Our annual Striders Awards Dinner held at the Wantima Golf Club on Nov 15 saw a new club champion crowned. Enda Cotter took the honours this year after a massive year, performing consistently across all distances. It was a great comeback after a long lay off from injury. Continue reading “New Club Champion Crowned”
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Striders Annual Awards Dinner
The Annual Striders Awards Dinner will be held on Friday November 15. We have a fantastic 2 course dinner and a specially booked DJ for the all essential post dinner dancing. We will be looking back and celebrating another year of running together plus handing our awards and crowning our Club Champion for 2013. The competition for the title this year has been close and there area a number of contenders to receive the award for the night. Continue reading “Striders Annual Awards Dinner”
New Striders Season Memberships Due
For the 2013/2014 season the club will not be increasing memberships. The membership of the our club consists of junior, ordinary and social members. Membership fees go towards financing the expenses of running our club which includes the purchase of new equipment, coach development, race organisation, advertising & promotion, trophies, insurance, coaching registration, etc. Continue reading “New Striders Season Memberships Due”
New 2XU Striders Cap and Visor
We are currently negotiating with 2XU to produce a club cap and visor. We have been offered a great deal which enables us to purchase the hats at significantly lower than what you can buy them for in the shop. 2XU make world class apparel and the hats and visors are top quality.
We need you to give us an indication of whether you are interested in a cap or a visor. Please use our survey below to vote.
Comrades Marathon 2014 – Striders On Tour
I’m inviting expressions of interest for Striders to take on The Ultimate Human Race: The Comrades Marathon 2014. This iconic race has been held since 1921 and is between the cities of Pietermaritzburg and Durban. 2014 is a downhill run, which means of the 90km 54km is purely downhill so its fast! (it may also be painful…). It is a truly wonderful day of sensory overload, 1,5 million mad supporters along the way cheering you all the way to Durban in a rich display of South Africa’s cultural diversity. There are plenty of honoured traditions from the spine tingling Chariots of Fire at the start and the famed cock crow before the gun, the singing of the traditional African working song Shosholoza and many more. Continue reading “Comrades Marathon 2014 – Striders On Tour”
Training Plan For Gold Coast Marathon
Here is the current version (updates can be made) of our Training Plan to Gold Coast Marathon. You can either read it below or view the full colour version as a PDF which you can download. Remember to read all the explanatory notes before delving into the schedule. To download hit the button below or read further. Continue reading “Training Plan For Gold Coast Marathon”
New Thursday Night Session
As of last week Striders is now offering a Thursday night session. Starting at the usual time (7:30pm) at the usual place (SPCC) it will feature a range of different sessions and guest coaches. Last week the guest coach was Stan and he conducted a running clinic breaking down the running action and looking at key issues such as cadence, body angle, footfall and core stability. In case of rain this week make sure you check the Stiders Facebook page for updates: www.facebook.com/spstriders
New Striders Medical Policy
Our club has a duty of care to all those who come and train with us. The Management Team have agreed on a new policy to ensure we look after people as best we can. We’ve uploaded a new Pre-Exercise Medical Checklist so that participants can judge whether or not they fall into a high risk category, and should obtain a doctors consent before training with us (or continuing to train with us). If you have a condition which puts you at risk we ask that you go and see your GP, and you can use the Consent Form which we’ve uploaded. This applies to both new club members and existing club members. We note that Striders cannot give you a medical diagnosis, only a suitably qualified doctor can, which is why under certain situations we will ask people to obtain one. You can download and view our forms on our ‘Membership’ page or simply click here.
Essential Safety Advice
Running, riding or walking is risky. There are ways in which you can minimise risk and as a club we are keen that we always take the safer option whenever we are training, whether alone or in a group. Please take time to read through our essential safety guide to help ensure that your training times with the club are as safe as possible. Click on this link: IMPORTANT SAFETY INFORMATION
Resolution Run 2013
The first Striders run of the year kicked off yesterday with the Resolution run in the city. The pace was hot and so was the weather. Making his first appearance at the distance Dean Cane ran a superb 43 minutes. Behind him a sweaty group of runners including fast finishers Enda and Ryan who had to weave through crowd around Southbank. Tony was not far behind and finished a super second in his category. Chris Edwards, Corne Grotius and Tim can do Carr beat the hour mark. Jane Shea finished fresh with barely a drip of sweat. Making her first Striders appearance Jenny Mulholland fought to the finish in the stifling heat. It was a super start to the year and thanks to Daddy Cane for taking photo’s and cheering us on.
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