LGN Hyde Park 1km Loop
18 May, 2009
The green Jewel in London's Park running crown
A truly inspiring London park to come back to each month and measure your LGN Run Club progress.
The 2009 World Elite Triathlon Champs will try out the 2012 Olympic course in Hyde Park, so feel the passion and let your running evolve while surrounded by central London foliage beauty.
LGN 1km loops have been located and measured at several key points around London for use primarily by LGN Run Clubs http://www.lgnwellbeing.com/
These LGN 1km loops serve several key purposes;
- Provide comparable LGN standard course for all our Run Clubs
- Via monthly time trial assist with tangible fitness progress
- Offer guide to tempo for people planning fun funs or PB races
- Building confidence for those aiming for initial 5km or 10km
- Help fan the flames of Inter LGN Run Club banter
While we at LGN embrace technology with a cuddly bear like grip, for measuring our LGN 1km loops while we used internet mapping to idenify best routes with same start / finish area, however we laughed in the face of GPS and used trusted measuring techniques for accuracy, thus while you will have a route map to provide, rest easy knowing we walked every single 1km loop with a manual measuring wheel to make sure each one LGN 1km loop is indeed 1km.
Our measuring wheels worked so hard for the LGN 1km cause, we sent them off on holiday, as with all working relationships, romance is always a possibility..
The LGN Hyde Park 1km loop is flat and fast, based near the Lancaster Gate entrance and starts next to Speke's Needle Nile monument.
Please find the LGN Hyde Park / Kensingnton Gardens 1km Map My Run route below:
Please also find the LGN photo montage of 1km course below to help guide you.
Speke's Nile monument marks Start & Finish of LGN 1km loop
Path inter section is both start line and finsihing line - how handy
Head directly down path towards 'Statue of Physical Energy'
Take 2nd path on right upon approaching 'Statue of Physical Energy'
Then take 1st right and you will see Kensignton Garden lake on left
Keep going stright over inter section, keeping Lake on your left & get ready for the home straight
And now for the final approx 300m finish, heading back towards Speke's Needle Monument, your finishing line is the same path inter section from where you began
And there we have it, the LGN Hyde Park (Kensington Gardens) 1km loop.
So lets lace up and use the loop to either join us with our monthly time trials, or perhaps use it for rep session, do five and get a 5km time or perhaps as a guide to tempo for an upcoming race.
We look forward to hearing your results - please let us know via this blog or indeed via our The LGN Run Club on Facebook: http://www.facebook.com/group.php?gid=24456264587
Or if you think your company should join the likes of BP, M&C Saatchi & Nike et al and deserves an uber cost effective LGN Run Club, then contact us via info@lgnwellbeing.com for more info.
Or if you think your company should join the likes of BP, M&C Saatchi & Nike et al and deserves an uber cost effective LGN Run Club, then contact us via info@lgnwellbeing.com for more info.
Happy running from all the team at LGN
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DDB 1KM Time Trial August
Well done to all of those who made it out in the holiday month of August. It was an all woman affair this month however a brilliant personal best was achieved by Laura Brailsford who also broke the four minute barrier.
Below are the results
Laura B 3:58
Sigrid E 4:26
Erin D 4:36
Claire 5:15 Debut
Laura 5:16 Debut
Well done to you all. Great running efforts.I look forward to the 1km fun next month.
DDB Run Club 1km July Joy
The potential threat of a serious downpour did not deter the defending champions. Running spirits were high and this was displayed in the huge revision of everyones personal bests.
Results are below with their individual percentage of improvement for July.
1. Timothy R 3:07 (9%)
2. Katie T 3:41 (2%)
3. Manfredi 4:01 (4%)
4. Sigrid E 4:13 (10%)
5. Erin D 4:15 (4%)
Huge congratulations to you all. What valiant running effort. Keep up the great work, I am so proud. September could be real running sweet for us....
Thank you for your participation and I look forward to August.
Summertime........ and the champions are fine tuning well.
On a scorching summers day a swift seven stood on the startline ready to beat the clock.
It proved to be an exciting time waiting at the finishing seeing not just to see who would finish first but who would improve their times. It was also a great evening for those making their debuts Abbey,Lauren and Katie.
First to storm home after a long absence from running club was superfit speed king Jason who was pushed hard by Timothy who claimed 2nd spot by knocking off a splendid six seconds!
To complete the top 3 Katie sprinted home in a tremendous personal best, first ddb woman to break four minutes and by a considerable amount.
Results Below
Jason 3:23 pb
Tim R 3:26 pb
Katie 3:45 pb
Abbey 4:03 pb
Erin D 4:25 pb
Sigrid E 4:42
Lauren 4:45 pb
Well done to all those who completed this months trial you all produced amazing results. 6 personal bests, huge congratulations.
I look forward to July when we come out again to test ourselves.
The future is looking bright.
Happy Days
The month of May was a turnaround for those who did the 1km time trial, the performances were amazing.
It was a real battle of the lions down the home straight the match was back on again between William and Timothy. I could see in the distance the two figures but had to keep my eye on the clock.
Heavy breathing and arms driving fast side by side it was William who took top honours but only just from Timothy. Next to follow was
Hugo who claimed third in fine form, with Laura working hard to finish strongly. All four produced personal bests.
Times Below
Will L 3:30 pb
Tim R 3:32 pb
Hugo 3:37 pb
Laura B 4:13 pb
Well done to you all you ran the best you could. Thank you for coming out and next month we aim to test ourselves gain and see if we can development even more in particular with more opponents.
Running Shoes London Strength test May 2011
A great turn out for our May strength test. All exercises were completed in a duration of 1 minute apart from the single leg hops these were over 30 seconds for each leg.
Sophia Squat jumps 45, Side frog hops 38, Single leg hops 32R 32L, Crunches 33, Press ups 22, Shuttle sprints 14 (12m)
Harriet 37 sj, 52 fh, 32R 30L sl, 40 c, 34 pu, 14 s
Siofradh 46 sj, 56 fh, 36R 33L sl, 33 c, 26 pu, 15 s
Antony 47 sj, 60 fh, 41R 39L sl, 33 c, 40 pu, 14 s
Danni G 37 sj, 36 fh, 19 R 13L sl, 26 c, 24pu, 14 s
Danni S 40 static squats, 36L 31R Knee dips, 31 c, 37 pu, 13 s
Robin 35 sj, 54 fh, 51R 27L sl, 32 c, 40 pu, 14 s
Lize 43 sj, 54 fh, 29R 34L sl, 26 c, 33 pu, 15 s
Shanet 48 sj, 41 fh, 29 R 25L sl, 29 c, 50 pu, 12 s
The champions with a spring in their step.
On a cool sunny wednesday evening seven of the defending champions
stood on the 1km start line ready to test themselves against the clock.
With clear paths and no obstacles to hold them back the illuminious
army cruised around the course in fine form.
In the sights a battle of elbows between William and Timothy was clear to see but who was going to burst the tape first, I waited with anticipation. To complete the top three long striding Manfredi
stormed down the home straight with galliant force.
Times Below
Will. L 3:39
Tim. R 3:46
Manfredi 4:12
Oli R 4:18
Laura B: 4:22
Sigrid E 4: 4:27
Erin D. 4:28
Well done to everyone. It was great effort from you and we aim to
improve our times with even more competitive spirit when more of
the champions turn out. Until next time....
Running Shoes London Time Trial April 2011
A small but potent number turned out for the April time trial to post some scintillating times which will I am sure be the envy of all the other clubs! PB=personal best and SB=season best
Harriet 3:53 PB by 12 seconds!
Robin 4:10 PB by nearly a minute!
Sophia 3:45 PB by 16 seconds!
Amanda 4:29 SB
Siofradh 3:42 PB by 31 seconds! (2011 Running Shoes London club record)
Antony 3:07 PB by 8 seconds! (2011 Running Shoes London club record)
Wow is all I can say!
Tim
April Strength Test Running Shoes London club 2011
Awesome start to our monthly strength tests. You all managed to complete round one and two around a loop comprising of lower and upper body exercises. Here are your best scores from the combined rounds. Miranda P 40 S 20, Sophia P35 S19, Amanda P47 S25, Barry P80 S22, Robin P60 S24, Danni G P35 S15. P denotes press ups and S denotes stomach crunches all done in 1 minute. Lower body exercises were tuck jumps x 10 squats side to side x 6 single leg tuck jump x 6 for everyone. Well done you have set a tough one to beat for next month!
Running Shoes London 1km times. March
Running Shoes London conducted their 1K timed run in Hyde Park in glorious spring sunshine. Some excellent times were achieved. Please check out your times below: PB = Personal Best
Sophia 4:13
Miranda 4:17 PB
Robin 5:09 PB
Siofradh 4:13 PB
Antony 3:15 PB (Running Shoes London Club record)
Jasper 3:38
Eclunie 4:20PB
Dave 3:50 PB
Federico 3:33
Harriet 4:10PB PB (Running Shoes London Club record)
B. Peak 3:59PB
N.Bull 3:59
Congratulations to all the runners who took part. Some very challenging times to beat in April but I am sure you will!
Tim
Running shoes London 1km time trial 10th March
With the winter months fading and the promise of warmer weather around the corner the Running Shoes London club has seen a swell in its ranks of both newcomers and runners from the summer of 2009. Winter months have seen us use the track at Paddington recreational ground due to it being floodlit. Here are a list of the performances recorded on the 10th March. Solomon 3:39 Charlie 3:43 Joe 4:10 Cym 4:14 Amanda 4:34 Lize 4:44 Helena 4:47 MOira 4:48 Ola 4:58. A fanatastic effort alround and lets look forward to the next one in the second week of April which will be on the Hyde park loop.
DDB January 1km times
First TT times of the year have been posted by DDB UK...some cracking times...big it up for Tom K who got our first sub 3min!!! Reckon a few more will be joining him soon.
The times...Sally 4:48, Elliot 3:09, Tim R 3:36, Seb 3:51, Pia 4:15, Jason 3:11, Trudie 4:34, Matt B 4:17, Tom K 2:51 (club record!!!), Stephen 3:45, Andreas 3:47, Will 3:41, Danni 4:34