Hello Runners,

Thank you a million times for the fantastic weekend in Germany.  I’ll say again how proud I am of everyone for finishing the race.  You all did excellent on a very beautiful, but difficult course.  This week is about enjoying your success and doing a bit of running if you are up for it.  Wednesday is a slow, easy 4-mile loop in the neighbourhood.  It might feel good to get your legs moving again and shake out some of the post-race rust.  Friday we’re running one of our standard flat routes – the 6-mile Notting Hill route.  (If you would prefer to run 4 miles, you can follow the first part of the course along the canal until you get to the part where you are under the highway overpass and turn around and head back to St. Johns Wood.)

For the ex-beginners (love that new name!) you are welcome to join us on Wed and Friday or you are welcome to run together on Thursday if you like.  Or some mix of both.  Feel free to email each other and plan something that works for you.  We’re not going to worry too much about getting you in the right pace group yet.  You can run together and follow our route on whatever day works for you.  When we’re back in mid-April after the ASL break, we’ll be more organised about getting everyone into the right group.  This week, just have fun with the runs.  (For Wed and Fri, we meet in front of Barclays between 8:00-8:20 and we start running at 8:20.)

For the MWF group, remember to be super welcoming to our ex-beginner runners and keep an eye out for them on the routes.  They won’t be as familiar with our standard routes and will appreciate your guidance and direction.

After this week, WRW will be taking a two-week April break and we won’t be sending out routes.  If you’re going to be in London during this time, feel free to organise amongst yourselves and keep running.  Our first run back will be on Wednesday 23 April.

Keep running,

Jane

Click here for this weeks’ routes on the website

ROUTES

FYI – for ex-Beginners, the routes are available on the website in interactive form (you can zoom in and out) and there are some pages with some of our regular routes you can use if you are looking for a route over the break

Wednesday 2 April – Regents Park – 4 miles

We’ll ease back into our London running with this easy loop.  Head down Grove End Road as though going to Hyde Park BUT at Marylebone Road, turn left and follow Marylebone Road, past Madame Tussauds, then turn left at York Bridge and right at the Outer Circle.  Follow the Outer Circle counter clockwise, all the way to the crosswalk by the US Ambassador’s House. Cross out of the Park and head to Starbucks.

 

Friday 4 April – Notting Hill – 6 miles

Run out the canal to the west and exit at Ladbroke Grove.  Run to Elgin Crescent and make a left.  Continue to Ledbury and go right and then left at Westbourne Grove.  Run down Westbourne Grove over Bishop’s Bridge and down the steps into Sheldon Square.  Go back along the canal and out where you entered and back to Starbucks.