The 10 Best Running Routes in London

• Regent’s Park and Primrose Hill.
• Thames Run.
• South East London Parks.
• Richmond Park.
• East London Canals.
• Victoria Park Loop.
• Diana Memorial.
• The Railway Run.

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1. gmap-pedometer.com. On Google Maps, click on the bike icon and set your to and from destinations.
2. www.mapmyrun.com. Click on “Runs” and then “Search Runs.” You can search through running routes by city or zip code that other runners have run and mapped out.
3. www.usatf.org/routes.

London is one of the world’s great cities. And with its grand parks, paths along the Thames, and historic sites, London is also a great city for runners. The best places to run in London are around the famous and historical Royal Parks: Hyde Park, Kensington Gardens, Green Park, St.

For variety and the health of your muscles and joints, it’s a good idea to plan routes that take you over a variety of surfaces. Grassland, wooded trails, dirt paths as well as roads are all good running surfaces.

A 5K run is 3.1 miles. Don’t be daunted by the distance. A 5K run is a great distance for a beginner. You can prepare for a 5K run in just two months.

Top ways to carry your phone safely when you run: in your shorts pocket, strapped to your arm, in your sports bra, a secure handheld device, in your race vest or around your waist with a flip belt.

Is running on hard surfaces really bad for your knees? Compared to running on a sandy soft surface, running on asphalt actually decreased the risk of tendinopathy. Other studies, like this one published in the British Journal of Sports Medicine, found no correlation at all between running surface and injury rate.

The best surfaces to run on – concrete It delivers the most shock of any surface to a runner’s legs. Pros: Concrete surfaces tend to be easily accessible and very flat, and if you stick to pavements, you can avoid traffic.

Running every day is bad for your health because it increases your risk of overuse injuries like stress fractures, shin splints, and muscle tears. You should run three to five days a week to make sure you’re giving your body adequate time to rest and repair.

Running the Thames path away from Central London you will slowly see the city melt away as you run alongside pretty wooded parks. In some places the path changes from pavement to dirt, providing some relief for the joints.

There is a good number of running stores in central London, as well as Canary Wharf/Docklands, and up north in Camden/Hampstead. Runners Need is the largest chain, with 10+ locations in the area. MAP of locations for all the major running stores. The Green icons are the Runners Need locations.

Sites include, from east to west, Tower Bridge, City Hall, London Bridge, The Tate Modern, Millennium Bridge, The National Theater, the London Eye, and Big Ben. The best connection from the Thames to the Royal Parks is at Westminster Bridge (Big Ben), which is a few blocks from St. James Park, and 0.7 miles from Buckingham Palace.

The trail is home to some challenging climbs and a route that invites you to go further than you planned. What: The North Downs Way is a vast trail across South East England that showcases some of the best countryside landscapes around. For the hill lovers out there, the section from Guildford to Reigate will get the lactate acid burning your legs.