With the change in location of the club monthly socials to the Forester’s on Leighton Road in 2019, a new winter short club run was devised to start and finish in that area. This route had the additional advantages that:
· It did not go along the north circular and so short club runners were less exposed to pollution from the cars
· Long club runners did their extra distance in the middle of the route and so both short and long club runners were running along the same route for the second half of the route which made the training more sociable
The committee has therefore decided to establish this route – starting and finishing at Ealing Green and avoiding the north circular road by going along Northfields Avenue instead – as the winter short club run route for March and April 2020. The route can be seen in the mapometer extract below or in this link here
The winter long club run route will remain the same as faster runners (who are more likely to use this route on a regular basis) have expressed a preference for the wider pavements alongside the north circular rather than the narrower pavements on Elderberry Road / Ascott Avenue.
Both long and short club run follow the same route for the first stretch
· From Ealing Green down St Mary’s Road
· Cross St Mary’s Road at the pedestrian crossing outside University of West London and go immediately into Warwick Road
Difference between short and long club run
· At the first cross-roads , short club runners turn right into Ascott Avenue which becomes Elderberry Road – please take care on the uneven and narrow pavements along this stretch – and then turn right on Popes Lane
· Meanwhile, long club runners stay on Warwick Road as it goes through Ealing Common – again, please take care on the uneven pavements – and then turn right on the north circular road and then right again at the petrol station onto Popes Lane
Then both short and long club run follow the same route for the rest of the run
· Cross South Ealing Road at the traffic lights and go onto Little Ealing Lane and then onto Northfields Avenue
· Stay on Northfields Avenue until pass the Forester and then the allotments on the right
· Turn right after the allotments (if you get to Uxbridge Road, you’ve gone too far) to go onto Mattock Lane
· At the road junction by St John’s church, stay on Mattock Lane (again, please take care on the narrow and uneven pavements)
· After the park (and Pitzhanger Manor), Mattock Lane opens out onto Ealing Green.