Hi all,

The clocks change this weekend, which means we’re approaching the dark winter months, ugh!  Yesterday morning almost every person who I spoke to at Barclays said, “I didn’t want to run this morning.”   So if you’re having a little trouble getting out the door in the morning – you’re not alone!  But I can promise you that you’ll feel better after the run.

Also, consider signing up for the spring half-marathon.  It can be a great motivational tool to keep you running.  If you have already signed up for the race, please email Patricia Shelton ([email protected]) with your race registration number, flight number and hotel room preference – single or double- and roommate if known.

Severe Weather Forecast

We run in “all” weather but the current forecast for late Sunday and early Monday is 60-80 mph winds.  I think a hurricane might just cross the line! (I looked it up – anything over 74 mph is a hurricane!)  If this storm does materialize, there is a chance we won’t be running.  I’ll plan to send an email early Monday morning.  But if it’s safe to be out and about, consider coming to Starbucks for coffee instead.   We have a special guest – see below!

Paula is here Monday

The founder of WRW and our great friend Paula Mitchell is back in town on Monday.  The routes for the week (below) are a long run to Hyde Park and a tempo run to Kensal Rise.  I’ll leave it up to the pace groups whether they would like to adjust their long/tempo run days and follow the route that Paula is running (assuming we’re running.)

Routes and building mileage

I know we’ve been in Hyde Park a lot recently.  If you’re getting tired of it, don’t worry.  Jen Cohen, Kathy McMahon and I have set the routes until the December break and we have some good adventures in store for you!  If you are following the gradual training plan, think of November as the time to get comfortable with a 6-mile run.  As always, we’ll continue to offer a range of distance options on the routes.  The most important thing is to run and run consistently.

Keep running,

Jane

ROUTES THIS WEEK

LONG RUN —Monday 28th October for the 9’s and 10’s

                 Wednesday, 30th October for the 11’s and 12’s

(OR feel free to adjust so you can run with Paula)

 

Hyde Park—always versatile! 4, 6 or 8 miles, your choice:

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.

4 Milers:  turn left, follow the carriage drive to the exit by the Animals in War memorial [near food kiosk], follow Upper Brook Street to Park Street, where you turn left.  Park Street becomes Gloucester Place, then merges into Park Road and takes you back to SJW.  At the SJW Church roundabout, veer right to the crosswalk which goes to the SJW High Street. 

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 N 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.

TEMPO RUN:  Wednesday, 30th October for 9’s and 10’s

         Monday, 28th October for 11’s and 12’s

(OR feel free to adjust so you can run with Paula on Monday)

 

Kensal Rise – 4 or 6 miles, your choice

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 1 November – The Heath

We may be a smaller group today because the Lower School at ASL is off but there will still be a group running.  

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

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: [email protected]

Hi everyone,

It was so great to have Paula with us last week!  She’ll be back and running with the group on 28 October as well.

Building distance in our training

This week we have our first long destination run on the schedule – Canary Wharf at 9 miles.  Please note that the standard training program has a base of 7-8 mile long runs in October and November with a suggestion that you try a 9-10 mile run if you are feeling strong.  The gradual training program has a base of 5-6 mile long runs.  If you aren’t up for the full 9 mile run, don’t push it.  There are options on this route that allow for 4 (loop for 8), 6 and 9 miles.

A full marathon in the spring?

Are you considering doing a full marathon this spring?  Would you like to run the London Marathon?  We have two runners who were successful in the London Marathon lottery and have spots for 2014.  You can still run in the London Marathon without a lottery spot but you’ll need to agree to raise money for a charity.  Charities are accepting applications now for marathon spots.  There are also races at the same time of year as London that would allow you to train with the group but wouldn’t require fund-raising.  The London Marathon is 13 April, Paris Marathon 6 April and Stratford-upon-Avon is 27 April.  Please let me know if you are interested in running a spring marathon so we can begin to build our marathon runners group.  We have about 10 runners who ran marathons last year who would be happy to talk to you about the experience.

Half-Marathon Trip – Changes to the British Airways flight

We received an email that the timing of the Monday flight BA 907 to London from Frankfurt has been changed.  It now departs at 12:20 and arrives at 13:05.  We’ll adjust the bus schedule to reflect this change.

Sidewalk Awareness

When we meet at Barclays, please try to gather in the plaza area.  It looks like some days we’re stopping and talking on the sidewalk which quickly gets clogged.  We have the space, so let’s use it so we aren’t a nuisance to people walking by.

That’s all for now!

Keep running,

Jane

Click here to go to the web page for the interactive routes.

ROUTES THIS WEEK

LONG RUN:  Monday, 21 October for 9s and 10s;

                    Wednesday, 23 October for 11s and 12s:

Canary Wharf!  9+ miles (with shorter options)

This route starts out as The Wall route—if you need a shorter run, consider running to The Wall and returning which is a 6+mile route; alternatively, you can run to the Angel Tube station, with the group, which is a 4 mile run.

Head down Wellington Road, left at the roundabout and cross over Prince Albert Road at the SJW Church zebra crossing.  Run down and join the canal just past Charlbert Street.  Run approx. 3 miles to The Wall, then exit the canal path up the sloped path to Muriel Street, a quick right and left takes you through an estate to Penton Street-turn right, then left at the stoplight on Tolpuddle.  Run to the Sainsbury’s parking lot on the right and cut through to Chapel Market [NB:  there are public toilets just before Chapel Market!].  Left on Chapel Market and right on Liverpool Street to Upper Street.  Cross Upper Street and go left.  [NB:  Angel Tube Station is to your right on Upper Street if you are heading home from here].  Head on Upper Street to Duncan Street, turn right and take until it ends at Colebrooke Row where you will see an entrance down to the canal path.  Head for a nice long canal run all the way to Limehouse Basin where we exit and cut through streets and through Ropemakers’ Field until we make our way to the Thames.  Run along the Thames to the Canary Wharf Pier area and head up the “Rocky” stairs on the left to Westferry Road—go straight through the park to India Drive and Cabot Square, then finish at the ‘mall’ entrance on the South Collanade.  Starbucks is just inside to the right—hooray!  After a much earned coffee, we’ll head to the Canary Wharf Tube station [Jubilee Line] and tube it home to SJW.  Congratulations!

 

TEMPO RUN:  Wednesday, 23 October for 9s and 10s;

                       Monday, 21 October for 11s and 12s

Notting Hill 6.75 mi

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 25 October – 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

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: [email protected]

Hello ladies

Thanks for another great week of running!  ASL is on holiday Monday so it will be a smaller group.  I won’t be there on Monday either, but I’ll see you Wednesday.  Read on for some great offers including a yoga class, exercise and training options and sports massage…

German Trip-

As a reminder, after you make your travel arrangements, please make sure to email Patricia Shelton ([email protected]).  We need to keep track of our numbers for the bus and hotel room block.  She needs to know:

1.  your race registration number

2.  total race cost (either 27 or 45 euros depending on whether you got a shirt)

3.  flight information

4.  room preference (single or double) and roommate, if known.

New “Offers” Web Page-

Our group receives offers from various organisations from time to time.  Some may be on our Experts page and others may not.  We have created a new page to feature these offers.  Although some of our members may have patronised these organisations, we don’t always have enough knowledge about them to add them to our Experts page at this time.  Please let us know if you have a good experience so we can evaluate them for inclusion on the Experts page.  There is some great stuff listed there now including a Tuesday morning Yoga Class in St. John’s Wood, a Boot Camp exercise class, and Aerobic Capacity Training for runners.

Sports Massage

There are so many benefits to sports massage.  Sports massage is good for injury prevention, rebalancing the musculoskeletal system and loosening tight muscles to reduce stress on joints.  It also improves circulation therefore increasing oxygen and nutrient availability and removal of toxin build up. It breaks down adhesions and scar tissue that are formed from the repetitive nature of running.  Tracey Tofts, who works at APPI Hampstead, gives an excellent massage!  Her contact details are on our Experts page.

Facebook Group

If you haven’t yet, please join our Facebook group, Women Running The World.  (You will need to request to join.)  It is a great way to share fun running and non-running photos, updates and information.  (For example, this week we learned that Maureen Fossum’s daughter Emily is available to pet sit.  You can email Emily at [email protected])

Big Congratulations!

Well done to all our runners who completed races last weekend.  I’ve heard good reports from all of you!  I’m also happy to report that Paula Mitchell finished the Grand to Grand Ultra in 41st place overall (out of 113), and 9th for all women!  WOW!  We are so proud of all of you!

Keep running!

XO

Jane

Click here to go to this email on our website

ROUTES THIS WEEK

Monday is a no-school day for ASL so expect that the groups may be a bit small today.  Feel free to experiment if you’d like but we’re scheduling two of our ‘standard’ routes so that everybody can get comfortable with them.

 

LONG RUN —Monday 7th October for the 9’s and 10’s

                 Wednesday, 9th October for the 11’s and 12’s

 

Hyde Park—always versatile! 4, 6 or 8 miles, your choice:

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.

 

4 Milers:  turn left, follow the carriage drive to the exit by the Animals in War memorial [near food kiosk], follow Upper Brook Street to Park Street, where you turn left.  Park Street becomes Gloucester Place, then merges into Park Road and takes you back to SJW.  At the SJW Church roundabout, veer right to the crosswalk which goes to the SJW High Street. 

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.

TEMPO RUN:  Wednesday, 9th October for 9’s and 10’s

         Monday, 7th October for 11’s and 12’s

 

Kensal Rise – 4 or 6 miles, your choice

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 11, October – 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.

In addition, every week there are a group of women who prefer to do a flat run so feel free to group up if you prefer not to run the hills.  

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: [email protected]

Hi all,

Our pace groups are off to a good start!   Thanks to everyone for looking out for each other.   We’re going to stick with some familiar routes this week as the groups continue to get settled.  We sent out emails mid-week with information on the WRW t-shirt and the travel details for our spring half-marathon trip.  Money for the shirts is due to Kelli Montanaro by 4 October.  Please let us know if you have any questions.

Good Luck Racers!

Over the next two weekends we have 12 runners participating in races.  This Sunday 29 September, Linda Dolan and Chris Roberts are running the Berlin Marathon.   Also on Sunday, we have eight women running the Windsor Half-Marathon.  Good luck to Darcy Fautz, Poornima Guruprasad, Maureen Fossum, Holly Stevens, Ellen Goodman, Angela Shaw, Mee Lee and Yianna Xenakis!  The following Sunday 6 October, Jen Cohen and I are running the Royal Parks Half-Marathon.

Update on Paula

For the new folks, Paula Mitchell is the woman who founded Women Running the World and was its talented and inspirational leader for many years.  She is participating in the Grand 2 Grand Ultra this week, which is a 169-mile race in 6 stages over 7 days.  The race starts from the north rim of the Grand Canyon and finishes on the summit of the Grand Staircase.  Think – miles, mountains, deserts AND the runners carry all their own gear.  Wow.  In classic Paula fashion, she is getting stronger each day.  After three days, Paula is in 38th place overall (out of 113 men and women.)  If you want to follow the race updates, the website g2gultra.com is posting news and results under “race coverage” and “breaking news.”  Here’s a photo of her from stage 3 which was 52.6 miles.  She is number 119.

Upcoming races

Women for Women – This is a great organisation that is having a 10K fundraising run in Regents Park on Oct. 6.  Check it out at www.womenforwomen.org.uk/help-women/my-step-her-stride-runs.php.

Rough Runner – Yianna Xenakis is planning to do a 10-mile Rough Runner race in North London Sunday Nov. 24.  Check it out at www.roughrunner.com/events and get in touch with Yianna ([email protected]) if you are interested.

That’s all for now!

Keep running,

Jane

ROUTES THIS WEEK

LONG RUN (Either Monday 30 Sept or Wed 2 Oct) – Big Ben (4, 6 or 8 miles)

Everyone loved this run when we did it a few weeks ago so we’re returning to it again while the weather is nice and the pace groups are getting settled.

For this run we head to Hyde Park via the usual route and run along the eastern edge of the park to Hyde Park Corner, under the 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.  Those running four miles will take the tube back to SJW from here and those running six or eight will turn around and follow the same route back.  For six miles, take the tube or bus from Marble Arch.  For eight miles, return to SJW.

FAST RUN (Either Mon. 30 Sept. or Wed. 2 Oct.) – Notting Hill  (up to 6.5 miles)

This is one of our traditional Wednesday routes and it gives everyone some options in terms of distance.  If you want to go the whole 6.5 miles, go for it!  If you want to just put in a few miles, you can run along the canal and then turn around and come back.  There is always someone else who is up for the same distance.  Everyone runs at their own pace, so don’t worry about holding anyone back.

If you are new to the route, we leave Barclays heading west to Lisson Grove/Grove End, then wind our way down to the canal.  We follow the canal for a couple of miles then head south along Ladbroke Grove until turning on Elgin Crescent then zigzag over to Westbourne Grove.  We then run east to join the canal near Paddington and continue on to St. John’s Wood.

Friday 4 October – The Heath

ASL has a holiday today so we will probably be a smaller group.  For those who would like to run, we’ll meet at the same time and place in front of Barclays.

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

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 think we had over 40 women run to Big Ben on Monday.  I love it!  Our plan was to run together for the month of September in order give everyone a chance to meet each other. We are really a bit too big a group to run on the sidewalks all together, but I think we can pull it off for one more week.  After this week we’ll be moving into pace groups – more on that below.

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.

There is a lot of important information in this email, please read!  If you are a returning runner, please look at the maps because our new runners are still learning the routes.  We need a lot of people who are able to guide this big of a group.

NEW MEETING PLACE!

We love Starbucks, but we want to make sure they love us too!  In an effort to be good local citizens we are going to meet at 8:15 in front of the Barclays bank at the corner of Circus Road and Wellington.  The bank won’t be open yet and there’s a nice plaza in front so we won’t block the sidewalk.

Coffee, Coffee and More Coffee

Despite my best attempts to get Starbucks to buy the upstairs flat so we could have a place to hang out for hours, they still haven’t delivered.  But we do have the next best thing.  Pret-A-Manger opened across the street and they do have a large seating area downstairs.   Given our large numbers, we may have to mix it up a little bit.  If Starbucks is full, grab a group and head to Pret.  I know it will be a difficult transition, but I think we can do it.  🙂

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.

General Training and Pace Groups

In the next couple of weeks we will 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 all this pace stuff, don’t worry!  We can help you figure out where you should be.

Amsterdam Half-Marathon, 20 October 2013

If anyone is interested in running the Amsterdam half-marathon in October, please get in touch with Holly Bell-Stevens ASAP. [email protected].

Keep running,

XO

Jane

Click here to go to the interactive route maps

ROUTES THIS WEEK

Monday 16 September – Sloane Square/Battersea (4 – 10 miles)

The routes below all allow you to loop back to St. John’s Wood.  You can also take the tube home along the way at the following stops.  Marble Arch (2 miles), Hyde Park Corner (3 miles) Sloane Square (4 miles) and Sloane Square on the way home from the 10 mile route (7 miles).

4 miles: 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.  Pass Speaker’s Corner, heading east one block on Oxford street to Gloucester Place. Run up Gloucester Place, over Marylebone Road and alongside Regent’s Park.  Cross over Prince Albert Road and up St John’s Wood High Street to Starbucks.

8 miles: 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. Turn left and run along the edge of the park to Hyde Park Corner.  Cross Knightsbridge Road and run right along Knightsbridge until you reach Sloane Street, where you will turn left and run until you reach Sloane Square,  At Sloane Square, turn around and run back up Sloane Street and along Knightsbridge, where you will re-enter the park at Hyde Park Corner.  Run along the eastern edge of the park and exit at Upper Brook Street/Animals of War Memorial. Turn left on Park Street, which turns into Gloucester Road and head home as above.

10 miles: This route is for our women who are running a half marathon in a month.  (Don’t do this route unless you have been training for a half all summer.)

Follow the 8-mile run, but continue on through Sloane Square and follow Lower Sloane Street into Chelsea Bridge Road and over the Chelsea Bridge.  Enter Battersea Park and run west along the Thames to the Albert Bridge and cross back over the river.  Turn right after the bridge and run west along the Chelsea Embankment to Chelsea Bridge Road and retrace your path back to Hyde Park Park Corner.  Run alongside the eastern edge of the park and exit at Upper Brook Street/Animals of War Memorial and follow at the 8-mile route home.

 

Wednesday 11 September – Kensal Rise (4-6 miles)

The beginning of this run takes us along the canal east.  Please be aware of bikes along the canal.

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 13 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.

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

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]

Dear Women Running the World,

We are pleased to announce our spring half-marathon…

THE GERMAN WINE ROAD HALF-MARATHON

Sunday 30 March 2014

Bad Dürkheim, Germany

One of the most scenic road races in Europe takes us through the German wine country one hour south of Frankfurt.  

A gigantic “thank you” to Chris Roberts for all the work she has done (including visiting the area hotels and restaurants this summer) to organize the trip.  Please tell her thank you!!

I know you can hardly wait to sign up!  Please be patient with us a little longer.  We are creating a page on the website dedicated to race/travel logistics and we will post all you need to know on the site.  We’re still waiting for our last questions to be answered (and translated) and we would rather give you all the information at once.  We will email you again when the information is posted.

One very important note – the half-marathon trip is for runners only.  No husbands, 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.

Mark your calendars…and keep running!

Jane

Hi everyone,

We’ve had a great start to the running season!  Wonderful to see so many new and returning runners.  What a turn-out!  I think that we pretty much take over the whole town at 8:15!

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!    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.)  We have a few more shorter routes this week for the folks who are easing back into running.  

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.

Running in London:  This summer, I bought a National Geographic magazine at the airport with the cover, “The World’s Most Beautiful Places – 100 Unforgettable Destinations.”  Not surprisingly, London makes the list!   The article describes London and has a beautiful picture but when it comes right down to it, what do they say is the one most wonderful thing to do in London????  I quote:

“DON’T MISS – Take a bus to the Royal Albert Hall – being sure to sit upstairs, of course, to enjoy the views – and walk through Hyde Park, heading first to Kensington Palace, then past the Round Pond and the Serpentine concluding at Hyde Park Corner.”

That is one of our runs (minus the bus ride, of course)!  It’s official- your weekly exercise just happens to be in one of the most beautiful places in the the world!  The route Monday takes us to Hyde Park and all you need to do is run 2 miles and you’ll be at the Park and Speaker’s Corner.

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 2 September – Hyde Park (2-9 miles)

2 miles:  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.  At Speaker’s Corner, you take the Marble Arch tube home.

3 miles:  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 miles:  At Hyde Park Corner continue back up/north 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.

Click here for all of the regular Hyde Park route maps.

9 miles:  This route is for our women who are running a half marathon in a month.  (Don’t do this route unless you have been training for a half all summer.)

As we enter the Park, turn right and follow the path all the way around Hyde Park, exiting at the Animals in War memorial.  Head home north up Park Street/Gloucester Place/Park Road.  Straight home is 8 miles.  If you want to do 9 miles, enter Regents Park at the Mosque and follow the drive around past the zoo to the zoo parking lot.  Turn around and come back to Starbucks.