London Marathon Training Runs 2010

At the end of January, February and March we hold our (almost) world famous London Marathon training runs. They increase in length to coincide with your training plan, the first is 12 miles, the second a 17 mile and the third is a 20 mile.  The course is mostly on quiet country roads (that will be open to traffic) through the stunning Ashridge Forest with a small section on the towpath of the Grand Union canal.  The routes are fully marshalled with water stops and at the end there will be a steaming cup of tea and a mammoth cake waiting for you!

Dates for the 2010 GVH London Marathon Training Runs (full details are also in Runners World magazine):

Sunday 31st January 2010      12 Miles    9.30am Start                    Runners World Feedback

Sunday 28th February 2010    17 Miles    9.30am Start                    Runners World Feedback            

Sunday 28th March 2010         20 Miles    9.30am Start                    Runners World Feedback

 

We have listened to your feedback and this year we will be operating a slightly 'staggered' start to try and alleviate the problem of congestion getting onto the canal towpath, so please line up at the start according to your estimated finish time and do take your own timings as this is a training run and not an officially timed race.

Cost is £5 on the Day. Please download this Entry Form and bring it with you on the day (DON'T POST IT AS THERE IS NO PRE-REGISTRATION)

Please arrive in good time to register and get ready to run. You can leave bags in the Clubhouse, it will be supervised but anything left is at your own risk. These runs are always popular and it gets busy in the Clubhouse in the 30 minutes leading up to the start!

Parking

There is not a huge amount of parking around the Clubhouse and St John's Church have asked us not to park on their side of Heath Lane.  To ease the pressure on parking and keep our neighbours happy please could you try and park in Hemel Hempstead Station car park which is a five minute walk from the Clubhouse.  It costs £4.00 to park there on a Sunday, please have the correct change for the machines.

For directions from the Station Car Park to the Clubhouse click here

To see a map of how our training run routes fit together click here

For directions to the Clubhouse click here

To see past training runs click here