RUNNING WHERE TIME STANDS STILL

Is it that every runner has a favourite place to run, a favourite hideout to eat miles ? where one can compare one run to the other, close the eyes and revive the same run over and over again, the exhaltation, the lack of breath, the pain, the effort, the accomplishment...and restart ... and improve ?

For me this place is , since a couple of years, Greenwich Park and its surroundings. Soon host of the 2012 olympic equestrian games ( see http://www.london2012.com/venues/greenwich-park.php for details) , the park is before anything else the birthsite of the Greenwich Meridian , where the GMT (Greenwich Meridian Time) is referenced. That is , a few miles away from the buzzing center of London, overseeing the financial centers of Canary Wharf and the Square mile of the older city.

The park boasts of rare tree species, a couple of stunningly well mantained flower beds, and in its center, the royal observatory. It is also under the protection of the UNESCO as an historically protected site : http://whc.unesco.org/en/list/795

This park has more than one feature to surprise and entertain the visitor. The Royal Parks have beautifully exposed its many facilities on the following webpage http://www.royalparks.org.uk/parks/greenwich_park/ where you can get a feel for the areas where you can run....