23 26 30 May Running Info

Hi everyone,

Thanks to everyone who has come out to run this week!  I know the end of the year is so busy.  We had a great run to Borough Market on Friday and came home with some goodies!  Monday is a Bank Holiday so we’ll meet at Barclays for a bit later start at 8:30.  The plan is to head down to Hyde Park and do a distance of your choice.  Wednesday we have our last run for the year to Canary Wharf for the dedicated distance runners.  If you’re not up for that long of a run, you can run to The Wall or choose another route of your choice.  Some of the groups have been doing a little “adventure” running – making up the route as they go along!  That is great – the most important thing is to run and have some fun at this time of the year.

SAVE THE DATE – Friday 6 June 

Please join us for our annual “Sights of London” Run followed by our chance to say good-bye to our friends who are leaving London.   All the details will be included in next week’s email.  Can you let me know if you are moving so that we can properly say good-bye?  (We’ll miss you!)

Keep running,

Jane

ROUTES

Monday 26 May  Bank Holiday  

Hyde Park  8:30 am start!

 

Enjoy a few minutes extra sleep as we start a bit later at 8:30.  Since it is a Bank Holiday, we’ll head to Hyde Park and everyone runs whichever distance they want.    All the routes are on the WRW website here.

 

Wednesday 28 May  

Canary Wharf [~9 miles] –OR—The Wall [6 miles]

 

Since Monday was a Bank Holiday, we have a choice of long run [Canary Wharf] or a shorter run [The Wall] today.  We’ll all start out and do the first three miles together.

 

Option 1:  Canary Wharf

 

Section One – Canal to the Wall

The route starts out as the The Wall.  Run along Prince Albert Road to join the canal at Charlbert Street.  Run along the canal for approximately 3 miles until the canal pathway ends at the famous “Wall.”  

Section Two – Angel Roads

We need to run through the Angel neighbourhood until we can re-enter the canal path.   At the wall follow the ramp up to Muriel Street.  (This is a good place to wait for your pace group.)  Take a right and then an almost immediate left up a path that winds between the apartment buildings.  See the picture below for the entrance to the path.  

 

Keep going straight on the path and it will become Maygood Street.  When you get to the intersection of a main road (Barnsbury Road) turn right.  Run until you make the second left onto Chapel Market.  (There is a metal archway saying Chapel Market and a zebra crossing at the intersection.)  Follow Chapel Market until the end.  (NB:  There is a public Ladies Room at the end of White Conduit Street, which intersects with Chapel Market at the euphorium bakery.)  Turn right at Liverpool Street to the major road Upper Street.  Cross Upper Street and turn left.  (NB:  Angel Tube Station is to your right if you are going home from here.)  Make your first right at Duncan Street (Jack Wills shop at the corner) and follow until the end.  The entrance to the canal path will be directly in front of you.  Go straight along the canal (NOT a sharp right turn.)

Section Three – Canal to Limehouse Basin

We run for about 4 miles following the canal path to the Limehouse Basin.  We exit the canal path at the wire looking bridge – see picture below – and take the brown brick steps up to the left.  

 

 

Section Four – Limehouse Basin to Canary Wharf

At the top of the brick steps, go straight.  At the Limehouse Gallery and Bronze Age shop turn right.  Run along the water until you reach the second metal foot-bridge leading to a park.  Cross the bridge and run through the park.  (You’ll see that the way we have gone in the past is blocked so we need to make a slight detour.)  When you reach the road (Narrow St.), turn left and run past the Dunbar Wharf and make your first right on Three Colt Street.  Run until you hit the water again and turn left.  Run with the water on your right until you see the long flight of steps next to Royal China – see picture below.  You’re almost there!  Only a third of a mile remaining!

 

 

Run up the steps and straight ahead, through the small park to India Drive and then veer slightly right along Cabot Square.  You’re heading for the big sky-scrapper building in front of you.  Stop when you see the sign for the Canary Wharf DLR Station at the ‘mall’ entrance on the South Collanade.  We’ll meet at the Starbucks inside the building on the right, next to the DLR station.  After a much earned coffee, we’ll head to the Canary Wharf Tube station [Jubilee Line] and tube it home to SJW.  Congratulations!

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Option 2:  The Wall

 

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 off the canal at Regents Park, take Charlbert to Allitsen to SJW High Street to Starbucks.

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Friday 30 May  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

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Great run to Borough Market – and the running made up for any treats purchased…

26 – 30 May Running Info

Friday, May 23, 2014

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19 – 23 May 2016 Running Info

Hi everyone,
Congratulations to all our runners who completed the Nike “We Own the Night” 10K race on May 10.  Sonia reports that despite “A LOT of walking before the event, bouts of wind, rain and a major drop in temperature, it was a great night!! We loved the girl power and enjoyed the experience!”  WELL DONE to all you fantastic women!

This week on Monday, we are running the Canal-Farringdon-Embankment route and stopping at Westminster Tube for 6.5 miles or Green Park for 7.5 miles.  Wednesday we’re doing a bit of hill work in the “Camden Left” route because Friday we run to Borough Market.  REMEMBER WE MEET AT 9:00am on FRIDAY so we can arrive as the market opens.  I hope you can join us!

Beginner Group News
Another big THANK YOU to all our beginner coaches this year – Syma, Betsy and Bonnie.  The entire group is so proud of our large beginner group and their inspirational success at the race.  It couldn’t have happened without the excellent guidance, leadership and support from the coaches.  Thank You!  Syma, Betsy and Bonnie are going to be involved in the group next year, but they are stepping down from the leadership position.  I’m very happy to announce that Vicky Timbers and Meg Stone will lead the 2014-2015 Beginner Group.  I’m so thrilled about this and I know they’ll be a great team!  We’re also going to assemble a group of MWF runners who are willing to help with the beginner group.  If you would like to be a helper, please tell me, Vicky or Meg.

Las Vegas Rock-n-Roll Half Marathon
Paula Mitchell is organising a trip to the Las Vegas half marathon on November 16.  It looks like it will be a blast!  The race starts at 4:30 so you’ll get to see the Vegas lights and you can even dress up as Elvis.  (There are full marathon and 6.5 mile race options as well.)  Some of our US members are planning to attend as well as some women from London.  Friends are also welcome.  Get in touch with Paula at xxx and she can give you all the details.  Right now she’s trying to get a sense of numbers.

Keeping running,
Jane

10 May 2014

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ROUTES

Monday 19 May

Canal/Farringdon/Embankment – 6.5-7.5 miles

For this route we start out heading east on the canal and run to the Wall.  We’ll exit the canal there and turn right onto Rodney, which will turn into Penton Rise, then King’s Coss Road, and eventually Farringdon, which we will stay on until we reach the embankment.  We then turn right and run along Victoria Embankment to Westminster Tube Station and head home (6.5 miles).

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If you want to add another mile, turn right onto Bridge Street, run through Parliament Square and up Birdcage Walk to St James Park.  Cross through the park and left on The Mall.  Turn right when you reach Green park and run along the eastern edge of the park to Piccadilly and take the tube home from Green Park Station (7.5 miles).

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Wednesday 21 May

Camden Left to Regents Park – 6 miles

Head out the Canal east again, but exit at Camden Market.  Take the RIGHT crossover over the Canal at Camden Market and make a LEFT onto Chalk Farm Hill Road.  Take this road north, past Adelaide, past England’s Lane to Belsize Grove [before the Belsize Tube Stn] and make a left.  Left again on Belsize Park Gardens.  Take this all the way to Primrose Hill Park.  Enter the PH Park and follow the north side path until it ends; make a right and continue to the Ormonde Terrace entrance, make a left and zig zag to the other side of the park and back to the main entrance on Prince Albert Road.  Exit PH Park, cross Prince Albert and go across the bridge and across the Ring Road into Regents Park.  Follow the interior path alongside the Zoo and as it curls onto the Broadwalk.  Go right and follow the Broadwalk to just beyond The Honest Sausage.  Make a right onto the main path and take it across the park, exiting at the Charlbert entrance.  Head up to St Johns Wood Terrace, make a left and head to Starbucks.

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Friday 23 May

Borough Market – 6 miles

OK, it’s Friday, but we are NOT going up that hill! We are going to start a little later today, about 9am, and run down to Borough Market, where we can have coffee and get some good eats for there or to take home.  Then will tube home from London Bridge Station.  We start out down Circus Road to Charlbert and into Regent’s Park, where we will take the Outer Loop around to the left and cross out of the park at Portland Place.  We’ll run down Portland Place, which becomes Regent Street, to Oxford Circus and make a left onto Oxford Street.  We’ll run down Oxford Street to King’s Way and make a right and take that to the end, which is Aldwych. Now turn right onto Aldwych and cross over The Strand and down to the Thames, where we’ll cross at the Waterloo Bridge.  Once across the river, we’ll make a left and run along the Thames (river will be on your left) to Bank End/Park Street, where we’ll leave the river and run to the Market.

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10 12 16 May Running Info

 
 

Hi everyone,

I’m looking at the calendar and it’s hard to believe we only have 5 more weeks of official routes before our summer holiday.  I know this time of year is so busy, but try to give yourself a break from everyday stuff and schedule the time to run.  We have some fun runs on the calendar, join us!

Thanks to everyone who joined me to explore the Western Heath on Friday.  We only made a few wrong turns and it was fun to see a new part of the Heath.  Stay tuned for a new 6-mile Western Heath route for the group!  

This Monday we have a great run to Brick Lane Coffee and the Beigel Bake.  Great bagels and coffee in a funky, cool neighbourhood – what more could you ask for?  We’re doing an old favourite, Notting Hill, on Wednesday and back to the Heath on Friday. 

Save the Date

Friday, May 23 – Borough Market (9:00am Start)

Wednesday, May 28 – Canary Wharf (or The Wall)

Wednesday, June 4 – Happening Bagel and Greenway

Friday, June 6 – Sights of London run and Leavers Coffee

Keep running!

Jane

ROUTES

Monday May 12  

Brick Lane Coffee/Beigel Bake  5.7 miles

 

This is a fun and funky destination run!  We will head out in the same way as though we are running to The Wall and Canary Wharf. [Canal east to the Wall—go up ramp to Muriel Street, take a right and then an almost immediate left up a path that winds between the apartment buildings.  Keep going straight on the path and it will become Maygood Street.  When you get to the intersection of a main road (Barnsbury Road) turn right.  Run until you make the second left onto Chapel Market.  (There is a metal archway saying Chapel Market and a zebra crossing at the intersection.)  Follow Chapel Market until the end.   Turn right at Liverpool Street to the major road Upper Street.  Cross Upper Street and turn RIGHT  (NB:  Angel Tube Station is to your right if you are going home from here.)]  Go past Angel Tube Station and then go LEFT on City Road.  We will take City Road all the way into Shoreditch, going past the Old Street Tube [the Silicon Roundabout for those of you techies!], heading onto Great Eastern Street from the Roundabout and then crossing Shoreditch High Street to get to Bethnal Green Road before turning right on Brick Lane.  Brick Lane Coffee and Beigel Bake are both on your right.  They are FUNKY so bring your cool attitudes!



Wednesday 14 May  

Notting Hill 6 miles

 

Channel your inner Hugh Grant/Julia Roberts as we head to Notting Hill.  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.

 

 

 

Friday May 16 

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.

 

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

 

Whole Foods, coffee and gourmet chocolate – what a way to end a run!

12 – 16 May Running Info

Saturday, May 10, 2014

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3 5 9 May Running Info

 
 

Hi Everyone,

I’m looking forward to running with you this week! Since Monday is a Bank Holiday we’ll start out just slightly later at 8:30 and head to Hyde Park for a distance of your choice.  We have another threatened tube strike on Wednesday so we have two route options.   Plan A is a fun destination run to the Picadilly Whole Food and the chocolate store extravaganza Choccywoccydoodah.   (Yes, that’s really the name!)  In case of tube strike, we’ll go with Plan B, which is to run along the canal to The Wall and back.  On Friday, we’re up the hill again but a few of us are going to try to learn the Western Heath route.  Let me know Friday morning if you want to join us.   (Be prepared that we’ll likely get lost!)

Save the Date

We have some fun routes on the schedule coming up:

Monday May 12 – Brick Lane Coffee

Friday May 23 – Borough Market (9:00am Start)

Wednesday May 28 – One last time to Canary Wharf…

Wednesday June 4 – Happening Bagel via the Greenway

Friday June 6 – “Sights of London” run and Leavers Coffee

Amsterdam Half Marathon

We have a growing group of women who have signed up for the Amsterdam Half Marathon on Sunday 19 October.  Check it out at http://www.tcsamsterdammarathon.nl/en/  I can guarantee it will be flat!

Keep running!

Jane

ROUTES

Monday 5 May – Bank Holiday (8:30 START)

Hyde Park – 4-8 miles 

This is a bank holiday, so we’ll make it easy for everyone.  Hyde Park, any distance you wish.  All the routes are on the WRW website here.

Wednesday 7 May

There is a planned tube strike that may interfere with our running plans (THE NERVE!). So, there are two route options for today.  The first, is to Whole Foods Picadilly.  We’ll do this route if there is no strike, since we’ll have to take the tube home.  If there is a strike, we go to plan B, which is “The Wall.”

Whole Foods Picadilly – 6.5 miles

This is always a fun route.  We start out heading east on the canal and run to the Wall.  We’ll exit the canal there and turn right onto Rodney, which will turn into Penton Rise, then King’s Coss Road, and eventually Farringdon, which we will stay on until we reach the embankment.  We then turn right and run along Victoria Embankment to Northumberland (just past Embankment Tube Station).  Turn Right onto Northumberland and run through Trafalgar Square onto Cockspur and then turn right onto Haymarket.  Take Haymarket into Picadilly Circus and turn left onto Coventry. Run through Picadilly Circus, across the street and onto Glasshouse Street, where you will see Whole Foods.

Plan B – The Wall – 6 miles

You all know the drill on this one.  Out the canal east to “the Wall” and back.

Friday 9 May

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.

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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Website:  https://womenrunningtheworld.commm

Facebook Group:  Women Running The World (request to join)

Email: wrwlondon@gmail.com

 

Hanging out with the Playmobils on the canal

5 – 9 May Running Info

Saturday, May 3, 2014

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