Week 7 Newsletter
The Home Stretch
2 weeks to go!
In just over a week from now many of you will facing your longest run in the programme, this is the last hurdle to overcome before the 10k run day.
As you have progressed through this Club10k programme (and many of you the Get up to Five programme as well) you have learnt success strategies that help you overcome big challenges.
When we hit this long run make sure you have put all of what you have learnt into place, by doing this you will have a much higher chance of having a run that you are happy with.
Head Lamps
The mornings are dark now so please bring a headlamp to your morning sessions. This is so you can see but also so others in the park can see you!
This week's Facebook question
Each week we have a Facebook question that we put to all our our teams, it is a great way to share experiences and tips ;o)
Week 7 Sessions
MORNING GROUP
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Monday 2 March, 6.10am
Meeting Point: South Hagley Park
Map of Meeting Point: Netball Courts
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Wednesday 4 March, 6.10am
Meeting Point: South Hagley Park
Map of Meeting Point: Netball Courts
EVENING GROUP
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Tuesday 3 March, 5.40pm
Meeting Point: South Hagley Park
Map of Meeting Point: Netball Courts
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Thursday 5 March, 5.40pm
Meeting Point: South Hagley Park
Map of Meeting Point: Netball Courts
BOTH GROUPS
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Saturday 7 March, 7.30am
Meeting Point: Opposite Zeroes cafe, 81 Cashmere Road
Map of Run: Click here
This map is for all of our running groups, you will be doing a portion of this course.
This is an OUT AND BACK run - run to your half way marker, turnaround and reverse the course back to the start/finish.
Our RaceTeam crew have an early start so don't be confused when you see runners running in a different direction to you - they are doing a slightly different course ;o)
Course Description:
Please run on the path at all times and keep left. Please don't run any more than 2 abreast and be responsible for your own safety.
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From Zeroes, run towards Princess Margaret Hospital. Follow the riverside pathway leading onto Cashmere Road to Hoonhay Road, turn right.
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Run up Hoonhay Road to Rose St, turn right.
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Follow Rose St along to Barrington St, turn right. Run up Barrington St towards the hills - CROSS OVER WHERE WE INDICATE WITH CONES at the pedestrian lights.
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Continue up Barrington St to Ashgrove Tce, turn LEFT.
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Follow the river, crossing over Columbo St carefully and into Waimea Terrace.
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Continue along Waimea Tce until Malcolm Ave. Follow our cones which will cross you over to the other side of the river, running back towards Colombo St.
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Cross back over Colombo St carefully and follow the river through Ernlea Clark Reserve.
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The 7km marker will be just before Barrington St. Turnaround here and reverse the course.
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KM Markers out: 4.5km, 7km
Saturday's Course: Click on image to enlarge
This weeks quick tip:
'Focus on your own achievement and don’t compare yourself to others in the group.' – Frances
Education
Stitch, the runners curse!
This is an interesting article with a couple of tips on how to treat/prevent this annoying condition that most of us experience at some stage.
Inspiration
We love this video, there are some great quotes in here.
Next Programmes
Club10k
Our next Club10k team starts: 16 March
Registrations are open now!
Earlybird closes 9 March
RaceTeam Christchurch
Our next RaceTeam starts: 23 March
Training for the ASB Christchurch Half Marathon on Sunday 31 May
Registrations are open now!
Earlybird closes 16 March
Extra Mile Runners Members
Group programmes are included in your 6mth or 12mth membership.
To register for one of our next programmes:
(Please register before the start of the programme and just double check that your membership is valid for the duration of the programme).
Other News
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If you would like to help your body out, get a sports massage for those tight muscles. We recommend the team at Active Health. They know our programmes and are the same team who do the Muscle Balance Tests.
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Remember to stay focused and keep turning up ;-).