My first run!

Today I ran my first official organised run!

It wasn't a race or anything, more a promotional event between TimeOut London and Sony. Sony were promoting their Xperia Z3 camera phone. Today was one of three organised runs that was balloted. Although I didn't win, a friend did and she gave me her spot as she was unable to run it.

Titled the City Lights Run, we kicked off at 5pm at Trinity buoy Wharf. Our run followed the Thames Path to the Greenwich Foot Tunnel (and the stairs up and down!), past the Cutty Sark, through Greenwich Park and up to the Royal Observatory Greenwich. The run up to the Observatory was basically a vertical a path, with steps at the end! All I could think of was the stairs on castle hill.

We finished just on sun down. Leaving enough light to see the city of London sparkle.

As we ran we had bus drivers and car drivers beeping their horns and cheering us on. There was 72 of us participating, so I'm sure we made an impressive sight.

At the end of our race we had a reception in the observatory. We received a goody bag, there was drinks and nibbles and a guy playing the guitar and the harmonica. We got to walk around the exhibits as well.

As my evening drew to a close, I stepped out of the observatory to see the meridian line light up across the world and the city of London shining brightly. I think Greenwich is one of my favourite parts of London.

Today we ran 6kms over a 1 hour-ish period. We had to stop along the way to take group shots at all the key icons along our path. When I find the photos I'll post them below.

City Lights Run
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