Get running with Couch to 5K: a fun and supportive 8-week course in Winchmore Hill for total beginners and anyone returning to running. Gradually build up your running ability and fitness, with the goal of completing a 5km parkrun in March.
It's just over a year since newcomer to PG Anja Porter set up Broomfield Park Running Club, which this spring she broadened out to become Broomfield Park Active Club. In this article Anja outlines BPAC's evolution from a focus on fitness towards all-round sociability, both outdoors (regular walks and runs) and indoors (the club's pub evenings alternate between the Fox and the Cherry Tree).
Becky Tanner, secretary of Edmonton Running Club and a PG resident, shares the good news that the club is one of three shortlisted for an England Athletics Regional Volunteer Award.
On Saturday 4th May a group of walkers will pass through Broomfield Park, inaugurating the first leg of a new North to South London Walking Trail that stretches from Cockfosters to Carshalton Beeches.
Anja Porter launched the Broomfield Park Runners a couple of months ago, after moving to PG from Brighton and looking in vain for a local social running club to join. The club is getting established, but still looking for new people to join and finding the best days and times.
Anja moved to PG from Brighton three months ago. She took up running and was hoping to join a local running club - but couldn't find one, so she's started her own club!
On six days this summer the council's Journeys & Places team will be running free cycling activities for children to learn to ride, improve their cycling skills and join in cycling games. A variety of bikes and trikes will be provided to suit ages 6-16.
Tennis coach James Mott is currently taking bookings for summer holiday tennis, multisport and activity camps in Broomfield Park, suitable for children aged 5 to 14.
