Thursday Night
- Runs
- Thursday night sessions, which start at 7pm from the King’s School Recreation Centre, normally consist of steady runs of between 5 and 8 miles (8 and 13km). People will run in groups according to their pace.In the summer (between April and September) the routes can vary, going westwards along the Stour Valley Walk or up on the North Downs Way or north and east to Tyler Hill, Broad Oak, Sturry and Fordwich.
In the winter the routes are around the city. We have the following routes, as drawn up by Gerry Reilly, with maps (each in size of 150-220KB) obtainable via the icons on the right:
- Route 1 (medium difficulty – 11.1 Km, 6.9miles, 50 metres of ascent) :Centre – St Stephens pathway – Beverley Inn – Beaconsfield Road – Forty Acres road – London Road –underpass – Rheims Way – Habitat – underpass – city wall – footbridge to East Station – footpath to Nunnery Fields – South Canterbury Road – through hospital to Nackington Road – top Old Dover Road – New Dover Road – Barton Road – Pilgrims Way – Spring Lane – Longport – Burgate – Palace Street – King Street – Mill Lane – Causeway – Centre. (optional + = Cathedral loop) (optional – = Barton Road/ Spring Lane) (optional – = use footpath Old / New Dover Rd)
[gmap file='/wp-content/maps/Thursday_Route1.kml'] - Route 2 (easy / medium – 12.2 Km, 7.6 miles, 50 metres ascent) :
Centre – St Stephens Road – Broad Oak Road – Vauxhall Road – Sturry road – Brymore road – Council offices – law courts – North Holmes Road – St Martins Hill – Spring Lane – Pilgrims Way – Barton Road – New Dover Road – Old Dover Road – Nackington Road – hospital – Nunnery Fields – footpath to East Station – over footbridge – Castle Street – Cathedral loop – Watlington street – Causeway – Centre. (optional + = Rheims Way / London Road – West Station from Castle Street) (optional – = use footpath New/Old Dover Rds) - Route 3 (tough – 9.3 Km, 5.8 miles, 80+ metres ascent) : Centre – St Stephens pathway – pathway past church – Farleigh Road – Tenterden Drive – Longmeadow way – Downs Road – St Stephens Hill – footpath to University – loop through University past playing fields to start of old summer relay loop – relay loop to Sports Centre – Eliot hill – Salisbury Road – Forty Acres Road – Roper Road – West Station – Centre.
- Route 4 (easy – 45/50 mins – 8.7 Km, 5.4 miles, 40 metres ascent) : Centre – St Stephens Road – St Stephens pathway – Beaconsfield Road – Salisbury Road – bottom of Eliot College hill – footpath all the way to Whitstable Road – Clifton Gardens – Harcourt Drive –Westgate Court Ave – Davidson road – London Road – Rheims Way – Habitat underpass – city wall – underpass (Safeway side) – Safeway car park – Longport – St Martins Hill – North Holmes Road – law courts – Council offices – footpath to Leopards head – Sainsburys via footpath – Riverside path – Causeway – Centre (optional + = from Council offices loop via Sturry Road / Vauxhall Road / Broad Oak Road – Centre – add 10 mins approx)
The above routes are all in a Winter Routes PDF document (792KB).
- Route 1 (medium difficulty – 11.1 Km, 6.9miles, 50 metres of ascent) :Centre – St Stephens pathway – Beverley Inn – Beaconsfield Road – Forty Acres road – London Road –underpass – Rheims Way – Habitat – underpass – city wall – footbridge to East Station – footpath to Nunnery Fields – South Canterbury Road – through hospital to Nackington Road – top Old Dover Road – New Dover Road – Barton Road – Pilgrims Way – Spring Lane – Longport – Burgate – Palace Street – King Street – Mill Lane – Causeway – Centre. (optional + = Cathedral loop) (optional – = Barton Road/ Spring Lane) (optional – = use footpath Old / New Dover Rd)
