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!
:)

so simple!

this is what we do and this is where we meet!

This week we are abiding by the k.i.s.s. philosophy:
Meet 6pm Tuesday at the Goodwill Bridge for a run or walk.
Meet 6am Friday at the Goodwill Bridge for a ride.
Pass it on, spread the word, send a carrier pidgeon if you must.
Bring your $2 so we can continue to grow the funds for Mental Illness Fellowship of Queensland and also the social club, before our end of month drinks next week!
See you soon team!
Buzz :)

got a bike? join us fri mornings for a ride!

The sun is shining and it's another great week to buzz!
Each Tuesday we leave The Goodwill Bridge (sth side!) at 6pm for a run or walk. Yes, all levels are most definitely welcome - we have walkers, we have runners and we have people who started out with buzz by walking and have now worked up to a walk/run combo - hooray! That is surely ticking boxes on some New Years resolutions!!
If you or your friend, mate or colleague fancy joining us for a mid-week endorphin-charge, please come along to run or walk your way around the river!
Alternatively, if 2 wheels is more your thing, on Friday mornings we meet back at the Goodwill Bridge at 6am for a cycle through the river city. Caffeine features heavily in the equation and keeps us buzzing through the last day of the week.
Remember, each session is $2 with $1 to the 'social club' end of month drinks and $1 to a different monthly charity. This month we're well on our way to helping out the Mental Illness Felowship of Queensland. On their webpage the 'Vision' section outlines exactly what they are working towards - a community who value and support people with Mentail Illness and their families. So come along, empty your pockets and meet some new friends as you do!
See you tues!
:)

buzzing into feb

the world looks sunnier from this position!

Thanks so much to everyone for the massive efforts to come along to buzz in the last few weeks, despite heading back to work, rain bouts and high humidity! It's been great to see so many new faces and will be great to see more and more as the year progresses! Remember to sign up to 'follow' our blog or facebook page for all the updates you need to keep the buzz going ;-)
Today we sent off our donation to the Australian Indigenous Literary Foundation- $134.25!!! Not a bad effort for a few people turning up to have a jog, a ride, a drink and a chat each week!
This week we are moving swiftly into February and collecting money for a new organisation as well. This month we'll be supporting the local Mental Illness Fellowship of Queensland who do fantastic work raising awareness about various Mental Illnesses, as well as providing information and support to sufferers, their families and friends, and funding research into Mental Illness. With service basess in Brisbane, Gladstone, the Gold Coast, Northern Sunshine Coast and Toowoomba they need our help so please come along to support them, and get your buzz on in Feb!
We'll be at the Goodwill Bridge every Tuesday evening at 6pm for a run or walk and every Friday morning at 6am for a ride. Bring a friend or come meet some new friends- buzz is open to all!
Happy Friday and thanks for your support!
:)

we're not afraid of a little rain!

Last Tuesday at a couple of minutes before 6pm, a group of dedicated and fun-loving people met under the awnings of The Ship Inn, sheltering from the pelting rain. Some wore rain coats and hats, others wore normal Brisbane summer-time sports-wear. 50-ish minutes later said runners and walkers arrived back at The Ship Inn, a little wet, a little more dishevelled but all smiling and laughing about our run (and the crazy looks we received) in the rain!
A huge thanks and shout-out to the amazing group who came out to play despite the rain- we still managed to get our buzz on and we will be doing it all again tomorrow!
Tomorrow is also our end of month drinks so if you've been thinking of coming along, tomorrow will be a great chance to not only get your endorphins going but also to have a mingle and a chat as well. Remember your spare change- we'll be doing a final collection for aief  too- an organisation doing wonderful things for the education of our Indigenous kids.
Can't wait to see you all at the Goodwill Bridge this week- 6pm Tuesday for a run or walk and 6am Friday for a bike ride.
Hope this finds you all high and dry and ready to keep Buzz-ing despite the rain!  :)