Lollylegs Newsletter - May 2008

Dear Lollylegs member and friends,

Welcome to the inaugural Lollylegs Newsletter. The Lollylegs newsletter will be sent every few months or whenever it is required. The newsletter will contain new information regarding injury maintenance or training links or details etc. It will also contain reminders of upcoming event closing dates. It may also contain links to recent event results and articles.

Palm Beach Sandhill Endurance Training

Well, this weekend is our "lucky last" sand hills training session for the year. Sand hill running is a regular phase of our training on our training calendar. We perform this phase after our yearly competition season ends (March) and before our Winter Series competition starts (June). The sand hill we use are at the very northern end of Palm Beach. For those who watch it, these are the hills used by the TV show "Australia's Biggest Looser."

This year was great fun and as usual, we all gained a little of that much needed endurance fitness. We couldn't have asked for better conditions. The weather was perfect with sunny warm days through out. We meet on Saturday mornings at 9am with some people travelling from the opposite side of Sydney to attend. This year we have had a fairly large group with ages ranging from 10 year old up to 60's. The hills are hard, and if you really want to benefit can be very hard indeed. We run in groups depending on ability so some people come along and just run for general fitness while others are serious World Class athletes. The view from the hills is spectacular and well worth the sprint up to the top. Once you get your breath back and can focus again J the view makes it all worth the effort. After a short jog, on the sand back to the car park, some of the group meet at a coffee shop in Palm Beach to relax and talk about mutual interests.

It will be a somewhat happy and sad time after training this Saturday but the hills will still be there, ready and waiting for next year!




Narrabeen Winter Series


This is a reminder that the Narrabeen Winter Series is about to commence. Come on down and join the fun and fitness during the winter months. The event is run every Sunday morning from 10am between May 25th and August 3rd. The competition is held rain, hale or shine so there is no excuse to not be there.

The series has been running for many years now at the beautiful bushland setting along Wakehurst Parkway between Frenchs Forest and Narrabeen. Afterwards why not relax at a coffee shop down by the beach, you know you deserve it!

Ages range from youngest children to the most mature of Masters. All events are graded into levels so you will only ever run against others of your ability regardless of age. It's a great fun event and perfect way to start the weekend and to keep fit through the winter season.

WHERE: Narrabeen Academy of Sports, Wakehurst Parkway, Narrabeen.
PERIOD: 25th May to 3rd August.
WHEN: 10:00 am to noon each Sunday morning.
COST: $5 to cover all events.
EVENTS (in order): 1000m, 60m, 500m, 100m, 300m, 145m (Hurdles and other event can be run on request)
THROWS and JUMPS: Series 1 Shot put then Discus (10:30am) Series 2 Shot put then Javelin (10:30am).
CONTACTS: Peter Crombie 0409 829 909 or 9981 7120 John Patchett 0412 979 854 or 9451 9499 Andrew Atkinson-Howatt 0439 990 083

Lollylegs Website

Well, please remember to drop into the Lollylegs web site every so often if you get a chance. Things are changing all the time. If you see anything wrong or feel there is something that we can do better, we would love to hear from you. Please drop us a line with any suggestions you may have regarding the website. You can contact us via the "Contact Us" page on the site.

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Please use your Lollylegs Userid and Password to log into the forum and set "Log me in automatically each visit" so you don't have to log in manually again. This way you can go straight to the forum at any time. Anyway, I hope you have enjoyed the first Lollylegs newsletter.

Bye for now.