Welcome to this week's newsletter! News - This Saturday is the Vosseler Shield at Mt Vic. One of the toughest races on the xc circuit but a real experience to enjoy! You need to be a competitive club member to take part in this event. Full details are on the Athletics Wellington website. Bryn has very kindly offered to pick up bibs for our club. Give him a call (027 445 4625) when you arrive to locate him because he's unlikely to hang around at the clubrooms the whole day.
- Traffic and parking around Mt Vic on a Saturday afternoon can be challenging so factor that in to your ETAs...
- Expressions of Interest are now open for those wishing to represent the Wellington Centre at this winter's events. Fill in the form here.
- The club is also considering a club trip to Rarotonga for the Round Rarotonga Road Race in September. Anyone wishing to register their interest in the trip, which I'm guessing is all of you, should contact Bryn in the first instance (b.a.kempthorne@xtra.co.nz).
- The winter club programme is on our website here. Print it out, stick it on your fridge and get along to as many events as possible!
- You can register with the club online now.
Race results - Thanks to Gareth Thomas for the following report on the Hawkes Bay Marathon:
- Three club members took part in the Hawke’s Bay Marathon on Saturday 18 May. It was a cool start to the race, with a spot of frost around the orchards and vineyards. But it didn’t take long for the reliable Hawke’s Bay sun to boost the temperature dial. Ash Hough was first out of the blocks for Kapiti. Speeding along roads and limestone cycle paths, he turned in an dazzling time of 3.06.18. Next was Naomi Hough, competing in her first ever marathon. Determined to make it home in under four hours, she burst through the finish chute at 3.58.42. Finally, Gareth Thomas achieved his goal of completing the event in under four and a half hours, crossing the line with seven minutes to spare. All three report having fantastic support from club members and other local runners in the buildup to the marathon.
 Gareth, Naomi and Ash at the finish line of the Hawkes Bay Marathon
- A number of club members took part in the Xterra event at Whareroa on Sunday. Congratulations to all that took part (and apologies if I've missed anyone below).
- Long course - Graeme Stevens 5th; Alvirg Busa 6th; Anna Douglas 27th (2nd woman)
- Medium course - Dan Stoner 8th; Declan Murphy 23rd; James Spencer 90th; Caty Spencer 91st
- Full results here.
Please let me know if you've taken part in an event (preferably before Wednesday) so it can be included in the newsletter (we do really like to celebrate performances).
Training article of the week- Each week, we highlight a training article that might be of interest to runners and triathletes. If you've read an interesting training article recently, let us know and we'll include it in an upcoming Training article of the week!
- Marathons hurt yeah? Some tips to manage the hurt are provided in this week's article.
Upcoming eventsClub and interclub events (see our club calendar for more) Other events - The club lists all our events, and some others in the region, on our club google calendar: http://bit.ly/2oNDQUU. You can add the calendar to your own google account and never miss another club event!
- The NZ Running Calendar includes triathlon, swim, bike, run, obstacle course and mountain bike events and even film festivals and expos! And if you see an event that takes your fancy and think it would be a good one for the club to attend 'gang-handed', post ideas to our Facebook page.
Training and club sessions - Wednesday nights - meet at 5.45pm at the Coastlands Aquatic Centre for a social run.
- Sunday mornings - meet at 9.00am for a longer run (90 minutes to 3 hours), get in touch with Peter Ellis for details of location and meeting point (peter.ellis@xtra.co.nz).
- Junior training - Check the website for details of the junior sessions and join the Facebook Group for junior training announcements and info.
- Anyone wanting to publicise a training session or looking for training partners, please get in touch and we can put the word out.
- You can also use our Club Strava Group to create and publicise events (get on the group if you're not already!)
Club membership - We are always keen to attract new members. You can join online here. Our membership flyer is here. If you want to know what else you get from membership of an Athletics NZ affliated club, check out the member benefits here. In addition, you will receive heavily discounted entry (or even free entry) at the majority of our club events, discounted squad fees, be able to run at inter-club events and be eligible for representative teams. We are affliated to Triathlon NZ and have a number of keen triathletes (and accredited coaches) in the club. We also have a number of social functions throughout the year. If you want to train and compete with the club, you can join us here. Any questions, ask one of our friendly committee members.
Other stuff - Call for newsletter items - if you want some company to train with, you've got a flash new bike and want to sell your old steel workhorse or you've just smashed your half marathon PB (or anything else that might be newsworthy) let us know for inclusion in the next newsletter.
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