Burgess Parkrun Review

Date of visit 19.5.18

Facilities

Public (space age) WCs by the lake

Cafés. Park Life Café in centre of park open 9AM. Tennis Café by tennis courts not open until 12.

Bag drop?

Tarpaulin laid out on the ground by the finish funnel

Course profile/features

Burgess is famed for being one of the fastest courses in  South London (along with Southwark)

I knew about the underpass from reading up on the course beforehand, but the course still had a couple more undulations/slight inclines than expected for a ‘flat’ course.

The course is almost entirely on good quality tarmac, with some parts on grass as the  ‘racing line’ through corners, and running on the grass verges may be necessary at the start due to congestion.

Finishing straight is very long (1200m) 

Notes

Nice scenery, historic features from the former route of the old Surrey Canal (Bridge to Nowhere, Lime Kiln) & the lake.

Don’t panic if you arrive very early (8.15 ish) like me & don’t spot any organisers-I’m told the volunteers often don’t arrive until 8.45, as on today’s visit.

Large field, with a high number of speedsters (415 finishers on date visited)

Links/Further Reading

http://www.geofftech.co.uk/parkrun/

http://www.blog7t.com/2014/02/the-london-parkruns.html