Hanoi Red River Runners

It’s another hot week, but the Red River Runners never let that stop them. Join us this week for our two regular weekly training runs:

Wednesday SPEED TRAINING – 7pm
Sidewalk in front of Syrena Centre, 51 Xuan Dieu*

1 km warm up
11 x 300 meter intervals
2 km cool down

*We’ve been asked not to loiter on the Syrena Centre steps, so please gather on the public pavement next to the road.

Saturday SOCIAL RUN – 4.55pm
JAFA Restaurant, Ciputra

10-12 km moderately-paced social run
8 km option for newer runners

Keep hydrated in the heat! Remember to bring water.

We runners never let a little heat stop us. Bring extra water and JOIN US for our two regularly scheduled runs this week:

Wednesday SPEED TRAINING – 7pm
1 km warm up
11 x 300 meter intervals
2 km cool down

Saturday SOCIAL RUN – 4.55pm 
10-12 km moderately-paced social run
8 km option for newer runners

Both runs this week will leave from Syrena Centre, 51 Xuan Dieu Street.

Your friends the Red River Runners have two runs scheduled for this week:

Wednesday SPEED TRAINING – 7pm - Syrena Centre, 51 Xuan Dieu Street
1 km warm up
11 x 300 meter intervals (but newer runners can always do fewer)
2 km cool down

Saturday SOCIAL RUN – 4.55pm – JAFA Restaurant, Ciputra
10-12 km moderately-paced social run
8 km option for newer runners

As always, our runs are free and open to everyone. Join us!

Red River Runners, oi!

The air is fresh and clean, which means it’s a great week for running in Hanoi. Please join us for both of our regular weekly events:

Wednesday, 7 pm – SPEED TRAINING

Saturday, 4.55 pm – SATURDAY SOCIAL RUN
(Note the time – 4.55 – of this run. Because the weather is getting hot again, we have switched to our later summer run time.)

Both runs will meet at a new location this week. Because we are no longer allowed to park at the Trade Union, we are abandoning our To Ngoc Van meeting place. Instead we will meet at the Syrena Center/Frasier Suites, 51 Xuan Dieu street. Meet on the steps by the Highlands Coffee and HSBC machine. Parking is available beneath the building for VND 3,000.

Dear Red River Runners,

The weather is getting hot, and that means it’s time to switch back to our summer Saturday schedule. If you’re running with us on Saturday, please note the location AND the time:

Saturday, ***4:55 p.m.***
JAFA restaurant, Ciputra
A nice social 10-12 km run with ice cold beer to follow

We will continue to meet for our weekly Wednesday speed training at 7p.m. at the Sedona entrance on To Ngoc Van street. Unfortunately, we are no longer allowed to park in the secure parking area within the Trade Union compound. If you plan to come to speed training, consider alternative parking arrangements near To Ngoc Van. You may also park near the Phu Tay Ho temple, and meet the group 300 meters up the street (north/northwest along the lakeshore road) at 7:05.

The worldwide running community has had a heartbreaking week. A race, a race many of us aspire to run, suffered an attack. And it was not the runners who suffered the worst. It was their friends, families and supporters. It was those whose love, support and cheers help us sprint those last few meters towards our goals. 

Running brings out the best in those who run. It inspires us to lose weight and get fit. It propels us to distances and speeds that we never thought we had within ourselves . We find resilience and strength on the road. We deposit our worries and defeats on the road. When life overwhelms us, we run. 

So, faced with tragedy, we keep on running. Never fear. Never stop. Never let the worst of humanity keep us from finding the best within ourselves.

This week, the Red River Runners will run. We’ll run on Wednesday (Speed Training, 7pm) and run on Saturday (Social Run, 3:55pm). We’ll meet for both at the Sedona entrance, 96 To Ngoc Van.

Keep on running. Run with the Red River Runners.

Hello Hanoi runners. Mark your calendars for the two Red River Runners meetups this week!

Wednesday 7 p.m. - Meet Jason at the Sedona entrance, 96 To Ngoc Van street, for speed training. Interval training is a great way to run faster and stronger. But don’t take our word for it. Read this.

Saturday 3:55 p.m. - Meet in front of JAFA restaurant in Ciputra for a gentle 10-12 km group run. But don’t let the distance scare you away. Shorter routes are available for less experienced runners.