Hi Everyone,
Thanks for all the great feedback on the new Canal-Holland Park-Green Park route from last Monday. We’ll definitely add that one into the mix going forward. Monday we’re going to Canary Wharf. This is a change of plans from the original schedule due to the construction and general sidewalk mayhem in Farringdon at the moment. Please be early to Barclays on Monday and get into your pace groups right away. We’ll have a staggered start like we did the last time we ran to Canary Wharf a few weeks ago. This helps ease crowding on the canal and we can keep track of each other in the pace groups. Wednesday we’re in Regents Park doing tempo diamonds and Friday we’re back up the hill.
Good Luck Racers!
Good luck to Darcy Fautz, Poornima Guruprasad, Beth Keaveny and Rekha Kumar who are running the Bath Half Marathon on Sunday. We hope you have a great race and we can’t wait to hear about it!
Recycle your unwanted bras! Monday 14 March
The charity, Against Breast Cancer, researches improved detection, treatment and how to increase survival rate after breast cancer diagnosis. One of the ways they are funded is through a bra collection and recycling scheme where the charity receives £1000 per tonne of bras donated to them. The bras are then sent by their recycling partner to Africa. Second-hand bras are very popular amongst the women in West African villages where they do not have the funds to buy new ones.
So if you have any unloved bras in your home, please donate them to this scheme. Wearable bras in all conditions are welcome. Emma Hill will be collecting from Barclays Bank, WRW start point, on Monday 14 March from 8 am until 8.30 am, in case there are any donations from non runners. Emma will then deposit them at the collection point at the Cumberland Tennis Club. Please email Emma at [email protected] just to let her know that you have something to be collected on the 14th March or if you have any questions.
WRW Shirts
We have two extra WRW shirts size medium. The cost is £25. If you would like one, email me. First come, first served. Thanks!
Keep running,
Jane
ROUTES
Monday, 14 March – Canary Wharf (9.3 miles)
Section One – Canal to the Wall
The route starts out as 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 about midway.) 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 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 past Victoria Park 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. After the park, you’ll run straight, under an arch and the water will be on your right. 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 skyscraper building in front of you. Stop when you see the sign for the Canary Wharf DLR Station at the ‘mall’ entrance on the South Colonnade. We’ll meet at the Starbucks inside the building, just right of the entrance. After a much earned coffee, we’ll head to the Canary Wharf Tube station [Jubilee Line] and tube it home to SJW. Congratulations!
Wednesday 16 March – Regent’s Park Tempo Diamonds
We’re continuing with our focused tempo running. This week we will do “diamonds’.
Head over to Regents Park, the normal way (down Wellington Road, left at SJW Church roundabout, cross the zebra crossing before the High Street and enter park at the Charlbert entrance). Enter the park and veer to the left path. When you reach the first intersection with the other sidewalk, it is time to turn on your running jets. You will run hard for 1 minute, then recover by running slowly for 3 minutes; then run hard for 2 minutes and recover by running slowly for 3 minutes; then run hard for 3 minutes, recover run slowly for 3 minutes; run hard to 2 minutes, recover run slowly for 3 minutes and finally run hard for 1 minutes, recover run slowly for 3 minutes.
The ‘diamond’ looks like this:
1 minute hard 3 minutes jogging recovery
2 minute hard 3 minutes jogging recovery
3 minute hard 3 minutes jogging recovery
2 minute hard 3 minutes jogging recovery
1 minute hard 3 minutes jogging recovery
If you need to extend the amount of time for the jogging recovery, that’s fine, you can jog up to twice the amount of the hard run time (so 6 minutes max recovery jog for the 3 min hard run)
This type of running is best down within the park so you don’t have to contend with driveways, etc. If you find you need more mileage in Regent’s Park, just keep looping however you see fit.
Friday 18 March – 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.
5 miles: The Betsy Route
6-7miles: The partial Heath route
7.5 miles: The Highgate route
8 miles: The full Heath route
Click here for maps of all of the Heath routes.
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