After a late task cancellation we arranged to head over to the prison again to visit the Ormiston Families Charity who provides a warm and friendly welcome to those visiting family and friends at HMP Chelmsford.

Our task was to give the area a good tidy up and make the place a little more welcoming to everyone who came to visit. We were provided with litter pickers, bags and gloves, brooms and a dustpan and brush and set about moving all the rubbish and cigarette butts from outside the center.

I think we made a good impression and saw a noticeable difference collecting several big bags full of rubbish. whilst cleaning there was much discussion about missions and lots of us are keen to get mission verified and be available to do some missions, helping those who are elderly or isolated. most of us thought a Saturday after Parkrun would be ideal but would try to fit in with what was needed. We also discussed setting up for bubble rush a week on Sunday!

Then all done we set off to the park for a 1 mile time trial. We have decided to try out a few track events in the build up to the world championships athletics which starts soon, and although the mile is not in the program (the 1500m is!) we thought that would be a good place to start. We had run a mile a few weeks ago and some of us were keen to beat our times from before, whilst others were new to the event. There was a great effort by all and some great times put down by the team!

Next week we will add another event , and may even look at field events!

26 brilliant runners explore parliament, Green Park, Buckingham Palace and the King and Queen of Spain!

It was a bit of a bonkers evening to be heading for a run around central London. Not only was the LSE campus buzzing with graduations, the King and Queen of Spain were on a state visit and so much of central London was blocked off. This made the usually busy rush hour areas EVEN BUSIER!

We nipped down to the river and headed along to Big Ben, sadly with a bit of scaffolding round him at the moment, but looking grand nonetheless. After a very busy cross over Parliament square, we celebrated as we reached St. James's park and a bit of space. Hooray!

A nice run around the lake led us to Buckingham Palace and a nice team photo. With that it was over the road into Green Park and a nice lap around. On coming back through Horseguard's Parade, it was clear that much of town was blocked off so run leader / not the best tour guide Katie led the group up and round, with a return stretch scooping below Covent Garden and the busy London streets.

Thanks to everyone who came along and you sure got quite a lot of London experiences in one run there!