A surprise presentation was made to Bernie at the fit4life session on Thursday 27th in appreciation of her motivation & guidance by many of the fit4life participants. "Week after week in rain or sunshine - Bernie is there to keep us all going, for this we say a big thank you."

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Report by Debbie, with help from Pauline & Breege...
SWIM (500M)
This was for me, in particular, was going to be the biggest challenge as was still slowly building up my lengths (in 18M pool), briefly pausing to recover my breath after each one. So how was i going to cope with a 50M pool?

During the Galway 5K Race Series on the dates below there will be NO TRAINING on Tuesday evenings at Westside. Training will of course continue on Thursdays as normal. You may of course meet up informally yourselves and continue your training on Tuesdays but all of the Fit4Life Leaders will be racing in the Race Series. The Tuesdays on which there will be no training are
27th April, 4th May, 11th May, 18th May, 25th May and 1st June.

Update: The series is now sold out.

Enter at: http://www.runireland.com/forms/galway-5km-series-2010.

Six Galway Athletics Clubs will once again come together to organise a series of low-key, no-frills 5km roads races around the county on six consecutive Tuesday evenings from the 27th of April 2010 through to the 1st of June 2010. The Athenry, Clare River Harriers, Craughwell, Galway City Harriers Loughrea and Tuam clubs have organised a similar series of races for the last four years and the initiative has proven very popular. As usual the races will take place on Tuesday evenings at locations around the county and will culminate in the final race evening in Galway City on Tuesday the 1st June. The now traditional social evening and distribution of series t-shirts and spot prizes will follow the final race.

As in previous years these evenings are specifically designed with the beginner in mind and are perfect for the many members of the Fit4Life groups that have become established all around the county. Runners of all standards are welcome to take part.

The race dates venues and start times will be as follows:

Christine Many Luff lives and breathes running. Her passion for the sport filters through all aspects of her life -- as a fitness writer, avid runner, and running coach.

Experience:

Even though a thaw has set in Fit4Life training will not go ahead tonight as some footpaths are still icy.

Due to the continuing bad weather Fit4Life is cancelled for tonight Tuesday 5th Jan and Thur 7th January also. Weather permitting we will resume next Tuesday. Training for all will then continue every Tue and Thur evening at 7pm at Westside Library Carpark.

Weather permitting Fit4Life sessions resume next Tuesday 5th Jan after the Christmas break. Complete beginners will be taken next week and up to Thur 14th.