Welcome to this week's newsletter! Lots of information in this week's edition so pull up a chair, make a brew and read intently yeah? News - If you ran in any of the Great Forest Events, you're a competitive club member and you paid your membership subs before the end of April, you're entitled to an up to $25 rebate from the club. If all those things apply to you, e-mail the bean counter (mike.heron@outlook.co.nz) with your bank a/c details and which event you took part in to secure your $$$!
- The North Island Cross Country Champs are coming up on 6 July. This is a subsidised club trip (subsidy will be $80 fuel contribution per club car plus entry fee). It's a great event and a great opportunity for a weekend away with the club.
- Reply to this e-mail or comment on the club's Facebook post if you're interested.
- 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 - Fantastic turnout at Event 2 of our Winter Series at Waikanae Park on Sunday. It was great to see an number of other clubs bring runners (and of course to see so many familiar faces too). Those chocolate chip cookies were pretty good aye?
- Lots of photos here. 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!
- So you started running. You loved it yeah? You ran too much, too soon aye? You got shin splints. Boo hoo. Find out what you should have done in this week's article.
Upcoming eventsClub and interclub events (see our club calendar for more) - Saturday 8 June - Dorne Cup. The next interclub event on the calendar. Details on the HVH website. We will have the club tent up and Bryn has the race numbers for those that haven't yet collected theirs (you get one if you're a registered competitive runner).
- Sunday 16 June - Club run, Mangaone Walkway. Meet at the southern end (mangaone South Road turning head) for 2pm. We'll probably retire to the Salt and Wood for a post run ale.
- Sunday 23 June - Club cafe run, Waikanae Beach. Cafe location TBC.
- Sunday 30 June - Wellington Marathon (Wellington marathon champs) and half marathon and 10km and kids mile.
- There are a number of relay events coming up over the next couple of months - Halcombe Relay (27 July), Bays Relay (10 August), Marton to Whanganui Relay (14 September NOT 7 September as it say in the winter programme) and NZ Road Relay champs (Feilding, 5 October).
- As most people know, I love a good relay. They're a great way to combine two of my favourite activities - running and good-natured banter. I would love the club to be well represented at as many of these events as possible.
- Put these dates in your diary and be ready for the call when we start putting teams together. You won't regret it!
Other events - Check out Xterra Wellington's great trail running events here.
- Check out Manawatu Tri Club's website for details of their triathlons and duathlons.
- Capital City Triathlon have just released the dates for their upcoming duathlons and triathlons here.
- Kāpiti Parkrun is on every Saturday morning, 8am at Otaihanga Domain. A free, timed 5km along the Waikanae River. Head to the Parkrun website to register and print off your barcode.
- 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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