If you want your name or your team's name printed on your race bib all proper like, then you'll need to get your entry in by the end of today. I'm sending all the entries currently received to the printers tomorrow, so they'll be ready by Wednesday to take to R&R Sport for pick up on Thursday/Friday. If you don't get your entry in by end of today, then we'll leave a little space below your number on the bib and you can write it on should you wish. Please don't cover the number though. Online entries will be taken up until Thursday, but you will need payment made before 5pm so it shows up in our account on the Friday, or you entry won't be confirmed. Failing all else, you can register on the day, bear in mind the cost increases by $10 for both individuals and teams. If that's confusing, just flick us an email and we'll sort you out: info@quickieevents.com
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This here is my buddy Jon, he's the handsome sanchez looking geeza on the right. We often train together, infact he's the only guy I know who's like minded in the whole running/cycling thing. But Jon's got a young family and can't always come out for a mission at the drop of a hat when I text him "Hey bro I'm just finishing up at yo Momma's house, want to come for a ride after?" I'd like to know more people to go out training with, yeah I can join a club, and probably will when I get round to it but I see events such as The Icebreaker Quickie in the Forest as a brilliant opportunity to meet other fit or wanting to be fit bods. So I encourage you to break out of your comfort zone and strike up a conversation with someone unknown on race day, you might really hit it off and have a training partner for life! In my experience I have found other competitors not to be terribly friendly, maybe it's because they're busy psyching themselves up, already have their tight group or maybe it's my face. Granted most of my racing has been in Auckland... But some people are just a little shy and that's understandable, so you be the one who makes the first move, rock on over and show them your impressive calf muscles, or how far you can squirt your water bottle, they could be suitably impressed and bam, you've started yourself a mean as training group of two. Quick! Take a look out the window! Draw those curtains! Feel that strange warm feeling on your skin, no you haven't wet yourself, that's sunshine baby! I was so excited I hooned down to the forest and took this picture of the Bottle Lake sign. Just seemed like the right thing to do. Damn it's nice down there, I can see why those Park Rangers are such happy fellows. If you've got time today to enjoy the sun, do get out in it for a jog or bike or both! If you have to wait til after work, it might be a bit nipply, but chuck on some layers and brave the chill, it'll be worth it. If it makes you feel any better, I'll be doing the same and probably struggling quite a bit too, cause I'm a big wuss. But I'm sure you are not. Picking up some spot prizes donated by Three Boys Brewery today, I love visiting their brewery, it's like an adult version of Charlie and the Chocolate Factory. They also just took out a swag of awards at the Beer Awards, so cheers to Three Boys! Now, I'm no motivational guru, infact I often really struggle to train. For anything. Some times the idea of merely leaving the house whether it be for exercise or just to go to the disco tech, especially while we're in the cold months is enough to turn me right off. So like any overly trusting modern day human I turned to the internet for help, because everything on the web is true. I found heaps of helpful and interesting sites, lots of fit bods are keen to offer their advice to wannabe runners and cyclists. Weirdly enough, I checked out a site called HowStuffWorks.com and found a bunch of cool tips on maintaining your motivation to run. One very pertinent gem of advice in particular was to Register for a Race. And I couldn't agree more! Sure there are other tips like buying new shoes, which is nice if you can afford them, but if your current pair are hanging in there, then save yourself a couple hundy and get involved with The Icebreaker Quickie in the Forest. Actually come to think of it, I should try get a sponsor onboard to donate a pair of runners for a prize! - another to do for today. Anyhoo, a goal - very important indeed. Something to work towards, it can be something small (like the Quickie event) which you chip away at every day, a 3km jog today, a 10km bike tomorrow. One thing I've always struggled with is the solidarity of training, I love being around people and find it really helpful to train with others. But my friends just aren't into exercise (except you Jon!) or even playing sports, so it's usually solely my responsibility to drag my ass up and chuck on my sneaks and head out. What I'm trying to say is, if you've got an actual goal to work towards, this can help you with motivation to get out and train. So I encourage you to give The Icebreaker Quickie in the Forest a go, as an individual or as a team, it'll be well worth it. So I'm having The Icebreaker Quickie in the Forest race bibs made up right, and I need to make sure I have entrant's names to the printers in enough time so they can print them off before the race. This will mean with the two days prior to the event where race packs (including race bibs) will be available for pick up from R&R Sport, and the necessary couple days to print the bibs, if you want your name on your bib you'll need to have your entry in by Monday the 27th at the very latest. If you've already entered then good on you! and if you know of someone considering entering or definitely will, but leaving it til the last minute, do encourage them to get on to it now. It's not a huge issue, but I'd like to have as many competitors hooning around with their own personalised number, it just adds to the experience. Entries are coming along nicely, but there's still room for more, so spread the word and let's make this a kick ass event! I would love to be able to tell you that Whispering Jack, the man himself: John Farham is coming over to compete in The Icebreaker Quickie in the Forest, but it's just not true. I wish like hell it was, but I can only dream. Teams could sing Two Strong Hearts as they race, that would be cool, while Vets could break into Age of Reason as they enter the transition area. That would be awesome! Did you know John's middle name is Peter? Yep, and he is the only Australian artist to have a number one record in five consecutive decades. That must feel pretty good knowing that you've accomplished that! But I believe he would feel even better if he could say, without a word of lie that he, John Farham has completed the inaugural Icebreaker Quickie in the Forest. He is the voice, try and understand it, but even legendary pop singers need exercise and fitness goals. I think he should come over for the event. Anyone know his email? Hey look! It has stopped raining. For now. But the Christchurch metservice tell us that things are looking pretty good up until about Monday next week, wahoo! As I've mentioned earlier, The Icebreaker Quickie in the Forest will be going ahead come rain or shine, so you may as well get out and do some training in the mud. Come on, mud's fun! Remember as a kid making mud pies? Granted it probably wasn't winter, but that's what thermals are for. Being in a forest, the tracks at Bottle Lake are quite protected from wind and sun, but this also means they take quite some time to dry out. So if you head there for a blat in the next couple of days, expect some serious puddles and lots of mud spraying up your back. Then you come out looking like a hard ass and everyone will think you're tough. If you're not keen on a bit of training in the elements then take advantage of these next few days of predicted reasonably fine weather. Even if you're getting exercise in spurts, at least your'e "Right, the Olympics have finished. We're going to have to accept it. We've just seen the closing ceremony with all the dancing and the costumes and the fireworks and the Spice Girls (WTF?), and now TV is back to normal boring programming (well, mostly). SO it's time for you to stop watching fit people and become one yourself! So put down that remote and get off your comfy sofa, it's time to do some training for The Icebreaker Quickie in the Forest. You can be your very own Olympian! You won't have to train for eight hours a day, just go for a jog around the block, head out on your bike for half an hour, that's all it takes, and you'll be surprised how good you feel afterwards. Ok, there might some slight muscle tension the day after if you haven't done any exercise for a while but that will pass. You've watched it, you've seen the glory and adoration those fit bastards get, now it's your turn! The setting will be a little different and The Who won't be playing at the end of it all, but that feeling of doing your absolute best and finishing a race is universal and yours for the taking! So brave the elements, get a little dirty, go splash in some puddles because come rain or shine The Icebreaker Quickie in the Forest will be happening and we want you to OWN IT." - Usain Bolt. I hope your radio is better than mine. We here at Quickie Events (which is just me, Morgan pretending to have a team of staff) are absolutely stoked and blown away with the love 'we' have been shown by two radio outfits - MediaWorks and Christchurch's very own RDU 98.5FM. Both networks have offered an extensive advertising campaign for The Icebreaker Quickie in the Forest, which is outstanding in itself, not to mention the exposure the event will receive. RDU is the Canterbury stalwart in locally produced content, and purveyor in independent music, constantly driving for the latest sounds. The MediaWorks stations where our ad will be played are Kiwi FM, Mai FM, Radio Live and More FM Christchurch. So here's hoping people who hear the call, take action and get involved! A MASSIVE thank you to James Meharry and his awesome team at RDU 98.5FM, and to Ben Harris and Marcus Gabrielle at MediaWorks for their fantastic support of our wee event! I got to write, voice, record and produce the ads myself, so take a listen, I think they turned out quite well! RDU 98.5FM Quickie Events adMore FM Quickie Events adWhen I started plotting The Icebreaker Quickie in the Forest course, I thought I'd make it a decent length - what I thought would be quite a grunt for a lot of people. In all honesty my only real point of reference was my own fitness, which at the moment isn't great. Although if you read the previous blog you'll understand it's gotten a bit better thanks to spending so much time getting lost in Bottle Lake Forest Park. I woke up one morning and realised the way I had it set up, the Quickie event could end up taking three and half hours to complete at least. That's not a Quickie! I wanted to make this event appeal to all levels of fitness - the guns if they want a blow out and folks who just need a realistic goal to work towards in the next few weeks. So that's why the distances are reasonably short. Please be aware, I'm in no way a certified coach or have any official knowledge about training programmes and such, but I'd like to think if you're considering taking part in the duathlon, it is definitely achievable for the entry level multisporter or runner/cyclist. If you've never competed in a duathlon this is a great opportunity to try it out, the tracks are pretty easy, terrain is flat and you'll get to experience the exciting world of transitions. So get out, go for a jog around the block, jump on your bike and pump those legs, it'll all help in the lead up. Quickie Events are design to act as the stepping stone to bigger and better multisport events, so if you've always wondered about how to get involved in the awesome world of multisport, then here's your chance to give it a crack! On the day, take your time, or go for gold it's up to you, just get amongst it. |
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