LGN Run Club News : : LGN Wellbeing Ltd

LGN Russell Square 1km Loop

2009-06-01T18:50:00.018+01:00

Russell Sqaure water fountain evokes powerful imagery of energy giving sustanance and life.....

About as central London as you can get, the Russell Square LGN 1km loop provides a quick endorphin 1km fix for those not wanting to go too far from the office

LGN 1km loops have been located and measured at several key points around London for use primarily by LGN Run Clubs http://www.lgnwellbeing.com/

These LGN 1km loops serve several key purposes:

Provide comparable LGN standard course for all our Run Clubs

Via monthly time trial assist with tangible fitness progress

Offer guide to tempo for people planning fun runs or PB races

Building confidence for those aiming for initial 5km or 10km

Help fan the flames of Inter LGN Run Club banter

We at LGN embrace technology with a cuddly bear lost & found like grip, and indeed for identifying our LGN 1km loops we used internet mapping to find best routes with same start / finish area, however when it came to accurate measurement we laughed in the face of GPS and used trusted measuring techniques for inch perfect accuracy, thus while you will have a route map to provide, rest easy knowing we walked every single 1km loop with a manual measuring wheel to make sure each one LGN 1km loop is indeed exactly 1km.

Have two measuring wheels looked more happy doing what they were born to do?

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For those wanting to know where Russell Sqaure is and where the LGn 1km loop starts and finishes please click on mapping link below.

http://www.mapmyrun.com/run/united-kingdom/-london/192123919377443324

But for those who want to know exact start & finish points please see below for LGN pictorial tour.

Start is North East entrance closest to Russell Square tube station and start line if from leg of Russell Square information sign as you run anti clock-wise.

The LGN 1km loop essentially hugs the internal outer path around Russell Square, this is 545 metres around, and thus 1km requires almost 2 loops

Measurement proof, Russell Square is 545 metres around outer path

Head straight down first long straight and get ready to go right around flower beds

And here are the flower beds, you take the longer righ hand fork route around

Keep going stright following path around outer edge and bearing left at end

Turn again left again around outside path

Keep going straight to original starting point, from start point here you need to do 95% of loop again finishing on same final straight as shown above, just past park bench on right

Next to park bench you will see an X marks the finishing spot - 1km in the bag!

Finish line it in all its glory.

In summary, Russell Square outer path loop is 545 metres long, thus LGN 1km loop is 90m shy of 2 complete loops.

If you want a quieter and local single loop 1km, you are best of using the LGN Regents Park 1km loop - only 10 mins light jog away, please check LGN May 2009 blog for details - http://lgnevents.blogspot.com/2009_05_01_archive.html

So lets lace up and use the loop to either join us with our monthly LGN time trials, or perhaps use it for rep session, do five and get a 5km time or perhaps as a guide to tempo for an upcoming race.

We look forward to hearing your results - please let us know via this blog or indeed via our The LGN Run Club on Facebook: http://www.facebook.com/group.php?gid=24456264587

Or if you think your company should join the likes of BP, M&C Saatchi & Nike et al and deserves an uber cost effective LGN Run Club, then contact us via info@lgnwellbeing.com for more info.

Happy running from all the team at LGN

http://www.lgnwellbeing.com/

LGN Canary Wharf 1km Loop

2009-06-01T16:37:00.031+01:00

Canary Wharf - home to London's financial power brokering hub, sharp suits, sharper minds and....

.....sheep!

Indeed a warm welcome to LGN's Canary Wharf 1km loop and probbaly one of London's most lovely & juxtaposed green spaces - Mudchute Park, only 5mins jog from E14

LGN 1km loops have been located and measured at several key points around London for use primarily by LGN Run Clubs http://www.lgnwellbeing.com/

These LGN 1km loops serve several key purposes:

Provide comparable LGN standard course for all our Run Clubs

Via monthly time trial assist with tangible fitness progress

Offer guide to tempo for people planning fun runs or PB races

Building confidence for those aiming for initial 5km or 10km

Help fan the flames of Inter LGN Run Club banter

As per the Canary Wharf need for accurate figures, we at LGN embrace technology with a cuddly bear lost & found like grip, and indeed for identifying our LGN 1km loops we used internet mapping to find best routes with same start / finish area, however when it came to accurate measurement we laughed in the face of GPS and used trusted measuring techniques for inch perfect accuracy, thus while you will have a route map to provide, rest easy knowing we walked every single 1km loop with a manual measuring wheel to make sure each one LGN 1km loop is indeed exactly 1km.

GPS technolgy is good, but our measuring wheels seem to afford us a more craftman like zeal - and just look at their pretty colours

To gain a good over view idea of where Mudchute park is and where our loop goes please click on mapping link below.
http://www.mapmyrun.com/run/united-kingdom/canary-wharf/916124393598252187

But for a full LGN pictorial overview, please see below:

Only 5 mins Jog from Canary Wharf, access park up these stairs from East Ferry Road

The LGN 1km loop then starts at end of tarmac path on other side of pedestrian gates

And this is the start get gate in question, with white marking on bottom left post

Start is from other side of the gate and here is an attempted arty photograph to illustrate first 1oo yards

After 200 - 300 yards, take the left fork

Go through open gate

Head down beautiful path, taking time to admire wild flowers on your left and blackberries on your right

Keep going straight and eventually you will come across marking for halfway point

At end of path get ready to bear hard left and hopefully enjoy support from lone bench seated civilian

You will approach Mudchute Park farm, soak up the countryside aroma and follow path bearing right

We at LGN are aware that fiscal trading can be described as a 'Bull Market' and thus would like to think someone appreciated our photograhic humour laced efforts...

Keep on path and just keep striding out, not far to go now

Lovely fast and smooth tarmac to find your rhythm

As path ends turn sharp left (if you end up in supermarekt car park, you have not turned left in time!)

As you trun left, you will be faced with a gate that requires navigating a quick shimmy

And then it is 200 - 300 yards remaining with sweet memories of school cross country

Green & fast - beautiful, with finishing line fast approaching

Path from stairs you entered park through is your finish point

If in doubt look for your 2nd gate post with white marking

And yes we too were amazed that the route to end on path is exactly 1000m aka 1km!

So lets lace up and use the loop to either join us with our monthly LGN time trials, or perhaps use it for rep session, do five and get a 5km time or perhaps as a guide to tempo for an upcoming race.

We look forward to hearing your results - please let us know via this blog or indeed via our The LGN Run Club on Facebook: http://www.facebook.com/group.php?gid=24456264587

Or if you think your company should join the likes of BP, M&C Saatchi & Nike et al and deserves an uber cost effective LGN Run Club, then contact us via info@lgnwellbeing.com for more info.

Happy running from all the team at LGN

http://www.lgnwellbeing.com/

LGN Imperial War Museum 1km Loop

2009-05-27T17:41:00.021+01:00

Imperial War Museum provides an iconic back drop to this LGN 1km loop

LGN 1km loops have been located and measured at several key points around London for use primarily by LGN Run Clubs http://www.lgnwellbeing.com/

These LGN 1km loops serve several key purposes:

Provide comparable LGN standard course for all our Run Clubs
Via monthly time trial assist with tangible fitness progress
Offer guide to tempo for people planning fun runs or PB races
Building confidence for those aiming for initial 5km or 10km
Help fan the flames of Inter LGN Run Club banter

and last lap bells don't get more symbolic than this memorial work of art

While we at LGN embrace technology with a cuddly bear lost & found like grip, and indeed for identifying our LGN 1km loops we used internet mapping to find best routes with same start / finish area, however when it came to accurate measurement we laughed in the face of GPS and used trusted measuring techniques for inch perfect accuracy, thus while you will have a route map to provide, rest easy knowing we walked every single 1km loop with a manual measuring wheel to make sure each one LGN 1km loop is indeed exactly 1km.

The LGN Imperial War Musuem 1km loop is held on museum ground in a small park known as the Geraldine Mary Harmsworth Park which is relatively small but great for encouraging other LGN Run Club runners and building a lush lactic atmosphere.

At only 447 metres around the green perimeter, the LGN 1km loop requires two laps with and extra 116 metres to the finishing line.

To find a the location and gain a rough idea of LGN loop please click on mapping facility below:

http://www.mapmyrun.com/run/united-kingdom/lambeth/534124265921589458

or for full LGN pictorial tour please see below.

447 metres in distance, get ready for 2 lap 1km joy

Welcome to the LGN 1km start and indeed the Geraldine Mary Harmsworth Park, the start line is where the man in the red jumpers path intersects junction and is marked by white line

There is the white 'start line'

This should be your view from the official start after only a few seconds of running, keeping to the tarmac, bear right after picnic area.

Run past disabled parking bays on your right and get ready for left turn on path

as you turn left you will have the side of the musuem on your right, run all the way down the end of the path and get ready for left turn at the bottom.

With musuem on your right, follow arrow and keep running!

as you turn left you will presented by brick wall on your right, run along its length and then geat ready to go very mildly 'off road'

Well... we did say mildly off road, follow this path to its end and you will have comepleted one of two required laps.

After two laps of course you then need to finish 116 metres further along from your start point, which is by the third disabled parking bay, handily marked by white paint as above.

So lets lace up and use the loop to either join us with our monthly time trials, or perhaps use it for rep session, do five and get a 5km time or perhaps as a guide to tempo for an upcoming race.

We look forward to hearing your results - please let us know via this blog or indeed via our The LGN Run Club on Facebook: http://www.facebook.com/group.php?gid=24456264587

Or if you think your company should join the likes of BP, M&C Saatchi & Nike et al and deserves an uber cost effective LGN Run Club, then contact us via info@lgnwellbeing.com for more info.

Happy running from all the team at LGN

http://www.lgnwellbeing.com/

LGN Regents Park 1km Loop

2009-05-27T12:04:00.022+01:00

Once a private hunting ground for Henry 8th and now open to you for your very own royal LGN 1km romp, the Royal Parks 'Jewel in the Crown' is indeed a tad special

Primrose Hill is a mere 5 minute jog from our LGN 1km loop, how about warming down with a view to explaining the benefits of training at lactic threshold to Sienna and chums?

Regents Park theatre is located only only inches from your own LGN 1km loop theatre of dreams

LGN 1km loops have been located and measured at several key points around London for use primarily by LGN Run Clubs http://www.lgnwellbeing.com/

These LGN 1km loops serve several key purposes:

Provide comparable LGN standard course for all our Run Clubs
Via monthly time trial assist with tangible fitness progress
Offer guide to tempo for people planning fun runs or PB races
Building confidence for those aiming for initial 5km or 10km
Help fan the flames of Inter LGN Run Club banter

Let us assure you we at LGN take measuring very seriously, oh yes

Each LGN 1km loop is measure slowly and accurately by Sports Science qualified craftsman

The Regents Park 1km loop is a beautiful single loop around the Inner Circle whoch sits in the middle of the park and is a mere 20 metres shy of 1,000m aka 1km.

If you would like map directions and simple instructions please click this mapping link:

http://www.mapmyrun.com/run/united-kingdom/-london/347123919300397653

However, if you would like a more detailed pictorial guide to route and advised start & finish points just scroll down below.

We started our loop by the entrance gates opposite Chester Road and just to the left by the below the sign.

The 1km starting point sign with white painted line

The white painted line represents yoru strt point as you launch yourself anti-clockwise

Keeping railings on your left, you start off on very slight downhill

After nearly 500m you will pass the Park Cafe on your left - your latte awaits..

As you crest the slight hill, you will pass the bigger gates opposite York Bridge

As the lactic increases so does the hedge height on your left - only 100m to go

At the gates you started from, go 20m past your start line and the furthest gate entrance is your finish point - hurrah.

We hope you can either join us with our monthly time trials or perhaps use it for a solo rep session, do five and get a 5km time or perhaps as even a guide to tempo for an upcoming race.

And we look forward to hearing your results - please let us know via this blog or indeed via our The LGN Run Club on Facebook: http://www.facebook.com/group.php?gid=24456264587

Or if you think your company should join the likes of BP, M&C Saatchi & Nike et al and deserves an uber cost effective LGN Run Club, then contact us via info@lgnwellbeing.com for more info.

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Happy running from all the team at LGN

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http://www.lgnwellbeing.com/

LGN Green Park 1km Loop

2009-05-19T12:56:00.030+01:00

What better place to test your physical attributes than a royal park that was the London dueling site up to the late 17th century when King Charles numero dos added 40 acres for his own walking constitution - hence Constitution Hill

17th Green Park was enjoyed by landed gentry in heavy imported cotton, lace and latterly tweed, and we are lead to believe that no moisture wicking Dri Fit material was readily available

LGN 1km loops have been located and measured at several key points around London for use primarily by LGN Run Clubs http://www.lgnwellbeing.com/

These LGN 1km loops serve several key purposes:

Provide comparable LGN standard course for all our Run Clubs

Via monthly time trial assist with tangible fitness progress
Offer guide to tempo for people planning fun runs or PB races
Building confidence for those aiming for initial 5km or 10km
Help fan the flames of Inter LGN Run Club banter

'But how accurately measured are these LGN 1km loops?' we hear you say...

LGN 1km measuring precision, the passion is just infectious

The LGN Green Park 1km is a very simple loop but is not for the Run Club faint hearted, as its hill will test physical and mental resolve, if you want the easy flat & quick option pop over to our Hyde Park 1km loop instead...

To gain a good overview idea of Green Park course please click on mapping link below:

http://www.mapmyrun.com/run/united-kingdom/-lodnon/831123919276614395

But to get a guided pictorial & detailed tour of the LGN loop please see below.

Lamp post in middle of Park acts as both start and finish point, with pathway intersection possibly symbolising the cross roads of your fitness?

Luckily someone had already marked the start point with a dash of eco friendly white paint at the base of the lamp post.

Your view as you consider the beginning of your LGN 1km loop, the pathway ahead quickly leads to only hill on the course, hang on to your hat & get ready to get inside the hurt box.

Keep going straight and the summit is now nearly in sight

Almost at the top, keep going straight & don't be tempted by the delights of the left hand path

Bearing left at the top of the hill

Now you start to feel the surge in thigh bound delight as gravity goes from being foe to friend on the delightful descent

Now feel your running rhythm pick up as you run down along side Constitution Hill

As you approach Buckingham Palace bear left and get ready for final 250m dash for the line

Turning left at the big tree on the corner, your finishing line awaits

Finish line is in middle of path intersection

With 'X' opposite the post marking the exact 1km point

So lets lace up and use the loop to either join us with our monthly time trials, or perhaps use it for rep session, do five and get a 5km time or perhaps as a guide to tempo for an upcoming race.

We look forward to hearing your results - please let us know via this blog or indeed via our The LGN Run Club on Facebook: http://www.facebook.com/group.php?gid=24456264587

Or if you think your company should join the likes of BP, M&C Saatchi & Nike et al and deserves an uber cost effective LGN Run Club, then contact us via info@lgnwellbeing.com for more info.

Happy running from all the team at LGN

http://www.lgnwellbeing.com/

LGN Fulham 1km Loop

2009-05-18T15:02:00.031+01:00

Old Father Thames 346km long in its full majesty, how about enjoying just 1km along its meandering heritage to improve your running tidal flow?

LGN 1km loops have been located and measured at several key points around London for use primarily by LGN Run Clubs http://www.lgnwellbeing.com/

These LGN 1km loops serve several key purposes;

Provide comparable LGN standard course for all our Run Clubs
Via monthly time trial assist with tangible fitness progress
Offer guide to tempo for people planning fun runs or PB races
Building confidence for those aiming for initial 5km or 10km
Help fan the flames of Inter LGN Run Club banter

Life saving indeed, use the LGN Fulham 1km loop to improve fitness and running tempo confidence, not to mention keep cardiac and respiratory function ship shape

The LGN Fulham 1km is a very simple loop around the edge of Bishop's Park

To gain an idea of location and of course via internet mapping please click link:

http://www.mapmyrun.com/run/united-kingdom/hammersmith/631124265639543571

But for a pictorial guide to LGN Fulham 1km loop please see below:

This is your start point, via the entrance gate closest to Fulham Football ground, the beginning of the bike cycle route is official start line

The official start line, no toes touching the white paint please... 3.... 2.... 1 - go!

Running straight down cycle path, lovely flat and quick, but get ready to negotiate a disco shimmy through park gates

And there are the disco shimmy park gates, wriggle yourself through and try to re-establish initial momentum

At end of your path you will see flower beds on your right, this is your cue to bear right, preparing for 2nd right turn in 50m and return leg, how much left in the tank...?

Again, yet more beautiful flat n fast paths greet you and with the River on your left urging you on, can you find that extra gear to push on for a PB effort?

Final 200 - 300m now, open playing field now visible on your right, Craven Cottage football club in front, the finish awaits you, just one final right hand turn

Last 50m as you complete your turn, choice of left or right of tree, keep those shoulders relaxed..

'X' marks the spot and the finish, well done, you are now only a few feet from where you started and hopefully your LGN trainer is smiling while looking down your new improved 1km time

So lets lace up and use the loop to either join us with our monthly time trials, or perhaps use it for rep session, do five and get a 5km time or perhaps as a guide to tempo for an upcoming race.

We look forward to hearing your results - please let us know via this blog or indeed via our The LGN Run Club on Facebook: http://www.facebook.com/group.php?gid=24456264587

Or if you think your company should join the likes of BP, M&C Saatchi & Nike et al and deserves an uber cost effective LGN Run Club, then contact us via info@lgnwellbeing.com for more info.

Happy running from all the team at LGN

http://www.lgnwellbeing.com/

LGN Hyde Park 1km Loop

2009-05-18T12:05:00.030+01:00

The green Jewel in London's Park running crown

A truly inspiring London park to come back to each month and measure your LGN Run Club progress.

The 2009 World Elite Triathlon Champs will try out the 2012 Olympic course in Hyde Park, so feel the passion and let your running evolve while surrounded by central London foliage beauty.

LGN 1km loops have been located and measured at several key points around London for use primarily by LGN Run Clubs http://www.lgnwellbeing.com/

These LGN 1km loops serve several key purposes;

Provide comparable LGN standard course for all our Run Clubs
Via monthly time trial assist with tangible fitness progress
Offer guide to tempo for people planning fun funs or PB races
Building confidence for those aiming for initial 5km or 10km
Help fan the flames of Inter LGN Run Club banter

While we at LGN embrace technology with a cuddly bear like grip, for measuring our LGN 1km loops while we used internet mapping to idenify best routes with same start / finish area, however we laughed in the face of GPS and used trusted measuring techniques for accuracy, thus while you will have a route map to provide, rest easy knowing we walked every single 1km loop with a manual measuring wheel to make sure each one LGN 1km loop is indeed 1km.

Our measuring wheels worked so hard for the LGN 1km cause, we sent them off on holiday, as with all working relationships, romance is always a possibility..

The LGN Hyde Park 1km loop is flat and fast, based near the Lancaster Gate entrance and starts next to Speke's Needle Nile monument.

Please find the LGN Hyde Park / Kensingnton Gardens 1km Map My Run route below:

http://www.mapmyrun.com/run/united-kingdom/london/948123919220278885

Please also find the LGN photo montage of 1km course below to help guide you.

Speke's Nile monument marks Start & Finish of LGN 1km loop

Path inter section is both start line and finsihing line - how handy

Head directly down path towards 'Statue of Physical Energy'

Take 2nd path on right upon approaching 'Statue of Physical Energy'

Then take 1st right and you will see Kensignton Garden lake on left

Keep going stright over inter section, keeping Lake on your left & get ready for the home straight

And now for the final approx 300m finish, heading back towards Speke's Needle Monument, your finishing line is the same path inter section from where you began

And there we have it, the LGN Hyde Park (Kensington Gardens) 1km loop.

So lets lace up and use the loop to either join us with our monthly time trials, or perhaps use it for rep session, do five and get a 5km time or perhaps as a guide to tempo for an upcoming race.

We look forward to hearing your results - please let us know via this blog or indeed via our The LGN Run Club on Facebook: http://www.facebook.com/group.php?gid=24456264587

Or if you think your company should join the likes of BP, M&C Saatchi & Nike et al and deserves an uber cost effective LGN Run Club, then contact us via info@lgnwellbeing.com for more info.

Happy running from all the team at LGN

www.lgnwellbeing.com

Porridge & Paperazzi

2009-04-20T12:27:00.008+01:00

For those with the Marathon on their mind, in the immortal words of 80’s soft rock legends Europe ‘It’s the final countdown’, your big 26mile day is almost with you, and you may find yourself humming the Martine McCutcheon classic ‘Perfect Moment’ or indeed you may already be visualising the finish and doing a Blue Peter with a mildly smug ‘and here is one we made earlier’…

At LGN we are proud of our not so subtle linking prose, but while you eat porridge like Goldilocks and the Three Bears and covertly rub Vaseline, it should also be noted that the London Marathon also provides a unique opportunity to share exactly the same experience as many faces from MTV or Heat magazine.

Because on marathon day there is no VIP room, their experience is fundamentally the same as yours, 26miles of London’s finest tarmac.

In addition, while you may be running for personal health and or for a charity close to your heart, spare a thought for the modern day celebrity, possibly coerced into unfamiliar physical pain by an unrelenting PR or managing agent. Just take a moment to consider their task, months of training in conjunction with valiant attempts to appear on iconic TV shows such as Loose Women et al, just for the possibility of being able to smile for 30 seconds while benefiting from the interview with Sally Gunnell at Tower Bridge.

Therefore the LGN top tip this month, is to externalise your own physical discomfort via acknowledging the suffering of a running celebrity nearby, because for 2009 the event is festooned with a plethora of ‘TV personalities’ hunting for Sally’s microphone.

To help you in your quest, we at LGN have listed some of those in the real race for airtime by the anticipated finishing times, so if their times match yours, do your research, look for the entourage, engage in gossip and show them a clean pair of heels.

Great hurdler and great BBC interviewer

3 hours – 3.45
You are skipping along and all of sudden the dream chance to request a Blue Peter badge and more becomes a reality.

Helen Skelton
New addition to the Blue Peter team, has WAG credentials has an anticipated time of a non too shabby 3 hours.

Nell McAndrew
This Yorkshire lady is hoping to break 3.30, but may be undone due to her much renowned weakness for blueberry muffins.

Chris Boardman
An opportunity to ‘get in the hurt box’ with one of the classic hard man of cycling and one of only a few Brits to wear the Tour de France yellow jersey. Chris is aiming for 3.40

No wheels allowed on 26th April Chris

Tony Pulis

No nonsense Stoke City manager, trying to keep his team in the premiership and his time under the magic 3.45

Matthew Macfadyen

Spooks star Macfadyen is effort is no M15 secret & is aiming for 3.45

Gordon Ramsay

"I was 17 stone and needed to get in shape," he was reported in the Telegraph as saying. Aiming to gently bring himself to a simmer in under 3.45

4 – 5 hours
This tempo is rich pickings for celeb hunters, from Kate Lawler, Ronan and even the ‘Reverse Pterodactyl’ impersonator Lee McQueen, the London Marathon has the lot.

Ronan Keating
Engage him with lively banter at 20 miles and he may remind you of the lyrics to his no.1 1999 hit single ‘when you say nothing at all’…. Going for a cool 3.59

Ronan in the 2008 FLM making a new friend – this could be you…

Jenni Falconer
GMTV presenter Falconer is hoping to get under the magic 4 hours

Lee McQueen
Last year's Apprentice winner has been training since February with old-school underground garage tunes and will probably be hoping 'Surallan' appreciates his 4 hour work ethic.

Isobel Lang
Expect showers... of attention, Sky’s weathergirl is aiming for 4.30

Kate Lawler

Big Brother star has London Marathon experience and hoping for 4.50

5hours +
There are benefits of being out running for over 5 hours, to keep you company how about Jonathan Pearce or Jordan the choice is yours...

Jonathan Pearce
Unlikely to be at his commentating best, lest we forget his classic Euro '96 'Ready-Steady-Teddy!' as England beat Holland – 5hours is the target

Katie Price (Jordan)
Running as a duo with pop star hubby Pete and aiming for 5 hours

Running as a couple is good time to talk, oh wearing headphones…

Good luck from all the team at LGN, we hope you have a great marathon day and look forward to seeing and hearing from you on the other side.
http://www.lgnwellbeing.com/

The aggregation of marginal gains

2009-04-03T11:23:00.004+01:00

‘You what?!’ we possibly hear you cry.

Well ok, so we at LGN may well have purely studied for various sports science qualifications which ordinarily would not give us the clout to string such long words together in a rather catchy phrase, however, as we love sport we have passionately followed British Cycling with glee in recent years culminating in the 7 out of 10 Gold medals at the Beijing Olympics and that term ‘aggregation of marginal gains’ just kept popping up.

Indeed when David Brailsford the GB team’s Performance Director was asked what the secret to the success of the team was, the answer was clear; there was no one secret, sure they had some very fancy carbon bikes and kit which nabbed the headlines, but in essence it was all about meticulous attention to detail that made the overall difference. In essence it was the focus given to the hundreds of tiny things that when brought together created the success of the whole.

Chris Hoy, big thighs + aggregation of marginal gains = Gold & hot date with Queen

As Brailsford explains “Taking the one percent from everything you do. That’s what we try to do from the mechanics upwards; if a mechanic sticks a tyre on, and someone comes along and says it could be done better, it’s not an insult – it’s because we are always striving for improvement, for those one
percent gains, in absolutely every single thing we do.”

While many captains of industry have been throwing away their grand blue sky thinking of risk all to gain all strategies and instead inviting Mr. Brailsford round for dinner…… we as runners could and possibly should apply this same philosophy whatever our respective goals.

The micro as opposed to macro approach clearly crosses into learned experience that LGN would normally extol, especially at this time of year to the Spring Marathon brigade.

LGN’s aggregation of marginal gains; a runner’s translation;

LGN Maginal Gain #1
Sleep is essential for recovery process, instead of macro approach and one night trying to go to bed before you wake up… instead try routine of going to bed 15 minutes early every night and thus over each week gain almost 2 hours

LGN Marginal Gain #2
Think quality of running not quantity, often easier to keep plodding along to schedule without challenging how you feel, be brave, have days off when required and then invest renewed energy in the next session

LGN Marginal Gain #3
As weather gets milder don’t think hydration means drinking gallons of water prior to a long run, think about it days before and consider taking on extra essential electrolytes

LGN Marginal Gain #4
Marathon runners, consider using a Sunday run to mimic big day race conditions, get up at c.5am, practice eating porridge this early, practice nibbling on pre-race snacks prior to run and ensure that 26th April et al logistics do not throw you off your running rhythm

LGN Marginal Gain #5
Running shoes past their best? Calculate approximate mileage and get new shoes before the 500 mile mark or if just older than 2 years, mid sole and cushioning degrade over time and the last thing you want is a niggly injury being the motivation to open wallet

LGN Marginal Gain #6
What ‘fuel’ are you putting in your body? Carbohydrates are important, but quality of carbohydrate is equally vital, check labels and invest in high octane healthier options

LGN Marginal Gain #7
Change running route, get out of a possible running rut and aim to stimulate the mind to stimulate the body by looking at new scenery

LGN Marginal Gain #8
For those aiming for 26 miles in April, check fueling strategy, your glycogen store (petrol tank) is limited, have a race day plan to pre-empt and not react to energy needs

LGN Marginal Gain #9
Toe nails, cut them early well in advance of any race, last thing you need especially if endurance related is tender toes as feet naturally expand in race

LGN Marginal Gain #10
Make sure majority of your running is enjoyable, happy running often equates to good running, run with friends, run with music or take a train to run in a new environment, but keep it smiling to keep improving

Now that Spring is officially sprung, we at LGN wish you a new fantastic running season and hope that you can find your own additional marginal gains to ensure you get the most from every running stride.

Happy running!

Do a runner with LGN

http://www.lgnwellbeing.com/

A run is for life, not just Christmas

2009-01-07T15:39:00.007Z

While the cold blanket of New Year settles and incubates lethargy for many a non runner, for some of us the recent passing of the Winter Solstice will mark two ancient and iconic lunar running phases..

1. Ye Olde London Marathon ballot place cometh good

2. The bell doth toll for New Years running resolutions

And therefore what could be a dark, drab and wholly depressing time of year, is instead rejuvenated into multi coloured kaleidoscope of running possibilities, with festive presents demonstrating Lycra love and aerobic excitement levels reaching a new crescendo.

January - a time to weigh up the correct footwear and nutrition balance

At LGN we rejoice in this time of year, hope and running have always been quite an intoxicating and heady mix and the recent LGN running seminars have proved no exception, as it is a treat to work with people clearly intent on embarking on a fresh running and fund raising challenge.

However, our biggest challenge at LGN is helping people hold onto their NY resolution fuelled and most precious running commodity – desire.

As is our human nature, the more we want something, the more we end up justifying our hasty actions with such passion fuelled logic as ‘no pain no gain’. It is all too easy running out the door with new swanky Christmas kit and leave common sense as the only gift unwrapped, (we at LGN can say this because we have made this mistake, oh yes).

We all therefore need to be reminded of how beautifully powerful running is as a form of exercise, and as such enables us get an über endorphin hit in a short time saving window, however, because it is so powerful we need to respect it and very gently nurture it.

The temptation to do too much too soon is very easily done in early January, especially if heading for London Marathon. Worst case scenarios range from physical injury often vocalised via ‘ouch!’ to mental fatigue aka – ‘I don’t want to play any more’

Run the LGN way and stay young forever..

Therefore we need to ensure our training is structured, provides gentle physical progression and that majority of running is done with a glint in the eye moistened by a desire fuelled tear.

Please find LGN’s Top 5 Winter Solstice running check list:

LGN Three C Philosophy:
Please re-read LGN’s Three C running philosophy (Consistency, Control & Confidence) or email info@lgnwellbeing.com to request a copy.

You are unique, so must be your running:

Remember running should be your Christmas gift for life and thus needs to be sustainable. LGN strongly suggest not trying to push life (work, family, social, illicit fun etc) aside, as it will eventually flood back, instead use initial weeks to find running rhythm and ensure training schedule fits with your unique life.

Flirt with your schedule:

Prior to marathon or new schedule commitment, do not rush headlong into running relationship, instead we need to tease mind & body, frustrate yourself with short provocative efforts, make sure when you get home and the key goes in the front door that you still want more.

Listen to your body:

Turn off iPod, GPS et al and listen to your body, it is the best possibly metronome, with foot stride, heart beat and breathing it is the best way to understand how to vary pace and set tempo for running success. This knowledge and physical affinity you develop early will prove vital a later running stage.

Less is more:

The desire to build up the mileage and do it early can be overwhelming. Primary physical goal, especially for new runners in initial weeks is for vital connective tissue (ligaments & tendons) to adapt to new stress, push too hard too early and long term problems can arise, in early weeks keep it short and you will keep your running sweet.

If you would like on-going LGN support for your next running journey, please take a peek at our support packages - http://www.lgnwellbeing.com/services_marathon.php

Happy running in 2009 from all the team at LGN.

www.lgnwellbeing.com

LGN 2008 Inter Advertising Agency 5km grand finale

2008-09-28T15:44:00.026+01:00

The paparazzi go snap happy as LGN's 5km stampeed is launched from the start line

Veni, vidi, veci.
I came, I saw, I conquered. (Julius Caesar)

Friday 26th September and a resplendent sun drenched Regents Park, once the hunting ground for Henry VIII, played host to another regal gallop.Hundreds of London's finest ad agency people embraced the aerobic quick step and strived to help their respective agency win the coveted LGN crown.

With the sun high in the sky, the LGN trainers gently helped teams warm up and prepare for their 5km fun-fest. As they lined up DDB London had the distinct advantage of owning the front of the starting grid due to their previous triumph in the LGN Treadmill Challenge. And with elbows tactically held wide and with their CEO Stephen Woodford issuing team orders, DDB prepared to take on all comers and try to hang on to their 2007 5km crown.

Tale of the tape

Men's podium:

The race was won individually at a canter by DDB London's James Hayhurst in 17mins and 13 seconds, the much anticipated showdown with McCann's May 2008 winner Mark Fallows did not materialise and given how James had improved his time to quicker than Mark's victory in May, we can only hope the two industry big hitters manage to go toe to toe in 2009 for the all singing all dancing much improved LGN / NABS 5km event.

A tight tussle ensued for 2nd and 3rd places as Matt Delahunty (DDB London) just held off Nike's very own 'Just do(ing) it' Ben Jennings by a slender 4 seconds.

Men's champion James Hayhurst looks nonchalent and unaffected by his exertions...

Women's podium:

Also demonstrating big time improvements compared to May's qualifying race, DDB London's Emer Stamp triumphed on the day and dipped yet further below the magic 20min barrier and won in 19mins and 37 seconds.

Simarly to the men's scenario, Emer Stamp's McCann nemesis from May (Rosalind Lee) was not available to go head to head and instead Emer was pushed all the way by the vastly improved Emma Cranston of Manning Gottlieb OMD who also dipped below 20mins to create a new 5km pb. Backing up Emma was team mate Sarah Jenkins to snatch the third podium place.

Lactic pain = material gain..

Each* of those on a step of the podium win a biomechanical assessment at Nike Town's new gait analysis laboratories and indeed also win a beautiful pair of prescibed Nike running shoes. LGN will contact individuals with a winner's biomechnical appointment.

(*There is a rumour that Nike's very own Ben Jennings in 3rd place may actually own a pair of Nike runners... in which case Mediaedge:CIA's Stuart Sullivan-Martin (4th) may well have struck footwear gold)

LGN pre and post 5km ad land specific motivation

'Our 16 runners from around the agency had a great time at the LGN 5km event. We all survived unscathed and ran straight to the pub for a celebratory post-race pint!'

Charlie Edge, Team Captain, Mediaedge:CIA

Team Glory:

Individual success is a lovely ego stroking thang, but the LGN 5km philosophy is all about team participation, encouraging previous non runners to potentially embrace the running bug and discover a fitness gift for life. And indeed that was demonstrated by the majority of runners who got stuck in and finished like Cheshire Cats.. that had also got the cream.

It was this ability to encourage people to get involved that made it such a tight team tussle bewteen two agencies who both enjoy LGN running clubs and who subsequently both displayed an infectious healthy zest.

In the end DDB London did indeed hang onto their 2007 5km crown from a rampant McCann Erickson team, but not without having to scrap for every place, in a well deserved third place was Manning Gottlieb OMB who just managed to squeeze out their media rivals Mediaedge:CIA.

Victorious DDB London on an endorphin high after their LGN 5km exploits - 2009 will see EPO testing...

'We're delighted to have successfully defended our crown once again. DDB throws down the gauntlet to any agency or media business to come and have a go if they think they're fast enough. Not only will it make them fitter, but NABS will benefit.'

Stephen Woodford, Chairman and CEO, DDB UK, President NABS

The broad spectrum of running experience was fantastic to applaud, equally impressive was the spread of industry teams, which beyond the glory hunters included Channel Five, M&C Saatchi, Zenith, Agency.com, BBH, Medicus International, Primesight, Clear Channel and Freud to name a few. We are hoping thats next years offcial NABS LGN 5km will be able to welcome an even more diverse spread of teams into the LGN running bosom.

LGN Nicola makes sure all LGN 5km runers cool down and can get their leg over

Results in full:

Top six teams

Place / Company / Time

1 DDB LONDON 2:27:47.7
2 McCANN ERICKSON ADVERTISING 2:37:19.4
3 MANNING GOTTLIEB OMD 2:41:30.0
4 MEDIAEDGE:CIA 3:00:41.6
5 ZENITH OPTIMEDIA 3:01:18.3
6 AGENCY.COM 3:38:02.8

Individual results

Place / Name / Team / Number / Time

1 James Hayhurst DDB LONDON 729 17:13.6
2 Matt Delahunty DDB LONDON 728 18:30.6
3 Ben Jennings NIKE 703 18:34.3
4 Stuart Sullivan-Martin MEDIAEDGE:CIA 540 18:49.0
5 Peter Wilson McCANN ERICKSON 660 18:51.8
6 Ben Haley MANNING GOTTLIEB OMD 675 19:00.0
7 Tom Ellis-Jones DDB LONDON 714 19:04.6
8 Dudley Desborough DDB LONDON 711 19:06.2
9 Kevin Lineham FREELANCE 2887 19:09.4
10 Elliot Ryan DDB LONDON 718 19:11.6
11 Stuart Bowden MEDIAEDGE:CIA 543 19:16.8
12 Alex Grieve BBH 684 19:20.3
13 Ciaran Canavan McCANN ERICKSON 612 19:24.6
14 Christian Sewell DDB LONDON 731 19:26.3
15 James Wakefield FREUD COMMUNICATIONS 667 19:28.7
16 Nick Ward M&C SAATCHI 744 19:34.6
17 Nick Allsop BBH 685 19:36.6
18 Emer Stamp DDB LONDON 725 19:37.8
19 Olie Hunter Smart AGENCY.COM 594 19:42.6
20 Emma Cranston MANNING GOTTLIEB OMD 671 19:43.6
21 Gary Martin McCANN ERICKSON 622 19:50.7
22 Sam Forster FREELANCE 764 19:53.5
23 Valdemar Domingos McCANN ERICKSON 619 19:54.9
24 Clive Ormerod NIKE 705 19:56.4
25 Mike Campbell ZENITH OPTIMEDIA 585 19:57.2
26 Alistair McGeoch-William McCANN ERICKSON 639 19:57.7
27 Ali Nicholls ZENITH OPTIMEDIA 584 19:58.3
28 David Ruiz FREELANCE 693 19:59.0
29 Tom Jennings CHANNEL FIVE 552 19:59.6
30 Christopher Hayden FREELANCE 695 20:17.4
31 Phil Berry MANNING GOTTLIEB OMD 681 20:18.1
32 Jamie West CHANNEL FIVE 554 20:20.0
33 Matt Ross DDB LONDON 730 20:21.2
34 Wesley Williams ABN AMRO 609 20:22.3
35 Chris Jones ZENITH OPTIMEDIA 583 20:23.4
36 Jamie Wynne-Morgan M&C SAATCHI 740 20:30.7
37 Roy Johnson McCANN ERICKSON 634 20:37.0
38 Stephen Hutchison MANNING GOTTLIEB OMD 676 20:46.0
39 Graham Miller FREUD COMMUNICATIONS 666 20:49.9
40 Simon Charlesworth NIKE 699 20:53.0
41 Philip Charter CLEAR CHANNEL 605 21:00.7
42 Stephen Worley McCANN ERICKSON 661 21:06.2
43 David Myers CHANNEL FIVE 558 21:07.2
44 Nick Cohen McCANN ERICKSON 613 21:08.9
45 Steven Diffey DDB LONDON 715 21:09.9
46 Tom Perrett KINETIC 763 21:10.7
47 Iain Bignold MANNING GOTTLIEB OMD 680 21:15.6
48 Harry Brown AGENCY.COM 587 21:16.8
49 Jake Dyer AGENCY.COM 591 21:18.4
50 Peter Goldring CLEAR CHANNEL 603 21:20.6
51 Tim Ball DDB LONDON 713 21:25.9
52 Ibrahim Mohamed FREELANCE 692 21:29.3
53 Andrei Franklin FREELANCE 775 21:34.5
54 John Taylor ZENITH OPTIMEDIA 669 21:36.4
55 Robert Hannington DDB LONDON 758 21:43.4
56 Thomas Alderman CHANNEL FIVE 546 21:51.0
57 John Parker M & C SAATCHI 741 21:52.7
58 Steven Chanel PRIMESIGHT 566 21:53.3
59 Rob Feaver MANNING GOTTLIEB OMD 673 21:54.2
60 Alex Goss CLEAR CHANNEL 604 21:57.1
61 Gavin Desir MANNING GOTTLIEB OMD 678 21:59.8
62 Chris Newnham McCANN ERICKSON 636 22:14.2
63 Cormac Loughran MEDIAEDGE:CIA 536 22:17.3
64 Sarah Jenkins MANNING GOTTLIEB OMD 682 22:19.0
65 Toby Holder CHANNEL FIVE 556 22:20.0
66 Charlie Smith McCANN ERICKSON 651 22:22.3
67 Ed Collin NIKE 706 22:23.4
68 Paul Gill CHANNEL FIVE 557 22:27.6
69 Steve Howard McCANN ERICKSON 631 22:30.0
70 Steven Hackney CHANNEL FIVE 553 22:35.1
71 Elijah Ajoyi FREELANCE 689 22:37.3
72 Sam Shahin McCANN ERICKSON 662 22:39.2
73 Richard Atkins DDB LONDON 710 22:39.9
74 Keirnan Murphey FREELANCE 765 22:40.8
75 Olivia Hetreed FREELANCE 2888 22:45.2
76 Sarah Watson BBH 687 22:46.0
77 Jenni Gabbarelli ZENITH OPTIMEDIA 573 22:54.5
78 Stuart Wareman MEDIAEDGE:CIA 544 22:55.9
79 Elena Yusupova ZENITH OPTIMEDIA 580 22:58.7
80 Harjinder Grewal Singh CHANNEL FIVE 550 23:03.3
81 Zara Bailey M&C SAATCHI 746 23:06.1
82 Stephen Woodford DDB LONDON 717 23:06.8
83 Emma Kettlewell NIKE 700 23:13.2
84 Mike Grumbridge McCANN ERICKSON 626 23:15.4
85 Steve Hatch MEDIAEDGE:CIA 545 23:18.6
86 Gary Brobnan CLEAR CHANNEL 607 23:22.2
87 Chris Lloyd CHANNEL FIVE 559 23:32.9
88 Richard Morris DDB LONDON 719 23:36.2
89 Robin Price McCANN ERICKSON 643 23:44.8
90 Marc Bignell MANNING GOTTLIEB OMD 683 23:46.3
91 Ritza Rensburg DDB LONDON 748 23:47.1
92 Matt Merrett MANNING GOTTLIEB OMD 674 23:47.8
93 Martin Telling MANNING GOTTLIEB OMD 670 23:48.4
94 Daniel Taylor DDB LONDON 707 23:56.6
95 Erin Wilson McCANN ERICKSON 659 23:58.2
96 Ucy Ostermeyer MEDIAEDGE:CIA 532 23:58.8
97 Shelly Keable MEDIAEDGE:CIA 529 23:59.4
98 Andrew Heald CHANNEL FIVE 547 24:00.1
99 Jose Rains CLEAR CHANNEL 608 24:03.4
100 Ben Brown MANNING GOTTLIEB OMD 672 24:05.7
101 James Beswick McCANN ERICKSON 610 24:07.0
102 Melissa Jones FREELANCE 696 24:08.1
103 Julian Calderera DDB LONDON 716 24:10.1
104 Alex Vass DDB LONDON 757 24:14.1
105 Freny Green McCANN ERICKSON 624 24:14.9
106 Debsankar Mitra MANNING GOTTLIEB OMD 679 24:17.2
107 Paul Elwaroo AGENCY.COM 592 24:24.5
108 Elisa Edmonds DDB LONDON 723 24:30.0
109 Berengere Salci MANNING GOTTLIEB OMD 708 24:32.0
110 Charlie Edge MEDIAEDGE:CIA 539 24:34.4
111 James Sheehy DDB LONDON 754 24:35.9
112 Neil Crosby FREUD COMMUNICATIONS 668 24:37.5
113 Sam Sherson MANNING GOTTLIEB OMD 677 24:40.1
114 Nicholas Mugidge McCANN ERICKSON 647 24:40.9
115 Nick Fox DDB LONDON 737 24:42.8
116 Amanda Hindle McCANN ERICKSON 523 25:06.9
117 Lauren Blunden McCANN ERICKSON 611 25:17.4
118 Drew Leavy DDB LONDON 738 25:18.2
119 Loraine Cordery MEDIAEDGE:CIA 534 25:30.9
120 Simone Wolf M&C SAATCHI 745 25:32.6
121 Laura Balfour DDB LONDON 727 25:37.8
122 Andrew Hall DDB LONDON 747 25:38.6
123 George Roberts DDB LONDON 736 25:46.0
124 Tracy Goodall McCANN ERICKSON 623 25:55.8
125 Kasia Williams McCANN ERICKSON 658 26:00.9
126 Susannah Long McCANN ERICKSON 638 26:01.6
127 Olivia Powis McCANN ERICKSON 635 26:02.9
128 Ben Tollett DDB LONDON 724 26:11.3
129 David Harrison CHANNEL FIVE 549 26:12.1
130 Emily Gwynn McCANN ERICKSON 627 26:13.9
131 David Trumper McCANN ERICKSON 654 26:16.8
132 Gethin James McCANN ERICKSON 632 26:17.9
133 Jeff Dickenson McCANN ERICKSON 616 26:19.5
134 Paul Thomas MEDICUS INTERNATIONAL 572 26:36.6
135 Phil Stewart CHANNEL FIVE 555 26:41.3
136 Tim Willcox ZENITH OPTIMEDIA 582 26:44.1
137 Jonathan Meatyard DDB LONDON 752 26:44.8
138 Beca Ratcliffe McCANN ERICKSON 644 26:45.7
139 Rachel Hood MEDICUS INTERNATIONAL 522 26:46.6
140 Alicia Kennedy BBH 686 26:48.6
141 Natalie James McCANN ERICKSON 633 26:50.5
142 Andrew Farmer McCANN ERICKSON 620 26:53.0
143 Martin Duncanson PRIMESIGHT 570 27:07.5
144 Charlotte Frijns ZENITH OPTIMEDIA 579 27:11.8
145 Hazel Darby ZENITH OPTIMEDIA 577 27:13.0
146 Julie Oliver DDB LONDON 726 27:14.2
147 Lisa Tremellen DDB LONDON 759 27:33.0
148 Zoe Miller M&C SAATCHI 742 27:36.3
149 Dan Channing DDB LONDON 732 27:39.5
150 Shaun Dickie McCANN ERICKSON 617 27:40.4
151 Lucy Taylor DDB LONDON 749 27:45.5
152 Kate Oyler FREUD COMMUNICATIONS 663 27:47.5
153 Rebecca Grindon FREUD COMMUNICATIONS 665 27:48.6
154 Gemma Meehan MEDIAEDGE :CIA 538 28:03.5
155 Roxanne Tyler McCANN ERICKSON 656 28:04.1
156 Margot Lauriane ZENITH OPTIMEDIA 574 28:08.0
157 Clare Icely ZENITH OPTIMEDIA 575 28:13.3
158 Alexander Nikpour McCANN ERICKSON 640 28:15.8
159 Hayley Trangmar DDB LONDON 753 28:16.6
160 Clayton West AGENCY.COM 590 28:22.6
161 Ruth Harlow DDB LONDON 721 28:26.9
162 Karen Tijani DDB LONDON 751 28:41.0
163 Rachael Owen KINETIC 762 28:43.1
164 Alison Dodge McCANN ERICKSON 618 28:46.1
165 Louise Orgill McCANN ERICKSON 641 28:58.9
166 Simon Sikorski McCANN ERICKSON 648 29:01.8
167 Faye Burton FREUD COMMUNICATIONS 664 29:02.7
168 Lauren Tomlinson DDB LONDON 776 29:04.8
169 David Sadler PRIMESIGHT 568 29:06.6
170 Jenny Eldridge MEDIAEDGE:CIA 535 29:07.5
171 Matt Bundy DDB LONDON 756 29:14.4
172 Nicola Simmons MEDIAEDGE:CIA 533 29:17.9
173 Jennifer Herridge McCANN ERICKSON 629 29:19.5
174 Alex Coxhill DDB LONDON 755 29:38.1
175 Karin Dahl McCANN ERICKSON 614 29:47.8
176 Nick Lawrie ZENITH OPTIMEDIA 581 29:51.4
177 Ellie Botwood DDB LONDON 750 29:51.9
178 Paul Austin DDB LONDON 777 30:11.9
179 Charlie Holland DDB LONDON 712 30:16.7
180 Monique Ferguson McCANN ERICKSON 621 30:39.4
181 Elisa Davis M&C SAATCHI 739 31:11.7
182 Michael Green McCANN ERICKSON 625 31:18.4
183 Alex Camiller AGENCY.COM 599 31:55.5
184 Lisa Watson McCANN ERICKSON 657 32:12.7
185 Rowan McAlister AGENCY.COM 598 32:26.9
186 Joan McLaughlin AGENCY.COM 602 33:03.8
187 Megan Tulac McCANN ERICKSON 655 33:09.2
188 Sunita Pindola McCANN ERICKSON 642 33:38.7
189 Lucy Ryder MEDIAEDGE:CIA 537 33:42.3
190 Rachel Wilmot DDB LONDON 760 33:54.3
191 Charlotte Evans DDB LONDON 761 34:18.8
192 Florence Ospici AGENCY.COM 601 34:34.3
193 Emma Robinson AGENCY.COM 600 34:50.4
194 Susanna Zakarian MEDIAEDGE :CIA 526 34:51.0
195 Laura Johnstone MEDIAEDGE:CIA 531 35:23.2
196 Rubina Begum DDB LONDON 734 36:22.1
197 Hazel Hindler DDB LONDON 735 37:19.8
198 Tuula Drwes EURO RSCG 771 41:23.4
199 Jacob Goodman EURO RSCG 774 41:23.4

(Please note some results may require amending as individuals either did not wear an LGN race number or dipped under the finishing funnel in a thirst quenching bid for the refreshments etc - please do contact us so we can make the necessary adjustments)

We thank all runners for taking part, cheering on all finishers and the entire LGN team look forward to offering you a 5km a tad special in 2009.

Please watch this space for information about LGN's new central London non traditional running event and log onto our Facebook LGN Run Club for more pictures from the 5km and post race banter.

Happy running from all of us at LGN.

www.lgnwellbeing.com

LGN Wellbeing Treadmill Challenge 2008

2008-09-12T16:46:00.028+01:00

LGN's Inter ad Agency Treadmill Challenge was gallantly won by team DDB London.

Thanks to the suffering of Tom Ellis-Jones and Charlie Holland their DDB team has won the right to own the front row of the LGN Inter Ad Agency 5km start line on September 26th in Regents Park.

The winning times for half a mile at 5% gradient as follows:

Men - Tom Ellis-Jones (DDB) 3 mins 0 seconds

Women - Charlie Holland (DDB) 4 mins 28 seconds

Tom looks back at his 3 minutes of pain and dreams of more..

The LGN raffle winner and proud recipient of a spendid Nike+ Sportsband was also DDB's very own Charlie Holland.

While the winner of LGN's 'get in the pain box and shut the lid' prize goes to Dave Newman - please see montage below as evidence.

Dave decides to commit early and try to hang on...

As Dave enters the final 60 seconds he calmly reaches out to adjust his tempo (notice Tom savouring every painful stride)

Then decides that perhaps a greater level of adjustment is indeed required (notice Tom starting to get out of harms way)

Followed eventually by the LGN approved recovery position, notice arms held aloft on the floor to aid respiratory recovery - a true professional at work.

LGN would welcome posts or emails from people trying to beat the above times in their own gym... bring it on, coveted LGN t-shirts to anyone faster.

Big thanks to all those who turned up and indeed to the Runners Need staff for all their help.

Now, bring on the Inter Agency 5km, can DDB hang on to their crown or do McCann, OMD et al have something up their sleeves?

www.lgnwellbeing.com

LGN Inter Advertising Agency 5km

2008-09-09T15:37:00.010+01:00

Hyde Park, London - 2007

Team result

In keeping all great & robust victory announcements, X-Factor, Eurovision Song competition and US Presidential Elections.. et al I like to think we teased you with 3 days of electric post race anticipation.

With over 400 agency men and women entered for the 2007 LGN 5km challenge and after a fantastic team race, with shoulder to shoulder competition at the sharp end and indeed hugely encouraging mass participation from beginners – the winning team has emerged.

And they are off! Lead out by Leo Burnett’s LGN über trainer Nicola

‘Drum roll please..’ the winning team of the inaugural 2007 LGN Inter Advertising 5km trophy was the gauntlet throwers themselves – DDB London.

Place, Team, Time
1st DDB London 2.13.25
2nd Disruption 2.26.32
3rd OMD 2.33.26
4th Euro RSCG 2.34.36
5th JWT 2.42.08
6th Lowe 2.59.31
7th Medicus 3.05.47
8th Arc 3.07.20
9th McCann 3.15.04
10th Cake 3.26.09

Individual glory

Men’s Podium

Name, Team, Time
James Hayhurst DDB 17.32
Mark Fallows McCann 17.58
Simon Pinks Disruption 18.11

Women’s Podium

Name, Team, Time
Emma Cranston OMD 20.37
Emer Stamp DDB 21.11
Liz Baines Disruption 21.58

The tale of the tape

DDB must be applauded for demonstrating commitment to the LGN running ethos of encouraging mass participation.

Their very own James Hayhurst paced his effort to perfection to win in 17min 32 seconds, slowly reeling in McCann’s brave and crowd pleasing front runner Mark Fallows.

The composition of DDB’s men’s team quartet proved to be the only team of 4 to all slip under the elusive 20 min barrier, and they were matched by a very strong women’s quartet, including Emer Stamp (and her cold symptoms..) in 2nd place behind a superb winning time of 20min 37sec set by Emma Cranston of OMD.

However, while DDB had swashbuckling team members peppering the top of the results sheet, what is equally remarkable and highly rewarding for LGN, was their passion to have so many participants of all levels. Indeed it was their ability to encourage runners of all abilities to don the DDB colours that enabled their margin of victory to be so dominant.

DDB’s team of 8 did indeed secure the initially victory with slender margin of 1minute and 52 seconds over a determined Disruption (TBWA / Tequila) team, however, once the bonus times were awarded to all teams for their additional ‘non 8’ team members, their margin of victory over Disruption grew to a hugely impressive 13 minutes and 7 seconds.

Victorious team DDB London with their long standing LGN trainer Shavaun

In summary DDB elegantly demonstrated championship credentials in terms of both agency participation and pure running fitness.

Chief Exec bragging rights

The race within a race, kept many a spectator on tenterhooks, especially with the last minute entry and number swap of Disruption’s very own Chief Exec Tim Lindsay.

When the dust had settled, it became clear that the Paddington Basin regeneration has also extended to ‘special’ piped tap water, as DDB yet again stood proud as Stephen Woodford romped home in a gazelle-like 23min and 8 seconds, a very close run second place was Disruption’s Tim Bonnet in 24mins 26 seconds, with the final step on the podium going to the aforementioned Tim Lindsay in a very respectable 26min 4 seconds, while just outside the medals while wearing both iPod and an air of aerobic nonchalance was Euro RSCG’s Mark Cadman with a comfortable sub 30min clocking of 27min 6 seconds.

DDB London’s proud CEO Stephen Woodford and team claim the LGN 2007 5km spoils and all important industry bragging rights.

Special mentions

LGN will be awarding this week special Runners Need goodie bags to those runners that have been recognised by the LGN trainers as going the extra mile (not literally).

But prior to the goodie bags, I would like to salute Adelle Noor, Zara Amin and Laverne Joshua from JWT for completing the 5km with LGN trainer Sam after almost no running experience before. I would also like to mention the chap who ran very respectably in what look liked white moon boots / 1930’s basketball boots, the lady who mistook the finishing line 10 metres too early and went to calmly sit down only to rushed back on her feet by an LGN trainer to finish with a smile and of course the entire agency who had their Christmas party the night before the race (you know who you are), big LGN respect.

And also to Cake and OMD for getting involved in the 5km event at the last minute and adding a much need dash of bespoke PR and mass participation high frequency media delivery – we hope to see you back in 2008 for a bigger and even greater LGN two stepping fun-fest.

The very best of health and happy running to one and all.

Ben Pochee

Do a runner with LGN

http://www.lgnwellbeing.com/