the normal way running to Hyde Park. Once in the park, we\u2019ll turn to the left and run down the main walkway as we regularly do, to Hyde Park Corner. At the end of the walk, turn right to follow the main cross route in the park\u2014beware of the bike lane! When this ends at West Carriage Drive, cross the road at the crossing and continue on the pathway towards the southwest corner of Kensington Gardens. We\u2019ll run out of the park at the Broadwalk, turning right onto Kensington High Street and continue for about two miles until we reach the Hammersmith Tube gyratory. Run counter clockwise towards the left, ending up on Queen Caroline Street which gets you to St. Paul\u2019s Church green. Run along the green to the right, heading to and crossing over Hammersmith Bridge. Exit Hammersmith Bridge Road to your left, go down the stairs and run under the bridge onto the Thames footpath. Now it\u2019s time to enjoy the view as we run along the Thames for almost four miles\u2014it\u2019s beautiful!<\/div>\n<div class=\"\">\n<p class=\"\">This is the bridge just BEFORE the bridge we exit on. \u00a0I find it useful to know what this looks like because then I know it\u2019s the next bridge where we get off the path:<\/p>\n<div class=\"\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-1633\" src=\"https:\/\/womenrunningtheworld.com\/beginners\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/3\/2016\/09\/Kew-10-bridge.jpg\" alt=\"Kew-10-bridge\" width=\"640\" height=\"480\" srcset=\"https:\/\/womenrunningtheworld.com\/beginners\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/3\/2016\/09\/Kew-10-bridge.jpg 640w, https:\/\/womenrunningtheworld.com\/beginners\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/3\/2016\/09\/Kew-10-bridge-300x225.jpg 300w, https:\/\/womenrunningtheworld.com\/beginners\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/3\/2016\/09\/Kew-10-bridge-507x380.jpg 507w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 640px) 100vw, 640px\" \/><\/div>\n<div class=\"\"><span class=\"\">We will exit at the Kew Bridge, see photo below:<\/span><\/div>\n<p class=\"\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-1634\" src=\"https:\/\/womenrunningtheworld.com\/beginners\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/3\/2016\/09\/Kew-11-Bridge.jpg\" alt=\"Kew-11-Bridge\" width=\"640\" height=\"480\" srcset=\"https:\/\/womenrunningtheworld.com\/beginners\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/3\/2016\/09\/Kew-11-Bridge.jpg 640w, https:\/\/womenrunningtheworld.com\/beginners\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/3\/2016\/09\/Kew-11-Bridge-300x225.jpg 300w, https:\/\/womenrunningtheworld.com\/beginners\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/3\/2016\/09\/Kew-11-Bridge-507x380.jpg 507w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 640px) 100vw, 640px\" \/><br class=\"\" \/>Run UNDER the bridge and then turn left, past a couple of tiny shops and garages. Run through the small parking lot until you see the stone steps leading to the top of the bridge.<\/p>\n<p class=\"\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-1635\" src=\"https:\/\/womenrunningtheworld.com\/beginners\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/3\/2016\/09\/Kew-11-steps.jpg\" alt=\"Kew-11-steps\" width=\"640\" height=\"480\" srcset=\"https:\/\/womenrunningtheworld.com\/beginners\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/3\/2016\/09\/Kew-11-steps.jpg 640w, https:\/\/womenrunningtheworld.com\/beginners\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/3\/2016\/09\/Kew-11-steps-300x225.jpg 300w, https:\/\/womenrunningtheworld.com\/beginners\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/3\/2016\/09\/Kew-11-steps-507x380.jpg 507w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 640px) 100vw, 640px\" \/><\/p>\n<p class=\"\">At the top of the steps turn right towards town (not back over the river) and run along this road [Kew Road] for about a third of a mile until you reach a 3-way intersection.\u00a0<span class=\"\">\u00a0At the 3-way intersection, veer right and follow Kew Road along the boundary wall to Kew Gardens until you reach the first main pedestrian entrance to Kew Gardens, the Victoria Gate. Across from Victoria Gate, is Lichfield Road (it is only sign posted on the left-hand corner). Follow Lichfield Road straight into Kew village. Starbucks is on the left where we\u2019ll all meet up to congratulate ourselves on such a great run!<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-1636\" src=\"https:\/\/womenrunningtheworld.com\/beginners\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/3\/2016\/09\/Kew11mi.png\" alt=\"Kew11mi\" width=\"539\" height=\"372\" srcset=\"https:\/\/womenrunningtheworld.com\/beginners\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/3\/2016\/09\/Kew11mi.png 539w, https:\/\/womenrunningtheworld.com\/beginners\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/3\/2016\/09\/Kew11mi-300x207.png 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 539px) 100vw, 539px\" \/><\/p>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Hi everyone! Well, this is it! \u00a0Our last big run before the race! \u00a0You may be a bit nervous about the run, and that is normal. \u00a0You all can do this &#8211; and we know you know you can do it. \u00a0It\u2019s a long run, and it will feel long, and that\u2019s OK. \u00a0We will &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/womenrunningtheworld.com\/beginners\/2016\/04\/11\/beginners-week-32-11-april-2016\/\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading <span class=\"screen-reader-text\">Beginners Week 32:  11 April 2016<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[2],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-1637","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-beginners","without-featured-image"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v23.4 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<title>Beginners Week 32: 11 April 2016 - Beginners<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/womenrunningtheworld.com\/beginners\/2016\/04\/11\/beginners-week-32-11-april-2016\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Beginners Week 32: 11 April 2016 - Beginners\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"Hi everyone! 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