Supporting Epilepsy Action Blog

BUPA London 10km

On Bank Holiday Monday, 31st May I joined thousands of other runners in glorious weather at Green Park, to run 10km around some of London’s finest streets, buildings and monuments, in aid of my favourite charity Epilepsy Action.

I was a late entrant, having only entered after getting back from Canada, so my thanks to Epilepsy Action for getting me a place.

The BUPA London 10km is incredibly well organised with zoned starts and staggered start times, so despite having around 9,000 runners at no point did the course feel congested.

Starting in Birdcage Walk in front of Buckingham Palace, the route takes in Parliament Square, down the Embankment, past the London Eye, the Tate Gallery, Monument, the Bank of England, St Paul’s Cathedral, Nelson’s Column in Trafalgar Square (where you can also see a 4 tonne, 3 meter high and 4 meter long Ship in a Bottle on the Fourth Plinth!), and past Admiralty Arch to finish in The Mall.

Despite virtually no training for this, I was feeling pretty fit from Expedition training and plodded around in a fairly respectable 54 mins 58 secs, enjoying myself thoroughly all the way with lots of supporters cheering us along.

My only gripe is that the only photo I could have of me running in the event, was provided by the official contracted photographers, who wanted to charge £20 for a single (downloaded) picture!

So instead, see below pictures of the impressive Ship in a Bottle from the Fourth Plinth in Trafalgar Square!