And Laces is a running group in Burgess Park, South London. We are a small, relaxed, non-competitive group for women who want to get back into running or keep going. The group are friendly and welcome new members. Our runners all have different paces.

As runners, we know that it can be hard to start running again after a break. Our Return to Running (R2R) 6 week course is designed for people who ran regularly in the past but have been unable to for a few months or more. It starts off very gently, building up to being able to run for 30 minutes continuously while simultaneously building confidence in your ability to run. Ideally you come to all 6 sessions. We don't have any scheduled at the moment but hope to soon. 

The Return to Running course leads into our Improvers sessions. The Improvers sessions are interval sessions, but not as scary as they sound. You can run at your own speed and won't be left behind. These sessions will help you keep going and to mix up your runnning as well as meet other runners in the area. You do not need to do the R2R course to join the Improvers, you just need to be able to run for about 20 minuntes continuously at any pace. These sessions can be part of training plans for events, for fitness or fun.

We meet in Burgess Park, South London at the Old Kend Road / Tesco entrance to the park every week. The sessions last for around an hour with a warm up, main session and cool down. There are plenty of breaks to catch your breath and drink water. There are toilets in the park but no lockers.