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FEMALES IN TRAINING

WHAT IS FEMALES IN TRAINING?

Females in Training (FIT) is Canberra's unique, non-profit community based group for women of all ages & abilities who want to enjoy safe, non-competitive sports training and exercise in a supportive and fun atmosphere. The group provides training sessions, coaching, advice and get togethers for women aged from 18 to 60+. Our main focus is on the three triathlon disciplines of swimming, running and cycling, though in 2010 we'll also be offering mountain bike, kayaking - and who knows what else! FIT has accredited coaches in swimming, running and cycling who can provide advice and training programs for beginners and novices through to an advanced level - so no experience is necessary to join FIT! We are particularly interested in providing support for women who are commencing or recommencing their involvement in physical activity - and showing you how much fun it can be as well!

Females in Training is located in Canberra, Australian Capital Territory, Australia.

And FIT is now on Facebook - have a look here & become a fan!!

INTERESTED IN JOINING FIT ... ??

To help you decide, you're welcome to come along to 2-3 sessions to try us out before deciding if you want to join -- swimming, running or cycling (or any combination), it's up to you. Please let the coaches/session leader know you're new, just so we can keep an eye out for you. If you like what we're about -- and why wouldn't you? - we ask you to officially join up here -- see the latest info below for how to join online. We know you want to keep on coming along, getting FIT-ter and having a lot of fun along the way - so just do it!

SATURDAY RUNNING REMINDER - 7.30AM START

Saturday 31 July

A group doing a longer run will be starting at 7am -- all welcome.

Below is important info from Saturday run organiser Julianne about post-run breakfast-ing arrangements to keep in mind:

Saturday runs are attracting a large contingent and this sometimes presents a number of issues so I thought I’d share with you how I handle these.  Firstly, people need to be considerate as to where they choose to park – if we are running from a suburban shopping centre please don’t park in the car park right in front of the newsagent or local supermarket – leave these for local shoppers who will only park a few minutes – after all the extra walk will help with your warm up! Even better save some carbon and ride or car pool. Secondly, the bookings are for breakfast for 25-30 people: with a group this size café owners expect people to eat breakfast – I’m regularly asked if all people coming will eat and I say yes. And lastly - times – breakfast is booked at 8.30am. I warn the café about the staggered arrivals. I’m also often asked what time we will be leaving so I usually say the majority of people will be gone by 10am. I think it has been working well restricting the list of cafes we attend to those that can cope with our group size – the café staff seem to get to know what to expect when we turn up. Happy for any feedback.  

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For those who want to plan ahead (yep, we know it's the brekkie you want to plan not the run!) the entire 2010 Saturday schedule is here.

TRAINING PROGRAMS

Several members have asked about the City to Surf training program that Tuesday morning coach Jane Grey is using -- you'll find it on the last page of this document. There are also training programs for 5km, 10km & half marathon events here, so there's no excuse to sleep-in anymore (well, how about when it minus 4 & raining you get an extra half hour!).

HEALTHY HIT

A new weekly (or thereabouts!) feature to point you to interesting health/fitness related articles your webmistress comes across in her net surfing adventures - I'd also welcome your contributions and ideas. This week, an interesting piece from the New York Times about how sports bars & gels compare with energy drinks. See what you think!

2010-11 MEMBERSHIP -- NOW AVAILABLE CONVENIENTLY ONLINE RIGHT HERE!! 

The next FIT membership year, 1 July 2010 - 30 June 2011, is upon us ALREADY (goes quicker as you get older, they reckon!) so don't put it off -- join or rejoin online now!

Membership fees remain unchanged (we reckon it's the best value membership in Canberra - if not Australia!)

• $40 for new members
• $35 for renewals

You can use your Mastercard or Visa at this Online payments link.

Please take care to avoid submitting multiple renewals – there will be a delay after pressing the Pay Now button while your payment details are confirmed - if you press it a second time a second payment will be authorised.

Remember, you can choose to join for 2 or 3 years so you can forget about the hassle of rejoining every year (of course, you can also join for one year as well...).

Forgotten how long you joined for last year? Check when your membership expires here.

If you don't want to use the online payment, you can download the  FIT 2010-11 membership form and complete it electronically before printing off the form (this will take a while to open -- but be patient, it will happen!). You can either make a cheque out to Females in Training or complete your credit card details and return the form to:

FIT Membership
GPO Box 502
CANBERRA ACT 2601 

HOW ABOUT SOME FIT SHOPPING??

Don't forget that FIT has some wonderfurful sponsors in the local community -- there's bike shops, bra shops, shoe shops (NO -- not Manolos or those other fancy schmancy ones!! -- running shoes, of course!), sports shops, a Chinese medicine clinic and lots more -- all offering terrific discounts & deals to FIT members -- check them all out here & get shopping!!

SPREAD THE WORD ABOUT FIT

If you've ever wanted to tell others about FIT -- here's something to help. It's a small (1/3 A4 size) double-sided flyer that you can download & print out - there's everything about your favourite Canberra not-for-profit community organisation for gals who want to get goin'!! Why not leave it lying around in the coffee room at work -- or better still, organise a lunchtime event to talk about FIT & hand out these flyers!

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