Final session this week

Well done!  We have made it!

This Wednesday night will be the final of the 2013/2014 Nelson Women's Activator Series.  Thank you for making it so much fun.

This week we will meet at the first carpark on the left as you enter the Maitai Valley (just before the grassy area of Branford Park - the same place we met for the mountainbiking sessions).  We will put our road cycling skills to good use as we go for a ride up the Maitai Valley.  For those doing the MMP Nelson Women's Triathlon this Sunday, we will point out where parts of the course go, and how the transition works.  6.30pm.  Bring warm and bright clothing.

I have attached a feedback form for the series.  Please do take the time to fill it out and either return to me or pop in the post to the address supplied on the bottom.  I cannot emphasise enough the need to get positive along with constructive feedback to ensure we can look to continue the series in the future.  I'm also keen to see what interest there would be for a 'partners' series, ie with your significant other, or a good friend as opposed to just women only, so please let me know your thoughts on this.  If you need a paper copy, let me know and I can bring some along on Wednesday night.

See you Wednesday,

In the meantime, as always, keep active and enjoying yourself out there,

Road Cycling this week

I trust last week either boxing or yoga was fun!

This week we begin our road cycling segment.  We will be stationed at the Trafalgar Park Cycle Track, so if you are arriving by car, park in the carpark that we used for the nutrition session earlier on in the series and enter Trafalgar Park by the same gates (carpark off Trafalgar St, enter it either by Trailways or from the access road by Trafalgar Park itself).

We will have Cycling Nelson club members that will take the session, led by Village Cycles guru Jim Matthews and track coach Jason Craig.  They will go over basic riding technique and how to ride confidently with others around you.  A lot of fun!  No need to have a fancy road bike, as long as it has two wheels and goes forwards, mountainbikes etc are absolutely fine.  Remember to bring your helmet too!

See you there, 6.30pm on Wednesday night.

Yoga and Boxing tonight

As per email for 'pre booking ' into one of these sessions. I have now emailed a bit more info to those doing each session. If you didn't reply then please head along to Yoga at 6.30pm at the Trafalgar Pavillion, the same place we had our first session and also the session with Annette on Nutrition. If you have a yoga mat and blanket then please bring this along with you, no probs if you don't have though.

I am away at a block course tonight, so Greg will be at the Yoga session and Averil will be at the boxing session with the register.

Have fun!

Free Seminar on tomorrow (Tuesday) night

Strength this week

Well done on some great sea swimming on Wednesday!  I was most impressed, especially as there was a bit of chop out there.

The link to the Nelson Tri Club's Sea Swim series is:
https://regonline.activeglobal.com/builder/site/Default.aspx?EventID=1260215

And the Nelson Tri Club is: http://www.nelsontriclub.co.nz/

This week we head to Evolve Gym in Stoke for our session with Aimee Hayes of the 'Power Angels'.  A note from Aimee below:

Welcome to Evolve Gym.

In your one hour session we will introduce you to the base movements around power lifting, strength resistance and general gym exercise.

You will need to wear comfortable clothing appropriate for full range movements, you will also need water.

This will be an active session for you and we endeavour to ignite your interest in strength training for your health and well being.

The gym is in stoke, 4a Fuji court which is off echo dale place off Nayland Road.

Any questions please ask

Regards Aimee 027 33 77 017

See you Wednesday,

Tonight's swim session

This Wednesday night is our second pool swimming session, again at Nayland Park Pool.  Same as per last week. 6.00pm or 6.30pm start.

For those in Group 1, Nige has said he is able to get there just after 6.00pm this week, so if you can come earlier (last week your start time was 6.30pm), then feel free to, and you can gain some extra time with him in the pool before 'official' start of 6.30pm.

If you have goggles, kickboard and a swim cap, please bring along with you as these may be helpful (there will be some spare boards at the pool).

Remember, you are able to adjust your group on the night if you feel the group is not quite right for you. 

See you Wednesday, if you have any queries, just flick me an email, text, or ring my mobile.

Tonight's Swim Session

Dear Active Woman,

Tonight we begin the first of two sessions of Swimming, at Nayland Park Pool.  The groupings for tonight have been emailed to you.  Please note there is only one Group 1, as Nige (instructor) can only make that time, not the earlier 6pm time.

If you have goggles, kickboard and a swim cap, please bring along with you as these may be helpful (there will be spare boards at the pool also).

Remember, you are able to adjust your group on the night if you feel the group is not quite right for you.  These have been based on swimming overarm. 

If you have not received an email from me, please get in touch.

See you tonight!!

2014 sessions set to start!

Hope you have been having a wonderful summer and are looking forward to getting back into the series on Wednesday nights for the next couple of months.

This coming Wednesday,  the 12^th of February we will resume the series with swimming at Nayland Park Pool.  For this, I ask that you email me back if you intend on coming to the sessions as I need to put you into appropriately sized and ability matched groups.  If I don't hear from you, I will assume that you do not wish to attend the swimming sessions.

We have two weeks of pool swimming at Nayland Pool, so if you want to participate but there is one session you know you will be absent for, please also let me know.

Nayland pool is an outdoor pool, for which you can stand on the bottom (Group 1 will always be near the side of the pool and in the shallowest end of the pool). There are changing rooms and showers available.

We will most probably have two sessions for each group, ie one group 2 starts at 6.00pm – 6.30pm and a second group 2 starts at 6.30pm – 7.00pm.  This will depend on numbers for each group - I will keep you updated. 

Nayland Park Pool has asked that we start a bit ealier (and hence finish earlier) so we will move one of the half hour sessions to a 6pm start and the second half hour session will start at our normal time of 6.30pm.  If you are able to come to that earlier time slot please let me know.

Please reply email to let me know which of the three groups you would classify yourself.  Base a ‘length’ on a 25m length pool, swimming overarm/freestyle.

Group 1:  Would not feel confident swimming one width or length
Group 2:  Could swim one or two lengths
Group 3:  Could swim many lengths confidently

Let me know if you have any concerns or queries.

Also - if you are keen on purchasing a swim pass to use at either Riverside Pool and/or Nayland Park Pool during public swim times for the months of Feb, March and April then head in to see Jo at Riverside Pool reception, and she will set you up with a swim entry tag.  Cost is $55.  A great way to practice your new swimming drills and technique, especially if you are training to participate in the City of Nelson Women's Triathlon (April 6th).  More details on this event on www.nelsonevents.co.nz (entry is now open).

As always, keep active, and I'll see you on Wedneesday night

Welcome to 2014

Happy New Year!

I hope you have enjoyed a relaxing and active festive season and are looking forward to whatever 2014 brings.

We start back in February, on Wednesday nights, and I know some of you were keen to use your 'free' Tuesday nights to head out with the Striders on their weekly run/walks.  Just note that the next four Tuesday nights the normal Striders is replaced with the annual Six O'Clock Summer Series up the Maitai Valley.  This begins tonight with a 3km from the Golf Course back down the Valley, start time of 6pm, no charge.  Many of the participants park at the finish line which is just along from where we met for the mountainbiking sessions and walk/jog up to the startline for a warm up.  Would love to see you there.  Next week is 3km, then 5km, with the final week a 10km. 

More details www.nelsonstriders.co.nz or call Averil on 548 3655 / 021 303 160.

Great to see some of your names on the entrant list for this Sunday's 10km and Half Marathon too - http://nelsonevents.co.nz/content/nbs-nelson-striders-half-marathon-10km  This is a fun one as the winner is not necessarily the fastest, but the one who is closest to their predicted time (no watches are allowed to be worn for this event).

I will be in touch soon with more details about our first session, so in the meantime, keep active and I will see you out there.

Awesome stuff last night!

Well done last night!  Awesome to see you challenging yourself and trying something completely new on those tracks tonight. 

I hope you found the tips from the instructors useful - and remember, it was only two hours over two weeks, so you can't expect yourself to be a master mountainbiker just yet!  As with any new skill, it takes time to develop the techniques - so practice, practice, practice!

Remember, this Sunday is the annual Jingle Bells Jog and Santa Walk, from the Trafalgar Centre Carpark through to Tahunanui Beach.  $5 for an individual or $10 per family entry which goes directly to the Heart Foundation.  Dress up in theme and have some Christmas active fun.  Prizes for best dressed, most ringing bells among others - more info can be found at http://nelsonevents.co.nz/content/jingle-bells-jog-and-santa-walk
There is a returning bus available for an additional $2 donation.

Next Tuesday is our final session for this year, and we will be instore with Carl at Bicycle Business, which is located on Halifax Street, inbetween the library and Burger King.  This is on bike maintenance and will cover topics such as how to change a tyre and how to take care of your bike etc.

If I don't see you on Sunday morning, see you Tuesday.

In the meantime, as always, keep active,
Amanda

MTB'ing tonight

Tonight we start the first of our two mountainbiking sessions. 
These will be based from Branford Park, which is the grassy area on the left as you enter the Maitai Valley (off Nile St). 6.30pm
You will need a bike and a helmet.

You do not have to have a mountain-bike for these sessions, just a bike that can go off road, ie has tyres that can handle being on the grass and tracks (not smooth road tyres).

At the start of the session, I will ask you to place yourself in order of confidence, so please don't be concerned that you will be riding with expert downhillers!  In the past we have had three/four different groups, and the instructors will cater to your group - so be honest with yourself to get the most out of the session.  We start off on the grassy fields and then work our way up to going on some of the surrounding tracks.  Heaps of fun!

See you tonight.

Aquajogging this week

This Tuesday we head to Riverside Pool, (Riverside Drive, off Halifax St) for our aquajogging session.  A reminder that this session starts later than normal - at 7.15pm.

We will most probably do this in two groups, having a half hour session of aquajogging and half hour session of 'own' time in the pool, where you can swim some laps or just relax (then switching) - I'll assess this tomorrow night when we see how many of us are there.

There are changing room facilities at the Pool, so just mention you are part of the Womens Activator Group when you enter through the Reception, and then head in and get changed and ready for some fun!

See you soon,

DOMS anyone?

I hope you enjoyed Tuesday's session with Gaye and Jo and weren't too sore afterwards ;)
I certainly had a bit of 'DOMS', feeling my hamstrings after those sideways touch your toes lunges!

Just a reminder that next week's session is slightly later (start at 7.15pm).  Will email more details regarding this session early next week.

In the interim, I saw Nige today and he is going to email me through the technique drills from his session so I can forward them onto you, and Jo is going to send through some of her stretching notes.

Below is a note from Gaye:

Hi all Active Women, Thanks for being such good sports and giving a mini Bootcamp session a go on Tuesday night. Well done all of you.

There is a special offer from me in your activator booklet, if you want any more info please contact me on email gayeevans@xtra.co.nz  or txt/ph 0210671122. I also put stuff up on facebook see Boot Camp Nelson page.

Gaye Evans

Personal Trainer

www.bootcampnelson.co.nz

This week's session

This week we return to the Botanics for our session with Jo Duncan (stretching) and Gaye Evans (outdoor training).  6.30pm.

If you can, please bring a towel or mat (the ground may be damp) for the stretch segment, and longs may be beneficial for warding off sandflys!

Wear comfortable stretchy clothing (ie nothing to restrict yourself while stretching).

See you there,

Shoe Clinic this week

This week we head to the Shoe Clinic in Bridge St for half an hour on correct support with Brett Meehan, followed by a half hour jog / walk with the NBS Nelson Striders.

See you there at 6.30pm.

Tonight's session

Remember the warm clothing and rain jacket for tonight!!

This week

This Tuesday night we return to the Botanics at 6.30pm for a talk with Nige Burgess on training principles.  We also have Greg Lineham coming to talk about race walking technique.  Then for our active section, we stay at the Botanics and will have some fun giving the technique a go, before continuing with some running technique drills with Nige.

Remember to bring some warm layers whilst the talking segment is on.

See you there!

Upcoming Events

Ian from the NBS Nelson Striders metioned that a few of you were asking about the Athletics Nelson Honest Lawyer series - he has forwarded the following info to me for you:

The Honest Lawyer series will kick of this season on Monday the 4th November. The initial series will run for 8 weeks, ending on the 23rd December.

Walkers 6:00pm, Runners 6:15pm. Entry fee $3.00


Other events coming up

Also coming up is Run Mahana - Sunday December 1, see www.nelsonevents.co.nz for more info


as is the annual Jingle Bells Jog, charity fun run/walk/skate/scoot for the Heart Foundation.  Sunday December 15th.


Then in January is the Striders annual 6 o'clock summer series up the Maitai Valley, starting Tuesday 7th January, with a 3km.  No charge.
http://nelsonevents.co.nz/content/striders-summer-road-series-0

And whilst your diary is out, remember the Women's Tri in April 2014!!

Session #4

Hope the DOMS weren't too much to handle on Wednesday/Thursday after our session on Tuesday night!

Just a quick email that this week's session is not at the Shoe Clinic as I discussed on Tuesday night (that's the following Tuesday).  This week we return to the Botanics to meet with Nige (Training Principles) and Greg (Race Walking) - will email more details soon.

Session #3

This Tuesday we head to the Botanics, (base of the Centre of NZ, off Milton St) for our talk with Lyndon Chandler of Nayland Physiotherapy on injury prevention.  Remember, to bring along questions for him - he loves them!

6.30pm.

Then, after the 20 minute talk we will head out for a jog / walk with the NBS Nelson Striders.

Bring comfortable jogging/walking gear, and layers to keep warm whilst the talk is on. 

See you there,

Keep active (and dry)
Amanda