Run Club Update

Great improvement by all runners on the Toohey Forrest loop on Saturday 31 March. Full results below:

There will be NO WALK & RUN CLUB on Saturday 7 April due to the Easter long weekend. We will be returning on Saturday 14 April at the Tarragindi studio 7am for interval training. Have a great Easter all Run Club people, keep up the running over the break and starting putting some serious thought into Kokoda Challenge Teams.

Dave: 38:55
Grant: 44:40
John F: 49:06
Stewart: 53:!2
Andrew: 59:54
Janine: 59:54
John M: 43:11
Daniel: 38:55
Margie: 113:00
Even: 38:55
Martin: -
Tim: 43:11
Sam: -

Boot Camp Fitness Test Results March 2012

Well done to all boot campers who completed the March fitness testing. Stay tuned to our blog for information regarding boot camp session changes over Easter and boot camp re-locations during winter. We will have all this information out to you over the next few days.

Full March fitness testing results below.

Serving sizes summarised

large big mac value meal -
how many serves in this?

How much is a serve? How much is enough? Our perspective of appropriate portion sizes has been distorted by the quantities served up in fast food combos and on restaurant plates. When you actually look at how much food equals a single serve you may be shocked! Eating appropriate serving sizes requires 2 things,  (1) you know what a single serving size equals and (2) you have the self discipline to eat only an appropriate number of servings. After reading this only the 2nd one can be used as an excuse.

Run Club Update

Last Saturday we completed a Studio - Toohey Forest loop (7.8km) time trial. Well done to everyone who posted a time for this course. We will be returning to this time trial to track our progress over the next few weeks.

This coming Saturday we will meeting at Tarragindi Studio at 7am as per normal. The temperature is starting to cool down a bit now and it's actually becoming quite pleasant. All welcome!

Full time trial results from Saturday 24 March: Tarragindi Studio - Toohey Forest Loop via Freeway Bike Path and back via Toohey Rd.

Dave: 42:30
Grant: 44:14
John M: 44:30
Evan: 40:25
Stewart: 56:06
Ross M: 56:07
Janine: 1:01:01
Ross W: 1:01:01
Margie: 1:17:45

Weight loss myths: the fat burning zone

"Exercising at a lower intensity for longer is the most effective training for weight loss".

Have you heard this before? I find myself discussing this misconception frequently, particularly with new clients who are trying to understand the philosophy behind the training programs I prepare for them. The 'fat burning zone' is possibly the biggest myth surrounding training and weight loss, up there with 'spot reduction' and 'lifting light weights with more reps for toning' (we will get to these another time). Don't get me wrong, endurance training is obviously necessary for the endurance athlete. What I don't agree with is endurance training as the main exercise method for weight loss. Why? Because it doesn't work. Why not and what should I do instead? Read on...

Rowing Machine Arriving at Mt Gravatt Studio Soon

Drive Fitness Mt Gravatt will be the first Drive Fitness studio to get the latest Concept 2 Model E rowing machine. It is due to arrive within the next 2 weeks! 


The arrival of the NEW rowing machine will add even more variety to our personal training sessions at our Mt Gravatt studio. 


Why did we decide to introduce rowing to Drive Fitness personal training sessions?

• Provides a superb aerobic work-out.

• Exercises every major muscle group in the body.

• Benefits heart and lungs with superb cardiovascular conditioning.

• Is a time-efficient form of exercise and an excellent stress-reliever.

• Is weight-supporting and non-jarring and so is ideal for rehabilitative exercise.

• It can be a very effective fat burning and weight loss exercise.

• It is a lifelong exercise, suitable for people of all ages.

• It provides a smooth, rhythmic movement that is both safe and enjoyable.

Brisbane Kokoda Challenge: What you need to know & how to register

• The Brisbane Kokoda Challenge will be held on June 3 and starts at 7am from Brookfield Showgrounds. The course is in D'Aguilar State Forest (course map below) and has a 9 hour time limit.

• The Brisbane Kokoda Challenge is a team event and you must enter a team of: 2, 3 or 4. You must start and finish with all team members.  Registration costs $70 per person and you are encouraged to fund raise for your team. Having a team with people of a similar fitness level is recommended.

• You are encouraged to begin finding a team immediately and register as soon as possible, it is expected that this event will reach capacity and we don't want anyone missing out. If you don't have a team and you would like to join with others from Drive Fitness please contact David on 0402 358 127 or dave@drivefitness.net or leave your name with your personal trainer during your next training session. There will be a sheet available at Drive Fitness studios for you to write your name and contact number if you are looking for a team. 

• You will have to come up with a name for your team. Drive Fitness will donate $20 towards your fundraising for every team that uses Drive Fitness in the team name. This can be as simple as including "(Drive Fitness)" after your preferred name. 

• There are 3 Checkpoints along the 30km course. There is no support crew  access at these points, participants should carry any food, water or supplies they need.

• You must complete the waiver form and mail / fax it to the Kokoda Challenge organisers following registration and in advance of the event. The waiver form can be found in the competitors area after you have registered and logged in. Each team member needs to complete the waiver individually, NOT 1 WAIVER PER TEAM. 

• You will be raising money for The Kokoda Challenge Youth Program.  Your contribution is helping young people to gain confidence, direction, life skills, new friends and the knowledge that anything is possible

• If you have a team ready to go you can proceed with the registration by following this link: Brisbane Kokoda Resgistration 2012. You will need all team member's details to complete registration. 

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Congratulations Twilight Runners - Results

Well done to the Drive Fitness team participants who completed the Twilight Run on Sunday 18 March. I found the run tough in comparison to other 10km courses I have done in the past and it felt quite humid at 4pm when the race kicked off. Despite falling considerably short of my personal best 10km time I enjoyed the challenge and the training and I hope everyone else did too.

Time to re-focus for the up and coming challenge - Brisbane Kokoda Challenge in June! Following this, the Bridge to Brisbane in August / September.

I will see everyone back at walk & run club this Saturday for a timed Toohey Forest loop! 

Full Twilight Results for Drive Fitness team participants below.

10km Results


Daniel: 43:25
Evan: 45:44
David E: 47:33
Andy: 48:56
Nathan: 49:33
Tim: 50:51
Nathalie: 52:21
Grant: 55:22
Narelle: 57:07
John: 1:01:26
Ross: 1:06:53
David F: 1:!2:38
Janine: 1:13:15
Jo: 1:18:50
Sarah: 1:19:28
Stef: 1:19:33

3km Results

Madonna: 19:42

Krischelle: 23:42

Andrea: 23:42

Twilight Run: Drive Fitness Team Pre Race Meet Up

For all Twilight runners completing the 10km distance tomorrow we will be meeting on the oval at 3:30pm for a stretch and catch up pre race. This way if you know of someone in our running group that you would like to keep pace with you can start near them. To help get the group together at 3:30pm before the race keep a look our for familiar faces from Drive Fitness.

I will be wearing my Drive Fitness singlet. If you have a Drive Fitness singlet feel welcome to wear it to make you easier to find. If you don't have a Drive Fitness race singlet and you would like one please contact me on 0402 358 127. Drive Fitness race singlets are $25.

Twilight Run: Race Briefing

Start Times (click table to enlarge)

Course Information
Please ensure you are adequately hydrated and fit enough to participate in your event, failure to do so may result in dehydration and cause injury. PureSport are the major hydration sponsor for the Twilight Running Festival 2012. Be sure to replace your electrolytes with PureSport workout on course and PureSport Recovery formula available at the finish line to all participants. Please check the course map for these
locations.

Toilets
- University Athletics Centre toilets
- Portaloos available on course & near Sir William Macgregor Drive (see map)

Parking
FREE parking will be available at the University of QLD. Please turn right at the roundabout towards Mill Road to park in the Multi-Level parking. Parking will also be permitted on the left hand side when entering the University from the Toowong side off Keith Street. Please see the course map for more information. Or click here to visit UQ website

Baggage
The baggage compound will be located within the University of Queensland Athletics Centre on the top level. Please use the perforated baggage tag on your race number to check your bag in. Remember, do not leave valuables. Please be aware; utilising the baggage compound is done so at your own risk.

When you finish
Once you have completed your event, please keep moving through the finish chute to the recovery area. You do not need to hand back your race number or timing chip. If you are able to, please stay for the resentations of overall race winners as well as Twilight activities. Post-race massage will also be available to finishers, so remember to have a quick rub down and feel better the next day! Available only to event participants, so please make sure you have your race number on for checking.

Family Activities
Twilight Running Festival will have a jumping castle, zorb balls, face painting and an Easter egg hunt for the kids. All of these activities are provided FREE to event participants. Keep a lookout for the SPIbelt Bunny who will have plenty of chocolate eggs to give if you can catch her!

Medals
As you finish the event, you will be provided with your finishers medal to commemorate your achievement. If you would like to record your achievement on your finishers medal for $5, please see our onsite engraver. Results are available online approximately 5 minutes after you cross the finish line.

Singlets
Any singlets not yet allocated to participants registered will be available for sale after
6pm on Sunday 18 March. These will be available for a special event only rate of $20.

NO Walk & Run Club This Week!

Due to the Drive Fitness team entry into the Twilight Run this Sunday there will be no Walk & Run Club this week. If you are NOT participating in the Twilight Run don't take the weekend off, make sure you get out for your own run on Saturday or Sunday.

Best of luck to everyone who is participating in the Twilight Run! I hope you have a great run, set some personal best times and enjoy it! Click here for race information for the Twilight Run.

The next Walk & Run Club event will be the Brisbane Kokoda Challenge. Get ready and start thinking about your team. Click here for more Brisbane Kokoda Challenge information. 

FREE Boot Camp Shirts Arrive!

Our boot camp shirts are here! When you make your next boot camp purchase you will receive a FREE shirt. Stocks are limited so please email dave@drivefitness.net to reserve your size as soon as you make your boot camp purchase online. Additional shirts are available for $20.00.

Click here for the online boot camp payment page or click here for more information about our boot camps.

Twilight Run - Things you NEED to know!

The Twilight Run is finally here! Well done to everyone who has put in the hard training leading up to this event.

This is the first year Drive Fitness has entered a team in the Twilight Run and without even applying much peer pressure we have a team of 20 participants! Next year we will be pushing harder to get more people involved (be ready if you are reading this and haven't registered this year).

If you HAVE registered for the Twilight Run I have listed all the information you NEED TO KNOW for this coming Sunday. Please note: Drive Fitness is NOT providing race pack collection or transport to this event. We will look at this option for next year (as per our Bridge to Brisbane arrangement over the last few years).

Race Pack Collection:
Remember to bring your online registration print out or your driver's license when collecting your race pack or a friend's.

Collection 1: intraining Running Centre, 33 Park Road, Milton
Date/Time: Saturday 17 March | 12pm - 6pm

Collection 2: University of QLD, St Lucia (race site)

Date/Time: Sunday 18 March |  from 2pm

Race Start Times:

3km start: 5:45pm

10km start: 4pm

21km start: 5:30pm


Drive Fitness Team:
Keep a look out for other Drive Fitness team members, I will be wearing my Drive Fitness team singlet to make me easy to find - come and say HI! If you have a Drive Fitness team singlet you are of course welcome to wear it to make it easy to identify other fellow team members. If you see another Drive Fitness team member be sure to offer some encouragement or even run together if it helps you keep your pace.


If you would like a Drive Fitness team singlet we still have some available. Contact Dave on 0402 358 127 or dave@drivefitness.net to enquire about sizes. 

See map below for parking, roads affected and course (click map to enlarge):

Walk & Run Club 10 March

This Saturday will be meeting at Tarragindi Studio 7am.

We will be adding a new extension to one of our existing Toohey Forest tracks. This will give everyone the option to either stick with the normal 6km distance or extend out to approximately 8.5km. Everyone doing the Twilight Run on March 18 will be doing the longer distance. Looking forward to it!

In Walk & Run Club event news, we are now only 1 week away from the Twilight Run. If you have not registered but would like to join the Drive Fitness team you can click here for instructions and details. I will be getting some information out very shortly about race packs, parking etc so keep an eye on our blog / facebook / twitter for details.

The Brisbane Kokoda Challenge date has been announced for 3 June and registration opens next Wednesday. Click here for details about the event and key dates. Click here for my post Brisbane Kokoda Challenge report from last year - I hope it doesn't scare you off!

FREE Boot Camp Training Shirt with Your Next Purchase

Get your FREE Drive Fitness boot camp shirt with your next boot camp purchase (for purchases from 6 March 2012, sizes are limited). Boot camp shirts will be available in 2 weeks time but sizes will be reserved for boot camp purchases starting 6 March 2012. Men's and Women's sizes S to XL available but quantities are limited.

Email Dave with your shirt size at dave@drivefitness.net following your online boot camp payment to reserve your shirt size.

Click here for the online boot camp payment page or click here for Drive Fitness boot camp information.

Twilight Run: Less Than 200 Spots Left!

We are now less than 2 weeks out from the Twilight Run and there are less than 200 spots left. There is a 3km, 10km and 21km race option available so all fitness levels can participate. The Drive Fitness team is slowly starting to grow and we would love to see some late entries.

Click here to register and join the Drive Fitness team!

Brisbane Kokoda Challenge Date Announcement: 3 June 2012

Registration opens 14 March. Drive Fitness will be helping to organise and enter teams. For more details contact Dave on 0402 358 127 or dave@drivefitness.net. 

In honour of the Kokoda Spirit, this 30km event winds through some of Brisbane’s toughest terrain.

The track undulates through the green scenery in the west of Brisbane Forest Park. Starting at Brookfield Showgrounds, you and your team will make your way up to the half way checkpoint at McAfee’s Lookout, before returning to showgrounds via the tropical terrain of D’Aguilar National Park, reminiscent of the Owen Stanley Ranges in Papua New Guinea.

The 30k distance, coupled with wide open fire trails, makes this the perfect event for beginners or runners having a hit out. Teams of two, three and four will find the course is not without toils, as you descend down to a creek bed you encounter a sharp turn onto a narrow trail aptly named ‘hell hole’ - ensuring that you don’t forget the meaning of endurance before arriving at the finish line.

If you want to test your fitness (and toughness) this event is for you!  

Boot Camp Challenge Results: 3 March 2012

Camp Hill, Holland Park and Moorooka boot camp groups went at it again on the 3 March 2012! Defending champions Holland Park were looking to extend their winning streak to 2 while former champions Moorooka were eager to reclaim the title they won this time last year and had lost only months earlier. Camp Hill showed up with their biggest team to date which made it clear that they could not be overlooked.

There were three scoring events:

1. Rob the nest using medicine balls, weight plates, sandbags and kettlebells. Points were calculated by taking the total weight in the nest at the end of the round divided by the number of team members. 
2. Dead lift, push up, kettlebell high pull & medicine ball slam relay. 1 point was awarded for each time a team member reached the end of the relay in the given time period.
3. Sandbag shuttle runs requiring the rest of the team to be powering the shuttle run with weight plate ground to overheads and sit ups. 1 point was awarded for each time the sandbag was transported to the end of a shuttle in the given time period. 

Well done to all boot campers who participated in the boot camp challenge, everyone put it in 100%. The great effort put in by everyone was reflected on the very close score board.

Finals scores had Seven Hills in 3rd place on 109, Moorooka in 2nd place on 121 and Holland Park in 1st place on 133 points making Holland Park, for the second time in a row, the boot camp challenge champions. 

The honourable mention for this boot camp challenge goes to Stef for a huge show of commitment in the dying seconds of the last event. Stef scored one final point on the buzzer with an impressive slip at top speed while carrying the sandbag. This was a fantastic finish to a great morning.

For photos of the the boot camp challenge check out our facebook page: www.facebook.com/drivefitness