Come and Guide Run with Achilles International (Olympic Park Stratford Route)
Be a sighted runner and explore the world of guide running!
1 / 6
Come and Guide Run with Achilles International (Olympic Park Stratford Route)
Be a sighted runner and explore the world of guide running!
Getting there
For this session we're going to meet at the task, so you'll need to make your own way there. We encourage you to walk, run, or cycle to do so!
About this session
Achilles International are an amazing organisation who link guide with blind and particially sighted runners, and they are looking for potential guides for future training sessions.
Goodgym (and parkrun) communities have been very supportive of this team over the years, so we are looking to see if we can introduce more runners to the world of guiding.
Stratford Olympic Park Running
Over the Winter months, Achilles International will be hosting VI running sessions around the Emirates Stadium, Islington, Paddington Rec Track and Stratford Olympic Park.
How do I get involved?
We are looking for volunteers to come and help our runners from Stratford Underground Station (Westfield exit), over to our meeting spot near The London Aquatics Centre and back again afterwards. TFL staff are on hand to assist with the runners journey to and from Stratford tube.
We have located a new bag drop spot at:
Dessert Ice Cream Club, Tessa Jowell Boulevard, London E20 2AG
We are looking for guides to navigate the runners during the session (paces and distances will be discussed beforehand), and to look out for obstacles and hazards during the run.
Open to runners of all guiding experience
If you are not confident with guiding a runner at first, you are welcome to run with a guiding couple to watch their techniques and how it is done.
What do I do now
If you are interested, sign up here.
We will contact you on Wednesday, and link you to the Achilles International WhatsApp group to discuss our plans for Thursday evening.
Introduce yourself, and let us know your guiding experience, and we will work together to create an awesome group!
This task supports
Para-sports and VI guiding organisation (UK Chapter)
What to look out for
Make sure you've read our general guidelines for safety for taking part in a GoodGym session.
This is a GoodGym community mission. When we're doing a community mission we make our own way to the task, so you can choose to walk, run, or cycle. Thinking of cycling - check out our FAQs
Who's going?
Led by Simon Fitzmaurice
- Goodgym Islington AA - Likes long slow runs - Coach in Running Fitness - Avid screen printer
Location
Comments and questions
Comments are a good place to ask any questions you may have about the session.
Please note that comments written here are publicly visible: avoid posting private information such as your mobile phone number.
If you have a question you would like to ask privately, you can email the GoodGym Islington area activator, Simon Fitzmaurice, .
