Cadbury Dunedin Marathon Seminar

We are all getting excited about the upcoming Seminar we organise as the annual information evening for everyone hoping to do the Dunedin half, full or quarter marathon event. The seminar is on Wed 21 June at 6.30pm at the Sargood Centre, so do come along if you want to get some great tips. This year we have Blair and his wife Heather as our keynote speakers – both are amazing athletes – Heather earned 4^th place at the Manchester Commonwealth Games in 2002 for Triathlon, and has been both an Oceania and National Triathlon Champ, and Blair held the NZ Junior 10km national record for decades, won the Australian Half Marathon champs in 2003 and is our current Otago Senior Men’s Cross Country champion. Both Blair and Heather are going to discuss preparation for events, their sporting journey to date, and also give us their perspective on training around children and the family lifestyle adjustments that they have found useful, so you will definitely get lots of great tips from them both. Geoffrey will then give some useful injury prevention strategies, Dr Megan Gibbons will discuss the importance of careful nutrition optimisation for your training and the event, and Dave Stinson, the Caversham Harriers coach will run through his training programmes and preparation tips for the event (10 September), so you have plenty of time to build up carefully using these pearls of information. Everyone there on the night goes in the draw to win a pair of beautiful Mizuno shoes from the Frontrunner, and all we ask is a gold coin donation for the Heart Foundation on entry. We will start our weekly clinic running and walking training groups to build up for the event from the following Tuesday (27 June), so do come at 5.30pm each week and join us as we build up until the race, bringing all your friends – the more the merrier, and there is no cost to attend them! We just need to know a little of your background health before your first run or walk with us, and therefore ask a few minutes that first Tuesday evening to complete a screening form so we are all safe. We start off very gently on the flat, and go at a pace that suits everyone, so don’t be concerned that you will not manage it – we work around everyone and where their fitness is at. You don’t have to have been to the seminar, just plan to join these fun Tuesday evening groups and build your fitness over winter.