join team Buzz!

Morning rides and evening runs are getting darker.. all the more reason to join friends at buzz to keep your fitness momentum going as the days grow shorter!

We will be there at the Goodwill Bridge for our usual 6pm walk and run tomorrow (Tuesday) and on Friday morning for our ride at 6am.
Invite your friends and remember to plan in time to join us for a drink tomorrow evening as well - this is our last week in the month and next week we'll be celebrating April Fools' and a new charity!

Remember too, the Buzz team entry has been approved for the Gold Coast Marathon and is ready and raring for you to go! With our discount you can enter the Marathon for $108 (non-buzz full price $140), Half Marathon for $76.50 (f p $105), the 10km for $49.50 (f p $75) or 5.7km challenge for $36 (f p $60). As if you needed more reason to run with the Buzz team! The website has links to all their training plans so you know how far you need to be running with us each week in order to make it to the finish line on the 30 June/1 July.

Once you have decided on your distance, simply enter via the website following the steps below. Our payment will be made as a team lump summ by 30 May so once you have signed up we will arrange for everyone to bring their fees to one of our sessions.

See you soon for some training! :)

Step 1: Go to www.goldcoastmarathon.com.au
Step 2: Entry Enter Online Step 3: Read the entry conditions and begin the entry process
Step 4: Are you entering as part of a team ‘I would like to search for an existing team’
Step 5: Enter the team name and hit to search and display the team
 Step 6: After the search, the team name will appear. Click next to the team name.
Step 7: In the password field, enter buzz2012 and click JOIN.
Step 8: Once the team code is accepted, you then progress through the normal entry steps
Step 9: Select the event and category and click CONTINUE
Step 10: Select specific event category/price and click CONTINUE
Step 11: Enter all your personal information and click CONTINUE
Step 12: Select any extras/functions and click CONTINUE
Step 13: Review the entry (no discount will be displayed, discount calculated when team payment is made) and click SAVE AND EXIT Step
14: Please take note of your reference number.

kick some goals!

No, we are not making a football reference (though the season is coming up mighty quick...). If you set a 2012 goal to get running, finish a fun run or get fit, here is your chance. The Gold Coast Marathon weekend which has events including a 5km, 10km, Half and Full Marathon is on the 30 June/1 July (5, 10km events on Sat and Half and Full Marathon on the Sunday). The event entries open today and Buzz has just submitted its team entry papers! That means when you enter using our special team entry code (which we're still waiting on!) you can be part of our running team! We will keep you posted as soon as we hear what our code is and any extra details but if you're interested in any of those events, please drop us an email (buzz.bne@gmail.com) and we will keep you in the loop. The team is not limited to those who Buzz regularly, so please feel free to pass on to anyone you think might want to do Gold Coast as part of our team!
In other news, we finished up our Feb collection for Qld Mental Illness Fellowship with a donation of $64! Thanks to all those who run, walk and ride with us each week and make these little collections possible. This month we have been collecting for Beyond Blue who particularly support and campaign to beat depression and anxiety. Check them out or come along on Tuesday evenings at 6pm or Fridays at 6am to get your heart rate going (that helps to beat depression too!) and part with $2 for the cause!
Finally! Happy Bike Week! Check out all the fun stuff happening around the city, celebrating all that is great about bikes... woo hoo!

it's still early in 2012!

This weeks theme: It may be March, but there's still plenty of time to set yourself (and your mates!) up for an awesome year by planning a regular walk, jog or ride (and some chat!) into your weekly routine!
Each week walkers and joggers of ALL (yes really, ALL!) abilities meet at the Goodwill Bridge at 6pm (just near the Ship Inn on the South Bank side) to make our way around the river. We meet rain, hail or shine, so no need to feel hesitant wondering if someone will be there to meet you- we will be there!
Friday sees us meeting at the same Goodwill Bridge point again, but at the other end of the day for a 6am cycle session. This one is followed by a caffeine pit stop to set us up for the weekend. Each szession is $2 so we can have drinks at the end of each month and donate some $$ to charity too.
So come along and see what the Buzz is about... we don't bite!
See you tonight!
:)