Hello all,
Another great week of running! I’m especially proud of the runners who are joining the group after some time off. We all know how difficult those first runs back can be! Keep at it, each day will be easier!
If you’ve been busy and missed a run or two, please come join us again! If you can run consistently, it is best for your fitness/training and will help you avoid injury. Besides it’s fun! (Well, at least the coffee part is fun…)
We’ve made it through the “start-up” phase of the year. Our pace groups are coming together nicely. Please continue to look out for each other. As always, let me know if you need any guidance on which group to join. If something is really not working out, let me know and we can make changes. Over these next few weeks, think about your goals for the year. Would you like to participate in the half-marathon in the spring? If so, would you like to target a certain finish time or just plan to run a strong race regardless of time? We’ll having training tips to help you reach your goals.
Good Luck Racers!
Mee Lee, Danja Roberts and Mee’s daughter are running a Half Marathon in Baltimore this weekend. We hope you have a great race!
Paula visits this week
We have a special guest runner joining us this week! Yes, you guessed it! Paula Mitchell will be running with the group on Wednesday and Friday this week. That’ll give you some serious motivation to come and join us!
Please join us for the Third Annual WRW Pub Crawl!
This is a very fun event for runners and their significant others. We have run between pubs in the past, but this year we will take it down a notch and do an actual crawl. We will visit a selection of the best pubs in Belsize Park and try some of the finest local lagers. Extensive research will soon be underway for this, so if you have any input, please e-mail [email protected].
Please mark Saturday the 16th of November in your calendars. We will meet at our first pub at 4:30, so get your sitters lined up! More information to follow…
Finally, thanks for all your good wishes to me and Jen Cohen on the Royal Parks Half – we had a great race!
Keep running,
Jane
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ROUTES THIS WEEK
LONG RUN – Monday 14th October for the 9’s and 10’s
Wednesday 16th October for the 11’s and 12’s
Vauxhall/Embankment/Birdcage Loop
Start: Everyone starts the same way. Go south Wellington/Park/Glouscester toward Hyde Park and cross over to Hyde Park on Upper Brook Street and continue south along the east side of the park. Exit the park through Duke of Wellington Square and go down Grosvenor Place along Victoria Street and onto Vauxhall Bridge Road.
4 Milers Take Vauxhall Bridge Road down to Rampayne Street and go right. Follow that one block and the Pimlico Tube Station will be just there – take the Victoria Line to Green Park and switch to the Jubilee.
5 Milers Continue down Vauxhall Bridge Road to Millbank and turn left. Run along The Thames to Parliament Square, where you can take the Jubillee Line home from the Westminster Tube Station.
6 Milers Run from Parliament Square up Birdcage Walk, through St James Park. Go left on The Mall to Constitution Hill back through Duke of Wellington Square and home via tube from the Hyde Park Station.
8 Milers Continue up the western edge of Hyde park and out at Upper Brook Street. Go left on Portman and head home via Gloucester Place/Park Rd/ Wellington.
TEMPO RUN: Wednesday 16th October 9’s and 10’s
Monday 14th October 11’s and 12’s
The Wall
6 Milers: Run South on Finchley/Wellington Road to the SJW Church Roundabout, follow the sidewalk to the left and cross Prince Albert Road at the crosswalk just beyond the SJW Church. Continue east and enter the canal at the Charlbert entrance. Run east [left], cutting through the Camden Lock Market until you run out of canal path at Islington. Touch the canal boat tunnel wall—this is The Wall!—then turn around and re-trace your steps back to SJW. When you come of the canal at Regents Park, take Charlbert to Allitsen to SJW High Street to Starbucks.
3 Milers: Start as above but when you reach the Camden Lock Market, turn around and head home.
Notes: This is a great time to do a faster ‘tempo’ run. Be very aware of bicyclists who commute on this canal path. Move into single file lines whenever someone yells out ‘bike!’
Friday 18th October – The Heath
It’s Friday again. so everyone up Fitzjohn’s. You can pick your distance and whatever you choose, there will certainly be someone else interested in running that distance. All of these routes are on the website.
In addition, every week there are a group of women who prefer to do a flat run. We can help make sure that you find each other.
4 miles: A great way to ease into running the hill. Run up to the Hampstead tube station and back.
5 miles: The Betsy Route
6-7 miles: The partial Heath route
8 miles: The full Heath route
Click here for maps of all of the Heath routes.
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