Best places for a tempo run in London?

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Haytron May 2013 7:48am, 10 May 2013 First-time poster!!	0 Haytron So whereabouts in central-ish London would you recommend doing tempo runs (of more than 3miles)? Ideally spots with distance markers on the ground and/or obvious distance landmarks (like one loop is two miles). Any help is hugely appreciated!
Mykey May 2013 7:56am, 10 May 2013 1,668 posts	0 Mykey Haytron-I've used both St James and Battersea Parks in the past. Sorry I can't remember the distances as I used a Garmin and St James can get a bit busy.
Old Man May 2013 8:10am, 10 May 2013 1,295 posts	0 Old Man I've used Hyde Park as its such a good size with wide open paths, but like Mykey, used my garmin for distances
Old Man May 2013 8:11am, 10 May 2013 1,296 posts	0 Old Man Welcome to Fetch btw!
DeeGee May 2013 8:15am, 10 May 2013 14,234 posts	0 DeeGee River Lea from Hackney Marshes to the river. Nice and flat, good surface, no roads to cross, regular signposts with distances on.
kingston May 2013 8:19am, 10 May 2013 2 posts	0 kingston I stayed near Queensway a few years ago and found quite a nice five mile route which is to head towards Notting Hill Gate along Basewater Rd, turn left along Kensington Church St then head along Kensington High Stree/Knightsbridge towards Hyde Park Corner then back via Park Lane. OK, this was one I did during the evenings but found it pretty clear for most of the route.
DeeGee May 2013 8:20am, 10 May 2013 14,235 posts	0 DeeGee So, if we're talking central-ish London, it would be from Limehouse back towards Hackney. It's pretty-much 2 miles from Limehouse DLR to Bromley by Bow Tescos.
Hackett May 2013 9:05am, 10 May 2013 1,323 posts	0 Hackett Use a park .... Battersea Park, Hyde Park , Regents Park plenty of room and use the benches lamp posts etc as your markers ...
Dooogs May 2013 9:13am, 10 May 2013 758 posts	0 Dooogs I'd echo the parks suggestion - Regents Park and Battersea Park are both nice, on either side of the river. If you mark out a route on here (via the Routes tab at the top), you can work out a distance - e.g. a lap of the perimeter of Regents Park is just under 4.5kms.
Haytron May 2013 12:09am, 11 May 2013 2 posts	0 Haytron Thanks for all the suggestions guys and gals. Really appreciate it. I've used Battersea and Hyde Parks a wee bit but wasn't sure where in Hyde Park was best. Around the Serpentine can get a little busy. Anyone have a favourite loop in Hyde Park? DeeGee, do you just use the canal on Limehouse Cut for that 2-miler? Also, are those markers on River Lea the old steel mile markers? I didn't spot them the last time I was there (although have seen them further up stream). I've also heard about people using the Thames Path around the O2.