Hi everyone,

It’s hard to believe we’re almost at the end of the year. We have only two more weeks of routes. This week we’re doing an old stand-by, Notting Hill, on Monday and an old favourite, Happening Bagel via Highgate and the Finsbury Greenbelt, on Wednesday. Friday is the Sights of London Farewell Run and Leaver’s Coffee. Please come! More details are below.

The Friday Plan – Sights of London and Coffee

This is a great run!  Even if you haven’t run in a little while – come along!  We run as a (BIG!) group and we wait for everyone at the lights so we can stick together. The total distance is 4.5 miles and we stop often.

We’ll stop for group pictures at:

– Hyde Park Speaker’s Corner

– Buckingham Palace

– Big Ben

– Trafalgar Square

Then we’ll jump on the Tube and take the Bakerloo Line to the Maida Vale station. We’ll walk two blocks to my house at 144 Hamilton Terrace (between Marlborough Place and Carlton Hill) for coffee and nibbles. If you can’t run for any reason, please still come for coffee. I expect we’ll be there around 10 am.

Good Luck Yianna!

Yianna is competing in The World Triathlon on Sunday June 1 in London. She’s branching out from running to complete an Olympic distance triathlon of a 1.5km swim, a 40km bike and a 10km run.  GO YIANNA!

Collecting names for next year’s beginner group

If you have any friends that are interested in being part of the beginner group for next year, please tell them to email Vicky Timbers at [email protected] and Meg Stone at [email protected]. Thanks!

Keep running!

Jane

ROUTES

Monday 2 June

Notting Hill – 6.5 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.

Wednesday 4 June

Happening Bagel via Highgate and Finsbury Greenbelt – 7 miles

For this run we start up Fitzjohn’s like we’re going to the Heath, but pass the entrance and continue up Spaniards/Hampstead Lane to Highgate.  Cross the street at the big intersection and go down Southwood Lane and at the bottom of the hill veer to the right onto Jackson’s Lane. Continue down Jackson’s to Archway Road and make a right, then a relatively quick left onto Holmesdale Road.  Run a short distance on Holmesdale and the entrance to the Finsbury Greenbelt will be on your left.  Follow the path to Finsbury Park, cross over the train tracks, turn right and run along the western edge of the park and exit onto Seven Sister’s Road.  Happening Bagel is across the street and we will go to Costa for coffee. We will take the tube home from the Finsbury Park Station.

Friday 6 June

Sights of London Farewell Run – 5 miles

This is a fun run.  We will start out the usual way to Hyde Park, where will sill stop at Speaker’s Corner for a photo.  We’ll then continue on along the ester edge of the park to Hyde Park Corner, where we will cross into Green Park and run down Constitution Hill to Buckingham Palace, where we will gather again for another photo. Then, we’ll run down The Mall and cross through St James Park to Birdcage Walk and on into Parliament Square, where we’ll take another photo in front of Big Ben. Finally, we’ll head down WhiteHall into Trafalgar Square, where we’ll take one last photo and then hop on the tube – Bakerloo to Maida Vale Station – and head to Jane’s house for the farewell coffee.