Return to Running – 9:30 min/ mile + Groups

20 March 2021 - By Karen Flowers

In line with EA & Government guidelines and if Step 1 in the Government’s roadmap goes ahead, we will be able to return to running in buddy groups again on Tuesday March 30th.

I have been chatting to a few of our more seasoned runners and we have come up with a series of trail routes starting on March 30th and continuing through Spring.
We will meet up in car parks that can facilitate us and where we can safely socially distance, but we will be starting from there in groups of 6 so as to follow EA & Govt rules.
If you are within a short distance of any of these venues I ask that you make your way there by foot so that we can minimise the number of cars. Please do not car share though.

As not all of us are as fit as we would like to be, each Tuesday we will provide 2 routes – one at 4 miles and another at 5+ miles – so that no-one is left out. Please let us know in advance which distance and pace you would like to run. You can do this either via this post or on our whatsapp group.

As before, we will require you to confirm whether you will be running in advance, via a sign up form at the end of each week’s post. This will need to be done before 5pm each Monday, enabling us to arrange the groups of 6 in advance as well.

As before, we will meet at 6:30

See the list of dates, leaders and venues below

30/03/2021 Karen – John Ray, Witham
06/04/2021 Sasha – Chelmer Village
13/04/2021 Jenny – Kelvedon
20/04/2021 Jodee – Blackwater Trail, Witham
27/04/2021 Sue – Tiptree
04/05/2021 Julia – Maldon
11/05/2021 Karen – BD 5 Route
18/05/2021 Natalie – Wickham Bishops
25/05/2021 Sasha – Boreham/ Hatfield Peverel
01/06/2021 Jenny – Messing
08/06/2021 Julia – Heybridge Basin
15/06/2021 Jodee – Tiptree

Our first meet will be at the Rickstones Road Car Park (CM8 3HH) – please note this car park is also used by dog walkers so there are limited car spaces available

Here is hoping that we will meet soon, if anything changes I will let you know via our whatsapp group

If you have any questions please do not hesitate to contact me

Stay safe

Karen