Southland Harriers eNewsletter

Better Running Workshop

Thank you Lance, Cayden and St. Paul's for hosting plenty of runners young and old at the Better Running Workshop on the weekend, enough to pack out the clubrooms. Which just goes to show how interested people are in learning how to run with better technique. Approximately 50 people attended, many were friends from Park Run and Southland Tri and Multisport, which was great to see. Some great feedback from one of the attendee's who said “Thanks for a great workshop! Picked up lots of tips (lots of work to be done) really appreciated Lance's wisdom.”

Lance is a very knowledgeable coach who himself acknowledges “we all need to work together to help our sport and the people who enjoy it, and helping runners run better is one way I can help. I learnt over 40-50 years of coaching that when you do something better, you enjoy it more,” Lance was impressed by the many youngsters in the room, some who brought there coaches along.

It was also great to see one of our young runners giving back. Cayden Sanginiti who assisted out on the track, taking everyone through some skills that they could do at home, and reminded everyone to practice till it back natural.

Tips included

Keep your head up eyes looking forward, with practice, practice, practice you will forget about tripping up.
Arm Swing is Important-straight down pocket level and back, don't bring them up to high at the front.
land on the ball of your foot slightly ahead of centre mass.
Run relaxed note tense.
Run like a kid!! (tutu's optional)

If you missed out on the workshop, we will try and get Lance's tips up on our Southland Harriers Webpage over the next few days, or click on Run Like A Kid below.

Run Like A Kid

Committee Position: Secretary/Results

We are still looking for someone to step up and help us out with this role, if there is anyone out there who can assist at meetings, take minutes, type them up and send the odd email, your assistance would be greatly appreciated. It is vitally important that we fill this role, The current chair who has filled in this position over the last two years, needs to pull back a bit on the Harrier workload due to other commitments coming up next year, she would also like to run a bit more and therefore needs some one to help with results.

Please talk to one of the committee if you are interested.

Southland Cross-Country Championships
Saturday July 19th, 2025
Te Anau, Ivon Wilson Park

Registration Link: https://www.webscorer.com/register?raceid=384295

Full event details on registration page, and dont forget entries close Wednesday 16th July!

The pinnacle event of our Harriers Season. The Southland Cross-Country Champs which will be held in Te Anau this year, and we will be hosted by the Fiordland Athletic Club.

Open to all all runners and walkers. This event encompasses the Southland Club Champs, to be eligible to win club medals and trophies you must belong to a Southland Athletics Club.

CATEGORIES: Masters is your age on the day. Everyone else is your age as of December 31st 2025. Example Alex turns 14 on October 25th, because he will be 14 before the end of the year he will be in the under 16 category. Any questions send us an email.

Cost: $10 for registered runners, $20 for runners not registered to a Southland Athletics Club.

Bank Account Number: Southland Harriers 03-1750-0096798-000 (please use your first initial and last name as a reference)

Any questions or queries please contact us at southlandharriers@gmail.com.