Week 5 Newsletter
Half Way! Reflect and Refocus
Look how far you have come
You are half way though the programme, it's time to pat yourself on the back for reaching this point and to reflect on what you have learnt and achieved in the past 4 weeks.
Take time to think about how far you have come, has your decision making changed around exercise since beginning the programme? Is it getting easier to get out the door to do your sessions? Are you starting to feel a little fitter? Are you finding that training in a group is making this challenge a little bit more fun?
Your answer's may not all be resounding "yes'es" but we know that you will be starting to feel some benefits of what we are doing here. Keep up the routine, keep ticking off those sessions as we start working on the second half of the programme.
You guys rock!
Your weekly meeting
Watch your Week 5 meeting now:
Week 5 Sessions
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Monday 25 September, 6.00am
Meeting Point: Waitangi Park Playground
Map of Meeting Point: Click here
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Wednesday 27 September, 6.00am
Meeting Point: Waitangi Park Playground
Map of Meeting Point: Click here
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Saturday 30 September, 7.30am
Meeting Point: Shorland Park, Island Bay
Map of Run: Click here
This map is for all of our running groups, you will be doing a portion of this course.
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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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Cross over onto Great Harbour Way carefully at the start. Start your watches once you have safely crossed.
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Run along the pathway towards Lyall Bay until your turnaround.
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For our runners doing the Return programme, there will be a 3.5km marker out for you.
All of our other levels are running to time. -
Out and back course.
Saturday's Course:
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This week's quick tip:
'My tip is to join with your partner, it was really good doing something together with Joe and we spurred each other on to go out walking on Mon, Wed and Sundays and treat ourselves to coffee afterwards.'
- Jenni
Education
Refocus
At the end of this weekend you will have hit the halfway point in the programme and while there is still a big part of the journey in front of us, now is a good time to stop, refocus and think about what you have done well.
Here are a few quick tips to make sure you finish the second half of Get up to Five strong:
1. Stick to the programme
If you are struggling to find motivation to do a session, just try to get out the door with the view of doing a short session. Most of the time, once you have your shoes on and get going you will find the motivation to do the session. The hardest part is getting out the door.
2. Easy does it
Remember that you need to succeed in every session, so if you feel it is getting too tough, ease up. Using the question 'I'm I working at 6/10?' will help you stay focused on this.
3. Look after your body
We sound like a broken record - but stretch after every session and get little niggles seen to by a physio. A few of you mentioned you have really tight calves, below is a good video clip that goes through effective calf stretching that you can do at home.
4. Congratulate yourself
Because each week the programme keeps building we can forget how far we have come. This time 4 weeks ago you may have been fearful of the distances that you now find easy. Take some time to reflect on how much you have progressed, try to be specific here, you are doing an amazing job, you deserve to give yourself some praise and reward (shout yourself a massage!).
5. Refocus
Take some time to think about any areas you could refocus on. You may have found that you are letting some bad habits creep in. By identifying these you can create a plan that will get you charging with 100% focus.
As a group you are really impressing us with your attitude, commitment and the progress you are all making. By spending a bit of time to see how well you have done to this point you will be ready to face the last 4 weeks and finish this strong!
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Calf Stretches:
Other News
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Remember it's time to stay focused and keep turning up!
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Please be at the sessions on time and check in with the coach taking the roll call.
Inspiration
New Zealand has had some legendary runners over the years. One of our most amazing performers was Peter Snell. Watch this clip to see some of his amazing accomplishments.