Update 17-MAR-2020
Further to the announcement below concerning the temporary closure of the Whitehall Track, we have now received this statement from England Athletics. This should be read by everyone in its entirety. As well as endorsing our statement of yesterday, it also advises a suspension of all face-to-face activity until at least the end of April. The Club fully supports this statement and expects that all members will comply.
We will keep everyone informed of future developments. Further details will follow on the Club AGM.
16-MAR-2020
It is with great regret that, following Government advice today, we feel it is our duty to suspend all our regular training sessions at Whitehall until further notice, as of midnight tonight. Training is “social contact” and we are asked to all avoid this from tomorrow onwards, not only for our own protection but also for the protection of others.
We advise you that if you wish to continue training alone, for example in parks and open spaces where you can train without coming close to others, then your coaches may be able to advise you of a plan to ‘keep you going’: their email addresses are on the club website if you don’t have them anyway.
We do not know how long this closure will last. Season Ticket holders please note that is that however many weeks we are closed for, we will extent those season tickets by that number of weeks.
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ditto the second poster. The race must hold up cyclists by about 2min at most, once a month. A little bit of spit is good for everyone anyway
Sorry that you feel so upset. The race is very well organised and is regularly inspected by UK Athletics to check it meets the necessary standards. We’re sorry you have to slow down and ring your bell to make yourself know to the runners but I’m sure they move once they are aware of your presence. The race only consumes 30 minutes out of the entire month and has been going since before the cycle path existed. I guess we could all do with a little more tolerance, some more than others.
this event is poorly organised.
for one the cycle track is for everyone to use not just for one party, the runners decide to first ignore safety by not wearing illuminating bibs on a very dark track and then weave from side to side of the track without looking behind them, running three abreast, spitting without checking first and finally setting up a checkpoint under a bridge taking up half the track to have finished runners block the other half.
not only stupid but greedy and irresponible.
this needs serious attention before somebody has an accident