Hi Everyone,
Welcome back! I hope you had a nice spring break whether you were here in sunny London or travelling the world. I’m looking forward to seeing everyone! Wednesday we’re running Kensal Rise, one of our standard Wednesday routes. Friday we’re doing something fun and heading to Borough Market. As always, remember to look out for the ex-beginners and welcome them to the pace groups.
LONDON MARATHON THIS SUNDAY
Stephanie Gladis and Mandeep Rai are running the London Marathon on Sunday 23 April. AWESOME! Please let me know if you would like to watch. Can you also let me know if you are willing to be the organiser person of a WRW group on that morning. (Unfortunately, I’m going to miss it, because I’ll be out of town for a friend’s engagement party.)
Keep running,
Jane
ROUTES
Monday 17 April – ASL Holiday
No planned route. Meet at 8:30 at Barclays and design your own!
Wednesday 19 April – Kensal Rise (4- 5+ miles)
The beginning of this run takes us along the canal to the west. Please be aware of bikes along the canal and move into single file whenever you hear a ‘bike!’ shout.
Start out heading west on Circus Road, turn left on Grove End to St John’s Wood Road and go west, turning left on Cunningham then right on Aberdeen to work your way to the canal entrance on Bloomfield. Enter the canal heading west and run to the Ladbroke Grove exit. Here we turn right and run over the bridge along Chamberlayne Road to Harvist Road. Turn right on Harvist, which turns into Brondesbury Road, and take that to Kilburn High Road/Maida Vale. Turn right and follow Maida Vale to Hall Road where you turn left and run back to Starbucks. If you want to shorten this route, run west on the canal and turn back at your desired half-way point.
(The two mile mark is at the point on the canal when the Westway highway is over our heads.)
Friday 21 April – Borough Market via Westminster Bridge (6 miles)
We head to Hyde Park via the usual route. Start heading west on Circus Road and turn left on Grove End and follow south as it becomes Lisson Grove. Cross over Marylebone Road and continue on Seymour Place until the end. Turn right and cross over Edgware Road and then left to enter Hyde Park at the intersection with Stanhope Place. Run along the eastern edge of the park to Hyde Park Corner, under Wellington Arch and down Constitution Hill. Run past the Victoria Memorial down the mall and enter St. James Park. Run over the pond and out of the park, turning left onto Birdcage Walk and down into Parliament Square to Big Ben. Continue past Big Ben and cross Westminster Bridge. After the bridge turn left to run along the Thamesuntil the river path ends after Southwark Bridge. Borough Market is under the railway bridge near the London Bridge station. The official address is 8 Southwark Street SE1 1TL.
