Bupa London 10K logo
Anyone who knows me, know I am not much of an athlete. Yes I can lift heavy weights and play decent table tennis but this doesn’t really count as athleticism now does it? So last year my new year’s resolution was to run a 10K and guess what like the rest of my 2009 resolutions that too never saw completion. So when I made the same resolution this year, I thought to myself you know what I am gonna pay some dosh and register myself into a race so that I know I won’t fail this time round.
So that is exactly what I did today. I registered myself for the Bupa London 10K race. The race is at the end of May, so theoretically I should have no excuse for not being ready for it. It does seem really daunting though. What I guess will be driving me is the fact that i will be raising money for charity. I haven’t yet decided what the charity it will be yet but I am positive it will be one related to children.
So now a little bit about the Bupa London 10K –
The Bupa London 10,000 starts and finishes in St. James’s Park and uses Green Park as its assembly area.
The race starts on Birdcage Walk and follows an anti-clockwise route around the City of Westminster and the City of London via Parliament Square, Embankment, Blackfriars Bridge, Queen Victoria Street, Cannon Street, Great Tower Street, Crutched Friars, Fenchurch Street, Leadenhall Market, Cornhill, Queen Victoria Street, Puddle Dock, Embankment, Horseguards Avenue, Whitehall and via Trafalgar Square to the Finish in The Mall.
Runners pass many of London’s famous sights, including Westminster Abbey, Houses of Parliament, Big Ben, The London Eye, Cleopatra’s Needle, Tate Gallery, Millennium Bridge, The Monument, Lloyds of London, Leadenhall Market, Bank of England, Mansion House, St. Paul’s Cathedral, Horseguards, Nelson’s Column and Admiralty Arch. Buckingham Palace acts as the backdrop to the start and finish.
I wish I could be part of this race bro ;(
Gonna be a big challenge but yeah it will be amazing to run around London’s landmarks!