Southern Charity Challenge -6 weeks to go

e-Newsletter 4
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2005 Southern Charity Challenge news
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Don't forget event day is SATURDAY APRIL 23rd
9am ................................................................
How long to go?
T-6 Saturday, 12 March 2005
T-5 Saturday, 19 March 2005
T-4 Saturday, 26 March 2005
T-3 Saturday, 2 April 2005
T-2 Saturday, 9 April 2005
T-1 Saturday, 16 April 2005
T Saturday, 23 April 2005
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All funds raised through the Southern Charity challenge go to Oxfam
Community Aid Abroad.
Hence there is no entry fee for participants.
However, participants must agree to raise funds for the event's
designated charity, Oxfam Community Aid Abroad.
Minimum fundraising obligation
60km Challenge - $100 per person or $400 per team
35km Trek - $100 per person or $300 per team
Half Marathon & Discovery Walk - $25 per individual entry or $50 per
team or family entry
The Oxfam Community Aid Abroad Southern Fleurieu group have agreed to
accept all funds donated and to remit them to a specific OCAA appeal.
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Wanna Tri?
www.victorharbortriathlons.org/
Experience the sporting hospitality of Victor harbor through the Victor
Tri on March 19th
Many thanks to Victor Print & Design for our new logo
Does anyone recognize the course in the design of our logo?
See http://www.victor-print-design.com.au/
Or Phone (08) 8552 2000
Also thanks to Genesis Tour and Charter
For the bus transport
Genesis Tour & Charter
PO Box 1234
VICTOR HARBOR SA 5211
Ph 8552 1700
Do you want to help OxfamCAA even more?
Go to http://www.oxfam.org.au/
And follow the Get active links to
http://www.oxfam.org.au/getactive/index.html
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Need somewhere to stay in Victor on the 23rd
Try one of these ideas -
Whalers Inn Resort
www.whalersinnresort.com.au
The Anchorage
21 Flinders Parade
Phone : 08 8552 5970
26 rooms with various combinations of amenities
Quality Resort McCracken
Mc Cracken Drive, Victor Harbor
Phone 08 8552 5303
Website http://countryclubs.com.au
NB - Alternatively if you want to stay somewehere quiet on Friday the
22nd you can bunk down in the control centre at Back Valley. It would be
pretty rough & ready but it would be quiet.
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WHAT IS THE SOUTHERN CHARITY CHALLENGE?
First and foremost the Southern Charity challenge is a fundraising event
with all proceeds going to Oxfam Community Aid Abroad. The 2005 Southern
Charity Challenge offers four options:
* Individuals or teams can walk or run a 15km bike track course from
Goolwa Beach to Victor Harbor.
* Individuals or teams can walk or run a 21.1km half marathon course
from Goolwa Beach to Yilki.
* Teams of 2, 3, 4 or 5 take on a gentle 36km cross country challenge.
* Teams of 2, 3, 4 or 5 take on a more demanding 60km trial including
bush and coastal walking.
REGISTRATION
The registration desk will be open from 7.30am until 8.30am.
Registration will close at 8.30am. Water, tea, coffee and snacks will be
available at registration. A compulsory briefing will be held at 8.30am.
All participants must attend the pre-event briefing. The official start
will be 9am sharp. Half marathon runners will be asked to take a place
at the front of the start. Families, push bikes, roller blades and prams
will be asked to take a place at the rear of the 9am start.
TEAM FINDER:
Drop me a line if you are looking for a team and are happy to have your
details posted in the e-news
Don't forget www.southerncharitychallenge.com
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WALK AGAINST WANT
The Oxfam Community Aid Abroad Walk Against Want is a national event,
open to anyone, which raises funds to help poor communities in over 30
developing countries worldwide.
Walks are held in many locations across Australia, and participants
raise money to support Oxfam Community Aid Abroad's long term
development work with communities in thirty countries, including
Indigenous Australia.
Date: Sunday March 13
Start: 5pm
Location: Bonython Park (opposite Coca Cola and the SA brewery)
Contact: Nicole Mordowicz
Phone: 8236 2170
Join us with your family, friends, workmates and pets for a 5km or 10km
walk along the River Torrens Linear Park. The route is ideal for
wheelchair, pram, bikes and skateboards! After you've crossed the finish
line, relax and enjoy the scrumptious food, browse through the stalls of
goodies and groove to the funky sounds at our Twilight Festival.
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TRAINING TIPS
FARTLEK TRAINING
We're not talking gas-powered training here. Fartlek training actually
originated in Sweden - the term literally means 'speed play' and aptly
describes the intensities used during training.
A fartlek session is one that incorporates variation in speeds whether
you are running, cycling or swimming. Swedish cross country runners and
skiers used the technique when training in their native forests. They
increased the tempo of their workouts by running or skiing hard up the
hills then reducing their pace and recovering on the downhill sections.
The extent of effort was determined by the length of the climb. They
found the approach improved their fitness more effectively than
maintaining a constant effort throughout the session.
In modern times the workout has been modified to suit other disciplines
including cycling and swimming. The speed and effort is varied
throughout the session depending on the terrain or how the athlete is
feeling.
If you want to try it, next time you go for a run in the park use the
trees along the course as your markers. Run solidly to a particular tree
in the distance then ease your pace back until you reach the following
tree. Repeat the efforts depending on how you're feeling at the time and
how much recovery you want to allow yourself.
If you run or cycle with a group, take it in turns to set the pace.
You'll be surprised how effective it is. By the end of the session you
might even feel turbo charged!

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Queries can be made by return email or by phoning (08) 8552 2411
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Brad Butler
14 Coral St
Victor Harbor SA 5211

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