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Good Luck to any SE Fitness runners or walkers taking part in an event this weekend.

Saturday sees the Sutton Park Challenge on behalf of Midlands Mencap.  An inclusive event suitable for all and a very worthwhile charity.  Mike Stanley was planning to take so good luck Mike and anyone else taking on the challenge.

Sunday is Chester Marathon and we have a bevy of first timers participating.  Good luck to Hazel’s brother Gordon, his daughter Alice and her partner Luke and also to Ahmed from run plus.  First time marathon for each one so we wish you all the very best of luck, hope everything goes well for you and you enjoy the experience.

Also running on Sunday is SE Fitness Leader Andre, he’s running London Marathon on behalf of the MS Society.  Good Luck Lion King!

Sunday is also Stratford triathlon and run plussers Andy, Ben and Paula are taking their first steps / strokes / pedals into this virgin territory.  I know training hasn’t gone quite to plan guys but hope you have fun and have a great day out!

It’s a big weekend for events and I’m extremely sorry if I’ve left you out.  Please let us know how you get on and wishing you all the very best of luck!

I’ve been really pleased with how places for the Christmas Party have been selling with more than fifty folks already paid up! (Post Covid I wasn’t sure how it would go).

If you’d like to join us for the party then please could you try and get your money in over the next couple of weeks.  You can pay by bank transfer or hand cash or cheque to your leader but please make sure it’s in an envelope with your name on so that we can track the payment back to you.

Party is at The Cuttlebridge Inn on Thursday 2nd December.  Hot buffet with carved meats, pay bar and resident DJ to play all our favourite tunes.

It’s been a while SE Fitness so it’ll be good to dig out the old glad rags and party together again!

SE Fitness Christmas Party December 2021

Another busy weekend for SE Fitness with a great turnout for the deferred Cathedral to Castle run.  A 10 mile point to point route from Lichfield cathedral to Tamworth Castle and one of my favourites.  Well done to all our runners and a special mention to Tasha from Speedwork who was the 6th female finisher overall!

Me and John were also busy yesterday taking part in my first Sprint Triathlon – 400m swim, 20K bike and 5K run.  I didn’t have much of a race plan beyond swim as fast as I could, bike as fast as I could and run as fast as I could!  All was going well until a puncture near the end of the bike ride which meant I had to start running earlier and further than anticipated.  Good job I don’t mind running!  I’ve enjoyed the mixed training a lot and already looking forward to my next triathlon in 2022, just got to work out which one to go for, that and practise lacing up my trainers much, much more quickly!

Well done all xx

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Lots of SE Fitness taking part in the wonderful Cathedral to Castle 10 mile race tomorrow, Sunday 26th.  Hope you all have a great run and enjoy it, it is one of my favourites!

Hi folks it’s time to dust off the party dresses and book your place at the SE Fitness Christmas Party – it’s been too long!

Some people have been asking me about The Cuttlebridge which is the large Inn / Hotel on the left on the main Kingsbury Road heading away from Asda Minworth.  It doesn’t look much from the road but it’s on the canalside and has a lovely size function room, with a bar and dancefloor that I thought would be perfect for us.

The party is Thursday 2nd December starting at 7:00pm.

Cost is £25 to include buffet of hand carved meats, salads and music from the resident DJ.

Book your place by paying to the usual SE Fitness account please or to your leader in an envelope with your name on by 3rd October.  Can you please also let me know if you have special dietary requirements.

Full details here:  https://www.sefitness.com/events-courses/christmas-party-2021/

Save the Date

To celebrate my big birthday next year I’m arranging a hike up Helvellyn which, appropriately enough, is the mountain that gave me my name.  The route I’ve discussed is slightly off the beaten track, will take around 6 hours and is suitable for anyone with reasonable fitness.

I’ve spoken to the mountain guides and pencilled in Saturday 21st May for the hike itself.  We will start nice and early 8:30am to get the paths to ourselves.

This date also coincides with Keswick Mountain Festival so I intend to make a weekend of it!  The festival offers multiple sporting options from trail runs to wild swims and live music on the lakeside on the evening.

Whether you want to come for the day or for the whole shebang it would be wonderful to have you along.  I’ll share details of the walk and accommodation options later but in the meantime if you want to come and join the fun please save the date!

This Wednesday 22nd September our walk plus group are meeting near the Bracebridge and I’m leading a ‘pony spotting’ walk from there exploring some of the trails we can’t easily reach from Wyndley.  Afterwards we are going to the Bracebridge kiosk to tackle the important job of taking on caffeine and refuelling!

The walk will be around 4 miles on trails so if you fancy it please text Kuli on 07904 988361 to get added to the Wednesday WhatsApp Bubble.  We’re meeting in the large car park near Bracebridge at 9:30 or, alternatively, you can meet Ruth at Wyndley car park at around 9:10 and walk from there to meet us.

Love to see you there!  Helyn

A busy weekend for SE Fitness.  On Saturday our walkers joined @runofakindbirmingham for a brilliant walking tour of Birmingham street art followed with brunch at The Crown in Digbeth.

On Sunday our runners were out in force at a sunny Stafford Half Marathon.  Warm congratulations to everyone for some fab performances in warm conditions.  An extra special well done to Liz and to Oliver, half marathon first timers, who both absolutely smashed it!

Great to see SE Fitness out and about again! x

As Autumn rolls in and the days get shorter our evening groups need to prepare for a return to running and walking on the roads.  Safety reminders for everyone because it has been a while!

Hi Viz – To join an SE Fitness group you must wear a hi viz top that can be seen (this is also good practise if you are going out alone, I hate to see runners in dark clothes on winter evenings).  You can buy the popular orange tops with reflective writing for £11.50 and the yellow hi viz tabards are just £5.50.  These are particularly useful as can be worn over anything so not weather dependent.  These tops and others are available from Sportology.  You can order online or in store, they are based on the corner of Antrobus Road on Boldmere High St.  https://www.sportologyonline.com/collections/se-fitness

Be alert – At SE Fitness we will do our best to look out for you and identify potential risks but it remains your responsibility when out with us to take care, be alert and support your Leader.  Vehicles at intersections and reversing out of drives are a particular hazard.

Crossing the road – Please don’t just run into the road.  Cross carefully using pedestrian crossings where possible.  Pause the Garmin if you have to!

Pavement obstacles – Negotiate obstacles on the pavement with care: parked cars, wheelie bins and so on.  Slow down to give each other room.  If you must run in the road then be sure to run on the right hand side facing the oncoming traffic.

Headphones – should not be worn.

Head / Chest Torch – These have become increasingly popular in recent years so might be worth digging yours out and charging it!  It’s worth getting hold of a head torch if you intend to join us for our popular ‘Full Moon Runs’ otherwise they are not essential.

Listen to your Leader – Please support your leader and others members of the group.

Stay safe SE Fitness!

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Wishing everyone entered in an event this weekend lots of luck!

There’s plenty of SE Fitness runners taking part in Stafford Half Marathon tomorrow good luck to all!  May the road be smooth and flat and the wind at your back.  Enjoy your run everyone and look forward to hearing all about it xx