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Help us raise money for KidSport Bow Valley |
 As some of you may already know, we our currently running a campaign with a number of other businesses in town to raise money for KidSport Bow Valley.
KidSport Bow Valley strives to overcome the financial obstacles that prevent some young people from participating in sports or other fitness activities. They accomplish this by raising funds to pay registration fees for qualified applicants and by collecting used sports equipment for KidSport kids to use in programs.
So how do we come into this? Well, KidSport is completely donor driven and relys solely on the generosity and support of community sponsors and individuals. Over the past few weeks Ultimate Fit Centre has been giving $2 from every sock purchase to KidSport Bow Valley. Anyone purchasing socks from us also gets entered into a draw to win a trip for 2 to the San Diego Rock & Roll Marathon in June!
So come on everyone, throw out those stinky old running socks and help us raise money for this great charity!
For more info on Kidsport Bow Valley click here
Check the centre page of the Rocky Mountain Outlook for more details of the Run in the Sun Campaign and find out which businesses are involved.
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Summer Run Clinics |
Maintain Your Run
Are you just getting back into running after a break or have you recently taken one of our Learn to Run clinics? This course is perfect for you.
Join us for this weekly informative and educational run to rebuild your base and work towards longer weekly mileage. Introducing hills, speed, local trails to run on and goal setting for further distances or races. Excellent for building and maintaining your weekly mileage, examining your running form, strengthening core muscle groups, training your cardiovascular system and balancing your nutrition All this in a relaxed group atmosphere. There's no pressure to race - just enjoy the sport of running! If you need a goal however, we have scheduled this course to run right up until the Canmore Canada Day Race!
Instructor: Lynn Borrowman
Dates:7 Tuesdays May 18th - June 29th
Time:5.30pm
Cost:$70 + gst
May 18th - June 29th (7 weeks)
Please register in store #102-822, Main St, Canmore.
Learn to Run
We are currently taking an interest list for another Learn to Run Course so please e-mail anna@fitcentre.ca if think you'd like to participate. We will aim to start mid May.
Marathon and Half Marathon Training Clinics
We are also taking an interest list for anyone training for a Fall Marathon or Half Marathon and looking for a program and training session to follow. E-mail your interest to anna@fitcentre.ca. We will aim to start mid May and run through until September or October.
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NEW Thursday Trail Running |
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We've had a few requests for weeknight trail running so we have now introduced a new group run on Thursdays at 6pm. This informal and social run is designed to keep our runners safe on the trails by running in groups of 4 or more.
Although we always check for animal activity in areas that we plan to run, we still advise all runners to bring bear spray.
To find out how you can become more Wildsmart click here This useful website will give you current updates on wildlife activity and trail closures. Check here before any trail run.
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WANTED volunteers to lead our Sunday morning runs |
| As some of you may know, we have temporarily lost Fiona to Africa - I'm not at all jealous!
So, in order to continue our Sunday runs I'm currently looking for four willing volunteers to plan and lead a run once per month throughout May, June and July. All volunteers will receive a $15 in-store credit every time they lead - maybe you can save up for that new pair of shoes or shorts that you've been looking at! You do not need to be a fast runner to take on this position however we do ask that you know the trails in Canmore and have the ability to motivate and inspire our runners!
If you're interested in this and would like to know a little more please e-mail me at anna@fitcentre.ca
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