London Marathon Training Runs

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 2009 GVH London Marathon Training Runs (full details are also in Runners World magazine):

Sunday 25th January 2009      12 Miles    9.30am Start                    Runners World Feedback

Sunday 22nd February 2009   17 Miles    9.30am Start                    Runners World Feedback                                    

Sunday 29th March 2009         20 Miles    9.30am Start                    Runners World Feedback

Cost is £5 on the Day. 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 £2.50 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