This week in Run Club

Hi Runners,

Weather this week is dangerous for running at noon. If you want to go out, be very careful to stay tuned to your body. Don’t push yourself or try anything new. Drink lots, at halfway point, pour water over your head to cool off, run slow, take breaks.

Tues- Jason is going to the canal; I’ll go the river route, but only for 20 mins. Heat =no good.

Wed-Yoga on the Hill (meet at noon in lobby if you want to go en masse)

Thurs-Ops is having their team building scavenger hunt so I’ll be involved in that. Eric and Jason, over to you.

Look at these beautiful, colourful people! This was Tuesday's run in the 38 degree (w humidex) weather. This is what we all looked like *before* the run.

Mud and Obstacles, Sept.1 –Looking for a team of 4 brave runners

Lawrence, one of our regional runners, suggested that we get a team together for the Mudd Sweat and Tears Obstacle Race, Aug.31 (10K) or Sept.1 (5K) at Wilderness Tours Resort. Check out the vid. Cost until June 30 for a team of 4 for the 5K at Wilderness Tours Resort is $81 per person. Let me know if you’re keen and we’ll get a team together. I could be talked into it….I think ….

2,300K run across the Gobi desert

You’ve never seen ultramarathoning like this!! On Sunday, Ray Zahab started running 2,300K across the Gobi desert in Mongolia. Check out his motivational video on his journeys. He’ll be speaking to us on Sept 11 or 12 so be prepared to be WOWed!! Ray is also great about responding on Twitter. Follow his journey at @GOi2P. Tell him you’re part of our Run Club and wish him all the best. Small messages of encouragement mean a lot to these guys when they are out running 70 to 80K a day.

Yesterday’s presentation on Posture, Technique, Shoes

Great presentation by Dr. Sasha Hamid who is passionate about good health, good posture and an active lifestyle. If you missed her presentation, you can watch the recording (thx to Jason!) which is saved on the P drive. So glad we had regional runners tuning in! Love that! Sasha also sent me an article on barefoot running--send me an email to get it.

Next speaker will be July 17 when Andrea Moritz returns to talk about being the Canadian Ambassador to Comrades, the grueling 89K South African racethat people run again and again.

HEAL forum article from Ottawa Board of Health

We gets kudos for promoting active living, creating a workplace culture and community of active employees and connection to the larger run/fitness community. Key to our success— communication, multiple levels, keeping it fun, executive buy in and you: a core group of consistent runners.

See you at 12:05 in the lobby with LOTS of water!!

Special Speaker, Dr. Sasha Hamid

What you need to know about Posture, Technique and Shoes

Join us Monday, June 24th with Dr. Sasha Hamid of the Byward Chiropractic Clinic for an informative session for runners of all levels. Dr. Hamid will share her knowledge of functional anatomy and how our posture, running technique and shoes impact how we run and its impact on our health. Dr. Hamid is a Chiropractor at the ByWard Chiropractic Clinic and Massage Therapy Centre here in Ottawa.

Dr. Hamid’s passion lies in educating her patients about health, assisting with the body's natural healing capabilities and empowering the public to make informed health choices. She is an advocate for healthy and active living and frequently lectures within Ottawa on a variety of wellness based strategies.

Dr. Hamid was voted 2012 National Capital Fit Day People's Choice for Best Chiropractor. She has been a proud member of the Women’s Business Network of Ottawa since 2009 and is the current Chair of the Membership Committee.

Our employees are entitled to a complementary Consultation and Examination with Dr. Hamid at the Byward Chiropractic Clinic. For more information visit www.bywardchiropractic.com or contact shamid@bywardchiropractic.com.

June 18

Heard the CEO went out yesterday with you! Dang, missed that! Hope it was a great run—nice day for it.

I presented to about 150 people yesterday at the HEAL forum put on by the Ottawa Board of Health about how to start a workplace Run Club. We came off looking great because we have something other people can only dream of—executive buy in. So we’re pretty fortunate to be able to do what we do. Let’s run with that.

Yoga on the Hill today

Anyone who wants to join me, I’ll be in the lobby at 12:00 to walk over. Let me know if you’re coming so I wait for you.

Special Speaker Monday, June 24 in Beaudoin

Come out on Monday at noon to meet Sasha Hamid who will present on Posture, Running Technique and Shoes. She’s a chiropractor and healthy living enthusiast.

Spartan Race- next year Team CATSA

Huge kudos to Yen Enge, Michelle Malenfant, Stacey Symons and Rosemarie Morse who recently ran the Spartan Race and LOVED it!

In fact, Yen says, “I am willing to do it every year until the day I can’t do it anymore!” You can’t beat enthusiasm like that! Next year, folks, we’re doing a team of warrior-spirits for the Spartan race. Here’s the Spartan Race video for whoever that is interested in doing it next year.

Races

For information on upcoming races, check out our Run Club blog race page. I try to keep it current with interesting races in Ottawa. Note that Prison Break (5K, kinda like a Spartan race) is coming to Ottawa on Sept. 14. Let me know if you want to get a Prison Break team together (need 4 to 12 members) cuz that one looks pretty amazing, too. There was a recent groupon for it that I sent around in an email, too.

We’re still taking participants for a team of fun-loving runners for the Run or Dye run which was a heckuvalot of fun last year. Let me know and I’ll give you deets.

Tapering, strength training, nutrition strategies

Great articles here on strength training, tapering, race tips, nutrition, etc.

Olympic Day

Sunday, June 23 is Olympic Day. Celebrated around the world—hundreds of thousands of people get moving. “All you need is YOU to get active on Olympic Day!”

Week of June 17

Great run today!

Dunno about you continuous runners, but our 9:1 runners did a truly fun social group run along the Ottawa River. Welcome back, Tuan, and great to see Yen out taking on continuous running with JT. You guys are awesome!

Schedule for next week:

Tues- We run!.. and I give a presentation to the City of Ottawa Board of Health on how to start a workplace run club so Jason and Eric will be leading y’all

Thurs- We run!

Linda’s presentation on video

Thanks to our own Run Club IT whiz kid, JT, Linda’s presentation was recorded and saved for all employees to enjoy at their convenience.

For Linda’shealthy recipes and tips on nutrition, you can subscribe to her newsletter.

Special Speaker on MONDAY, June 24

Voted 2012 National Capital Fit Day People's Choice for Best Chiropractor, Dr. Sasha Hamid is an advocate for healthy and active living and the power of the body's natural healing capabilities.

Sasha will be talking to us about posture, running technique and shoes.

Come out on Monday, June 24 at noon to meet Sasha and learn more about your health, posture and running technique.

Bushtukah Men’s Wear Sale

For Father’s Day, Bushtukah is offering 20% off men’s wear at both locations.

Activities to get your family active

Here’s an excellent site for ways to get started in fitness activities and ways to get your kids involved, too.

Longest Day of Play

ParticipACTION is launching Canada’s Longest Day of Play on June 21st and wants you to get out, let loose, get active and PLAY!

ParticipACTIONhas also teamed up with Winners to bring you the Longest Day of Play Facebook Contest.

Share your favourite way to play, and you could win a $50 Winners gift card every day from June 3 to June 20. Then, on June 21st, a gift card will be given away every hour from 8am to 8pm.

Have a wonderful weekend!

Run Club Special Speaker- Linda Houle Roberts

Linda Houle Roberts lives and eats what she preaches. She’s a graduate of the U of O with a B.SC in Kinesiology and a Master’s in Child and Development Studies. She is a personal trainer specialist with the Canadian Fitness Professionals, a registered holistic nutritionist with the Canadian School of Natural Nutrition, and a fitness instructor for a courageous group that have Multiple Schlerosis.

In fact, Linda IS one of those courageous people who have MS and she manages it with natural food and fitness. She’s a marathoner who started running in 2001 and continues to run to this day, completing the Ottawa Race Weekend just recently. She says, “Every successful marathon is a confirmation to me that I have control of my illness and that there is hope to end MS.”

Come out and meet Linda and learn how to improve your own health through nutrition on Wednesday, June 12 in the Training Room from 12 to 12:30. Stay for questions afterwards in either official language or leave when you need to. All employees welcome!

Brought to you by Social Committee Run Club.


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Week of June 3 in Run Club

Hi Runners,

Yoga on the Hill

Today at noon I’ll be heading over to yoga on the Hill. If anyone wants to join me, let’s meet up in the lobby today at 11:55. P.S. We went and it was beeeeeeautiful! Had to be over 800 people on the lawn.

 

Sports4 clinics at Bank St

Interested in learning how to improve your running strength and efficiency while reducing effort—Re-learn to run at Sports4 is for you. Clinics held at Sports4 on Bank St., monthly on a first-come, first-served basis. The cost is $40/person.

Intro to Chi Running

Run Club Special Speaker, Eric Collard, gives workshops on ChiRunning, Golf fitness and Triathlon coaching. He has a few spaces left in his June 9 Intro to Chi Running workshop.

Special Speaker next Wed.

Learn about nutrition from expert nutritionist and marathoner, Linda Houle Robert. The food you fuel your body with is so important to runners. Think about how you agonize on race day over what to eat when. Linda can clarify what runners should be eating to stay healthy and strong. Regional runners, let me know if you want the presentation Lync-ed.

New running group activity

For those who’d like to try something new in Run Club, I think we should consider this: Prancercise ……Who wants to lead?

…….(LOL, jk!)

Ottawa Race Weekend, Run Club Member Achievements

We had some great achievements by Run Club members!

Here’s what race day in Ottawa looks like (just a little crowd dodging involved):

a. Jason Trimble- Race stats for race weekend- 0:51:43 for the 10K. Way to GO, Jason!!!! Awesome first ever 10K!

b. Rosemarie Morse-first 10K race ever. Race stats for race weekend-0:55:32. Great run, Rosie!! Wow. Looks like you worked through those shin splints and are back in the game with a vengeance!

c. Eric Bazinet ran the half marathon this weekend and ended up in the TOP 10%!! Check out his stats-WOW! Eric, so happy for you achieving a P.B.! Eric is signed up for the full marathon for the Army Run in Sept.

His time: 1:39:05 for 21K!! Speed demon!

d. Former colleague, Ian MacEachern, ran the full marathon on Sunday with a time of 3:58! Congrats to him for an excellent long distance race.

I hope I didn’t miss anyone else. If I did, give me a shout and let’s celebrate your achievements. I saw a race Tshirt at the expo on Saturday that read “Finishing = Winning”—that’s my mantra (I put it next to my tank that says, “Race Strategy-Start off slow, then back off.”)

So proud of all our Run Club racers!! If you enjoyed that, sign up for the Army Run in Sept when you’ll be at peak performance.

Race pix thanks to Jason.

See all you HQ runners tomorrow at 12:05 in the lobby.