Group Running

There is something profoundly individualist about running, it s a personal experience everytime you train, even if you run the same path over and over again. But motivation and enhanced learning experience certainly comes from group running as you can compare yourself to others and learn from their experiences.

In Greenwich council there are cheap running lessons (haven t tried myself) that can also be coupled with other activities. Typically rowing is a specific sport you may consider doing in the Thames for example. It is also good for "cross-training" purposes, but shall be the topic of another post sometime
Here is a useful link for those interested in this version of the Group Running Theme:
http://www.greenwich.gov.uk/Greenwich/LeisureCulture/SportLeisure/SportsDirectory/AthleticsAndRunning/Running.htm



As for the More hardcore and ill motivated ones that look forward to beat their personal bests or increase performance run after run , there is the British Military Fitness "look alike" club :
http://www.britmilfit.com/  and this has the advantage of beeing highly motivational as the trainers are literally shouting at you in the open spaces to give you good time for your money. Again, the subscription process is easy and fairly cheap, you can go for your first training session free and assess your difficulty level then (green, blue, red...).  Be ready to step in the mud in dark cold evening winter nights or heavy sun in summer. One of their other advantages is that there is training in the week end, and that fits most workers