Hi everyone,

Another great week of running! Keep up the good work! This week we return to some of our classic routes that offer lots of options in terms of mileage. Monday is Hyde Park, Wednesday is The Wall and Friday is the The Heath.  

Good Luck Racers

Good luck to Sonia, Alyse, Peg and Stefhanie who are running the Richmond Kew Gardens 10K on Sunday! We hope you have a fantastic day!

Aches and Pains

If you’re getting back into running and starting to notice a few aches and pains, please try to see an expert. Often with proper stretching or strengthening exercises you can address something that is bothering you and prevent an injury. You also may consider a sports massage, which can be an excellent way to deal with tight muscles. We have recommendations of who to see under the “Our Experts” tab on the website.

Why Should Long Runs Be Slower?

Thanks to Lisa Noel for this great Runner’s World article that gives a clear, concise summary of the science behind training with a slower, long run.  We’ll return to this concept a few times throughout the year.  When you tackle a new distance, your mile pace should be 45 – 90 seconds slower than your race pace.   “When we overload the body in gradual, incremental increases, it responds positively by becoming stronger.  If we overload the body too rapidly or too heavily too soon, it doesn’t have time to adapt and we risk poor performance, injury, illness and/or mental burnout.”  Right now during the early fall, we’re not worrying too much about race pace and training pace.  The most important thing is to run, build up your fitness, get to know the people in the group and have fun!  In general, you should be running at a pace that enables you to comfortably chat and have a conversation.  Next week we’ll be sharing more information about the pace groups.  The pace groups will play an important role in our training schedule when we start to gradually tick up the mileage and when we’ll be doing our long slower runs.

Barclays Sidewalk

When we meet in front of Barclays in the morning, try to gather in the plaza and not the sidewalk.  We’re such a large group and we want to be good citizens and not block the sidewalk for people walking by.

Keep running,

Jane

ROUTES

Monday 22 September – Hyde Park – always versatile! (3-8 miles)

Click here for all of the Hyde Park interactive route maps

Start:  Everybody starts the same way… head west on Circus Road, turn left on Grove End Road 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 take the first left on Stanhope Place to enter Hyde Park at the intersection with Stanhope Place. Cross into the Park—you’ll see a silver orb just inside the Park.  After entering the Park, turn right and run towards Speaker’s Corner.

3 Milers:  Continue south through Hyde Park, past the Serpentine and at the Carriage drive, make a left and head back toward Hyde Park Corner.  Take the Hyde Park Corner tube home.

5 Milers:  At Hyde Park Corner continue back up/north on the carriage drive.  Exit the park at the Animals in War memorial and follow Upper Brook Street.  Turn left on Park Street which becomes Gloucester Place and then Park Road back to St. John’s Wood. 

6 Milers: upon entering the park, turn right at the silver sphere and run until you meet N Carriage Road where you turn left.  Run down to the Serpentine, crossing over the bridge then left to run along the Serpentine. At the end of the Serpentine, turn left again and make your way to the eastern edge of the park before exiting at the Upper Brook St/Animals in War exit.  Continue along Upper Brook Street to Park Street, turn left, take it to Park Road and into SJW.

 

8 Milers: follow the 6 mile run but do not turn left at No Carriage Rd, instead cross over [this is tricky, be careful of the traffic] and follow until you reach the large broad walk where you turn left.  Run past Kensington Palace (on your right) and take a left to run along the southern edge of the park towards Hyde Park Corner, then turn left on the eastern edge and exit at Upper Brook St/Animals in War exit as above.  Take Upper Brook Street to Park Street [left] to Park Road and home to SJW.

Wednesday 24 September – The Wall (3 to 6 miles)

We head down towards Regents Park, then enter the canal at the Charlbert entrance and run east [left] cutting through Camden Lock Market until we run out of canal path at Islington.  Since the canal is blocked here, we call it “The Wall.”  At The Wall, we turn around and head back to St. John’s Wood.  This is a great route to do a tempo run because there are no traffic lights.  But please be careful and aware of the bikes on the path.

If you run all the way to The Wall and back it is 6 miles.  But it is very easy to run half the distance if you want and turn around and head home.  As a marker, if you run to the Camden market (where we have to exit the canal path and run past the food stalls for a minute) and return home it is a 3 mile round trip.

 

Friday 26 September – The Heath (4-8 miles)

We run up the hill on Fridays–it’s tradition! It is hard, but you’ll feel great when you are finished. 

If you are not up for a hill run yet, no problem, just let us know.  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. If you have trouble running up, think about how easy it will be running down!

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.

______________________________________

Website:  https://womenrunningtheworld.commm

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

Email: [email protected]

Hello everyone,

Another great week of running! I’ve really enjoyed meeting the new runners – thanks for joining us!  If you’re just getting back into running, and you’ve struggled a bit, don’t give up – Keep running! I promise with each run it will get easier and you will feel stronger.

We have some great routes this week with many distance options. Monday we head to Sloane Square/Westminster/Green Park and you can pick anything from 4-10 miles. (10 miles is for the women doing a fall half marathon.) You’ll see all the options listed below.  Wednesday we head west out the canal and return to St. John’s Wood through Kensal Rise. And as always, Friday we’re up the hill!

2015 HALF MARATHON

I sent out an email Thursday night announcing that the group will be travelling to Padua, Italy to run the Maratona Sant Antonio on Sunday 19 April 2015. Thanks for all the positive feedback. We’re really excited about this race. If you didn’t receive the email, it may have bounced to SPAM. If not, please let me know so I can check the distribution.  Registration for the race has not opened yet. We’ll be back to you soon with more details about the flights, hotel and race registration.

General Training and Pace Groups

In the next couple of weeks, we’ll be posting more detailed information about the training schedule to prepare for the spring half marathon. In general, each week we run a long/slower run, a shorter/faster run and a hill run. The Pace Groups will make it easier for folks to find each other and will be especially important for our long runs. We follow the training principle that your long run should be at a pace slower than your race pace.  If you are new to the “race pace” concept, don’t worry!  We can help you figure out where you should be.

Maps

Just a reminder that by Sunday evening, this email is posted on our website www.womenrunningtheworld.com. On the website, you can zoom in on the maps and see the street names. If you need to brush up on any of the routes or if you are new to running in London, please take a look at the maps before we set out.

Be Careful

I know we are all tempted to dash across the street to stay with the group.  Please be careful!  In the past, we had a runner hit by a motorcycle and we also had a runner hit by a car (on a weekend run). They were both OK, thank goodness, but I’m reminding you that in London you can’t depend on the traffic to stop for you.  Also be mindful of pedestrians and bikes.  We are a big group and we’re often running on narrow sidewalks.

Keep running,

Jane

ROUTES

Monday 15 September  – Sloane Sq/Westminster/Green Park–3.75 to 7.5/10 miles  Your choice!

Today’s routes are fun because you can pick whichever distance suits you–in this case one size can fit all! 

NOTE – if your middle schooler is leaving for his or her trip too late to run with the group, some will meet to run later at 9:40 am.

Everybody starts out to Hyde Park, taking the usual route: west on Circus Road, left on Grove End, all the way down to Seymour Place where the road ends.  Right on Seymour, across Edgware, left on Stanhope and enter the park. At the silver orb, turn left and run down to the southern edge, following the path to the right before it leaves the Park.  Run to exit by the tall shiny new ‘One Hyde Park’ complex, cross over Knightsbridge and continue ahead on Sloane Street.

3.75’ers:  at Sloane Sq, take the Tube home!

 

6.33’ers:  continue past Sloane Sq down Lower Sloane St/Chelsea Bridge Road to the Thames.  Turn left on the Thames side of Grosvenor Rd and run along the embankment to Westminster Tube–you’re done!

 

7.5’ers:  continue left on Birdcage Walk, cutting through St James Park to the Mall, then left on the Mall towards Buckingham Palace, crossing before the circle to reach Green Park.  Run up to the Green Park Tube on Piccadilly St and head home!

 

10 milers:  for anyone needing a longer run today, continue past Green Park Tube, through Mayfair to Baker Street and head to SJW Starbucks–this will give you 10 miles.

Wednesday 17 September – Kensal Rise 4-6 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, working your way to the canal entrance on Blomfield.  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 19 September – The Heath (4-8 miles)

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.

If you are not up for a hill run yet, no problem, just let us know.  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

6-7miles:  The partial Heath route

8 miles:  The full Heath route

Click here for maps of all of the Heath routes.

MARATONA SANT ANTONIO

Padova (Padua), Italy

Sunday 19 April 2015

Follow the steps that Saint Anthony of Padua walked in 1231 through the ancient towns of the Venetian Plain, 25 miles west of Venice. The race begins in the village of Camposampiero and finishes at Padua’s magnificent Prato della Valle – one of Europe’s largest town squares.  

The race receives excellent reviews for its flat course, enthusiastic crowds and beautiful scenery. Padua hosts both a half and full marathon that day and both races share a finish line. This means there will be no time restriction for the half marathon. The race organisers have not opened registration yet. We expect registration to begin in mid October.  

One very important note – the half marathon trip is for runners only.  No husbands, no partners, no kids, no non-runners.  This weekend is all about you and the women in the running group.  If you want to talk about this, just let me know.

A gigantic “thank you” to Chris Roberts for all her work to organise this trip!  Please let us know if you’d like to help Chris – we’d love your help!

We’ll come back to you soon with more details regarding our flight arrangements, travel plans and directions for how to register for the race.

At the moment all you need to do is mark your calendar and keep running!

Jane

Hi everyone,

We’ve had a great start to the running season!  It was wonderful to see so many of you gathering in front of Barclays.   Did you notice that in a week with some bad weather we had beautiful sunshine for both our runs?  I think that is a good omen for the year!

To the new runners, we’re so glad you’ve joined us!  To the returning runners, thanks for being so friendly and welcoming to our new runners- keep it up!  We have more new runners starting this week.  To everyone, if the runs last week were too slow/fast or too short/long – Don’t give up!!  It often takes a few sessions to find the smaller group of women that run the right distance/pace for you.  (If you need some help/guidance linking up with someone, just let me know.)

This week we return to some of our favourite routes – Hyde Park, The Wall and The Heath.  In each route, there are lots of options for mileage.  As always, don’t be tempted to do too much, too soon.

T-Th Beginner Group

The first day for the new beginner group is this Thursday 4 September.  If you have any friends who are interested in joining, please have them email me.

Stay Tuned – Spring Half-Marathon Trip

We’re hard at work behind the scenes trying to find a great race for our spring half-marathon. Please remember that we have to balance many factors in choosing a race including timing, travel and finding a race that is appropriate for our beginner runners.  A few races have just been announced that may work for us.  We’re in the process of getting our questions answered.  We’ll be back to you as soon as we can with the details for the race.

Fall Half-Marathon?

Please let me know if you signed up for a fall half-marathon race and you are still planning to run.  We want to make sure that we have your longer runs built into the weekly routes.

Oyster Card

One last reminder, bring your Oyster card.  Sometimes our routes loop back home, but often we stop along the way and take the tube home.

Keep running,

Jane

ROUTES THIS WEEK

Monday 1 September – Hyde Park – always versatile! (2-8 miles)

Click here for all of the Hyde Park interactive route maps

Start:  Everybody starts the same way… head west on Circus Road, turn left on Grove End Road 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 take the first left on Stanhope Place to enter Hyde Park at the intersection with Stanhope Place. Cross into the Park—you’ll see a silver orb just inside the park.

2 Milers:  After entering the park, turn right towards Speakers’ Corner, then finish at the Marble Arch Tube [or take the 82 bus] to head back home.

3 Milers:  Continue south through Hyde Park, past the Serpentine and at the Carriage drive, make a left and head back toward Hyde Park Corner.  Take the Hyde Park Corner tube home.

5 Milers:  At Hyde Park Corner continue back up/north on the carriage drive.  Exit the park at the Animals in War memorial and follow Upper Brook Street.  Turn left on Park Street which becomes Gloucester Place and then Park Road back to St. John’s Wood.

6 Milers: upon entering the park, turn right at the silver sphere and run until you meet N Carriage Road where you turn left.  Run down to the Serpentine, crossing over the bridge then left to run along the Serpentine. At the end of the Serpentine, turn left again and make your way to the eastern edge of the park before exiting at the Upper Brook St/Animals in War exit.  Continue along Upper Brook Street to Park Street, turn left, take it to Park Road and into SJW.

8 Milers: follow the 6 mile run but do not turn left at No Carriage Rd, instead cross over [this is tricky, be careful] and follow until you reach the large broadwalk where you turn left.  Run past Kensington Palace (on your right) and take a left to run along the southern edge of the park towards Hyde Park Corner, then turn left on the eastern edge and exit at Upper Brook St/Animals in War exit as above.  Take Upper Brook Street to Park Street [left] to Park Road and home to SJW.

Wednesday 3 September – The Wall (3 to 6 miles)

We head down towards Regents Park, then enter the canal at the Charlbert entrance and run east [left] cutting through Camden Lock Market until we run out of canal path at Islington.  Since the canal is blocked here, we call it “The Wall.”  At The Wall, we turn around and head back to St. John’s Wood.  This is a great route to do a tempo run because there are no traffic lights.  But please be careful and aware of the bikes on the path.

If you run all the way to The Wall and back it is 6 miles.  But it is very easy to run half the distance if you want and turn around and head home.  As a marker, if you run to the Camden market (where we have to exit the canal path and run past the food stalls for a minute) and return home it is a 3 mile round trip.

Friday 6 September – The Heath (4-8 miles)

We run up the hill on Fridays–it’s tradition! It is hard, but you’ll feel great when you are finished.

If you are not up for a hill run yet, no problem, just let us know.  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. If you have trouble running up, think about how easy it will be running down!

5 miles: The Betsy Route

6-7miles:  The partial Heath route

8 miles:  The full Heath route

Click here for maps of all of the Heath routes.

______________________________________

Website:  https://womenrunningtheworld.commm

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

Email: [email protected]

Hi Everyone,

Thank you for making this year at WRW such a success! AND thanks to everyone who ran with us on Friday for The Sights of London run. What a beautiful day – we got to see London in all its glory! This is our last week of official routes until the autumn, but please keep running over the summer! The best way to keep your conditioning and avoid injury is to keep running.  

Since our run to Happening Bagel was rained out last Wednesday, we’re adding it as one of the runs for Monday. The other Monday option is to do a Hyde Park loop. Wednesday is the Camden/Regent’s Park loop and Friday is the Heath or a route of your choice.  

Summer running in London

There is usually a group that continues to run in London throughout the summer. We tend to meet at Starbucks at 8:30 MWF, but sometimes we start earlier if it looks like it will be a hot day. We just make up the route on the day. Please join us! Syma volunteered to be a contact person for the summer running, so you can check in with her if you are around and want to run with the group.  Her is email is [email protected].  

GOOD LUCK RACERS!

Good luck to Sonia, Gudny, Charlotte and Betsy who are running the Runner’s World Trailblazer Run (10K and Half Marathon) in Kent on June 7. We’re excited to hear about your trail running experience. I bet it is going to be a beautiful course. Good Luck!

Fall Half-Marathon Training Schedule

Signing up for a fall race is one of the best ways to make sure you run over the summer. In the next couple of days, we’re adding a training schedule to the WRW website for the Amsterdam Half Marathon on Sunday 19 October .  If you are doing a race on a different weekend you can adjust the schedule to fit your date.

Email List

Our policy is to keep you on our email list unless you ask to be removed.  So if you’re moving, or just taking a break, you’ll keep getting the emails.  Please let us know if you’d like to be removed – we won’t be offended, promise!

Wednesday August 27 will be our first day back after the summer.  I’m already looking forward to next year!   Have a fantastic summer.

Keep running,

Jane

ROUTES

Monday 9 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.

OR

Hyde Park – all distances

 

Since this is a busy week for everyone, we’ll head to Hyde Park where you can run whichever distance you choose.   All the routes are on the WRW website here.

 

 

Wednesday 11 June

Camden/Morningside Crescent/Regent’s Park Loop – 5 miles

 

We start out on the canal eastbound to Camden Market, where we exit the canal and turn right onto Camden High Street.  We’ll run down Camden High Street to Mornington Crescent Tube Station and veer right onto Hampstead Road, which we will take down to Euston road.  We’ll then go right on Euston to Park Square East, where we will enter Regent’s Park.  We make the first left onto Outer Circle and run around the loop to the Charlbert exit (where we enter for the canal). We’ll run up Charlbert to Allitsen, make a left, and head back to Starbucks.  

 

 

Friday 13 June

Today is ASL Graduation so we’ll take a ‘gradual’ run up to the Heath to celebrate!  This is also our last organized WRW run of the 2013-2014 term so extra celebrations are in order —  a double latte anyone???

 

The Heath

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

______________________________________

Website:  https://womenrunningtheworld.commm

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

Email: [email protected]

To be removed from this list, send a request to the email above.

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.

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!

 

 

 

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.

 

 

 

 

 

 

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

______________________________________

Website:  https://womenrunningtheworld.commm

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

Email: [email protected]