Chilly Thursday evening but this didnt stop VI Runners and guides to turn up in mass as Paddington Rec Track for a great session. Goodgym Brent was present in force tonight with Dennis and Ryan. Steph Ducat doing his usual thing of running and taking pictures 📸. Viv who is one of the VI Runners did a PB tonight on her 5km with Ryan : well done !!

A great evening spent at The Olympic Park, Stratford, running with VI (Visually Impaired) Runners from the Achilles Intl community.

Another great session at Paddington Rec Track: loads of VI Runners and guides tonight. was it because there was a picnic after the session or the chocolate cake that birthday boy Breandan brought tonight? We will never know! We formed our usual circle at the track, introduced ourselves and said what each person wanted to do tonight. This is the circlenif trust as both VI Runners and Guides put their trust in each other. Welcome to Ryan for his first guided run and he took the challenge of being shadow to Tom who does nearly 10km with a 400 meter finish sprint!! Well done. Then Lucy didnt just stick to guide running : she joined his small group of 5 for a fitness session with running involved - hats up to her. Veronika, Maria, Harvey and Steph Ducat teamed up with a VI Runner to run around the track. After a great session most of us stayed for a small picnic near the track.

Thursday evening guided run at the Emirates. Guides in huge numbers vs the VI Runners. I set off early with Tom as he wanted to try and do his 10km. I guided Tom and coached Marcus as his first session. them midway I handed the guiding to Marcus for him to start run guiding. we then finished with a 400 meter sprint as Tom s speciality. great session for all who turned up tonight .

An absolute joy to run with the wonderful Achilles International UK team tonight. Our crew of guides and VI athletes produced some excellent training at Paddington Rec Track. Especially impressive to see our Big Half participants running strong, and first time guides (like Rue) getting stuck in.

We return to Emirates Stadium (Arsenal tube station) next Thursday!

The summer might be over, but there was a bumper turn out for the last Hyde Park session of the season. A glorious evening of guide running and walking around one of London’s best parks, watching the sun setting over the Serpentine.