Posts Tagged ‘Worthing’

Get Your Glow On, Worthing

January 9, 2017 at 6:30
Posted by Rachael Woolston

TWO COURSE TIMES: 6.30AM-7.15AM OR 7.15AM-8AM

WE don’t do old fashioned big class boot camps or boring exercise that you have to endure just for the sake of getting fit.

What we DO offer are courses personalised to you, which provide all elements of fitness from Pilates to Yoga, Boxing to Kettlebells so you get everything that your body needs in one easy package, along with well being and an eating plan.

PLUS, we now offer a body statistics assessment (optional but worth doing) along with a 15 minute one to one or Skype session to help you discuss and define your goals. PLUS DIY Friday group sessions with you course mates using suggested Fitbitch workouts.

With only 10 spaces per course, you’ll get maximum results whatever your aim, weight-loss, feeling good, getting fit, boosting your health, mobility or regaining your sense of self post baby.

We train in a beautiful location right on Worthing seafront with the option of going indoors (again with sea views) if the weather is poor.

Two sessions per week for four weeks, by the final session you’ll be amazed how different you feel.

 

**Can not be used in conjunction with any other offer.



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Intermediate to Brighton/Worthing Half Marathon

November 19, 2016 at 8:30
Posted by Rachael Woolston

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If you’re already comfortable running to six miles but want the company, motivation and added support of going longer, our intermediate course is for you.

You can choose to join us at various dates along your half marathon journey, allowing you to get the support you need, when you need it.

From 6 miles and upwards, start 19th November (other runs are mainly on Sundays)

From 8 miles and upwards, start 4th December

The final slog to 13.1 miles, stat 8th January

For locations of all the runs, please click here. They vary week to week.



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Run Strong

October 14, 2016 at 6:15
Posted by Rachael Woolston

Aimed at helping those runners who are undertaking endurance events of half marathon or over, this eight week strength and core based exercise class will help to build efficiency, speed and stability and prevent injury.

Each class lasts 45 minutes and is available as a class drop in if space is available. Ideally, it should be taken as a course so that we can help you build and adapt as your body becomes stronger.

(Injured runners or those returning from a recent injury should try the Run Rehab class first).



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Autumn Burn Worthing

October 10, 2016 at 6:30
Posted by Rachael Woolston

Book and pay online via our Booking Page where you can choose between 6.30am course or 7.15am

If you want to feel fit, move well and feel inspired to eat well and embrace exercise, then don’t miss becoming a WOW(F) – a woman of Worthing Fitbitch.

With a small class size of 10 maximum, this three week course will help change how you view exercise for good. We’ll help you get fit and feel fantastic as well as leaving you with a love of exercise so that you are motivated to keep it up.

Three sessions per week of totally unique, unexpected training. You don’t know what exercise is until you’ve experienced it the Fitbitch way.

Find your love of movement with Fitbitch founder, Rachael, this Autumn on the seafront to enjoy the beautiful Autumnal mornings. Embrace the seasons, embrace change!

 

 



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Free Girls Run the World Run Together

September 20, 2016 at 7:00
Posted by Rachael Woolston

LOCATIONS FOR EACH WEEK’S RUN CAN BE FOUND BY CLICKING HERE.

If you want to run with like-minded women who understand what it’s like to be a beginner, an improver, a chatter or a mover, join us on our free GRTW get togethers led by our fantastic team of ambassadors – our Run Angels. They started with us as total beginners and now want to pass on their love of running to others.

Each run is no longer than 5km and you decide whether you want to run it with the tortoise and chat group or the lionesses.

Whatever you choose, you’ll develop your running and meet a great bunch of women who will inspire and motivate you to keep running.

Locations rotate through Hove Seafront, Preston Park, Madeira Drive, Hove Park on a weekly basis to provide variety.

Pace Groups

Tortoise 10 min miles and over

You are relatively new to running, are just returning to running or simply enjoy running as a time to chat, breathe and take in the sights.

Hare 9/10 min miles

So , you’ve finally begun to realise you like this running lark and you’re not just a jogger? You’ve even started finding yourself going into running stores more than H&M. You feel faster and are looking to improve. This group is for you.

Lioness 8-9 min miles

You’ve been running for a while, or are naturally speedy and are aiming for good race times. You know the difference between Strava and Spotify and use it regularly.

Cheetah – 7-8 min miles

You’ve got the training watch, running shoes for the road and trail and like to try and improve your pace on every run. Running for competition you want to run fast.

 

Important rules of  GRTW

  • You must be able to run 5km to join the runs.
  • Be polite and run within the pace group you set off with. If it’s too fast, drop back to the one behind and stay within that group even if it feels a little slow. The RunAngels give their time voluntarily to help you run so don’t make it hard for them.
  • IT IS ESSENTIAL that you book your run via eventbrite and fill in our PAR-Q if you have not run with us before. No booking, no run. Click here to book,


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Fitbitch Challenges, Brighton & Hove Triathlon

September 11, 2016 at 8:00
Posted by Rachael Woolston

As part of our year long list of community challenges, join us in training and entering the first triathlon in Brighton. You can do it solo or join one of our many relay teams. Yes, it’s a challenge if you have never done a triathlon but challenges are the things that help you grow! Read about the  Fitbitch Challenge community here 

 

We will also be holding cycle & run brick training and joining for open water swimming

Brighton and Hove Triathlon SuperSprint, Sprint, Relay or Olympic



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Building Distance to 10 miles

September 10, 2016 at 8:30
Posted by Rachael Woolston

Entered The Bright10 miles October 16th? Enjoy the journey to building up to 10 miles with our five weeks of group runs including off-road beautiful trails.

You should be able to run 5km comfortably in order to join this course. We will be doing the runs on a basis of time on your feet though, allowing this course to be suitable for all speed levels.

Please consult our Schedule and Booking page for days as it varies on Saturday and Sunday. You can book this course as a standalone course, or book a season of sunday runs £105 that will take you thorough to February – or add a full season which includes our trademark Smash Your PB, RunStrong, RunFit and many other courses.

LOCATIONS FOR THE COURSE

 

 



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Smash Your PB

September 7, 2016 at 7:00
Posted by Rachael Woolston

Our six week course that includes interval and pace work in a great, fun, supportive group environment. Making it that little bit easier to get used to running challenging intervals. Our trade and tested formula gets results – 100% success rate on parkrun PBs and 10km in six weeks.

Perfect if you have the Brooks 10km in your sights. And would also be useful for those training for the Bright10.

Visit our Running Page What’s on offer for payment options. Or just book a course price.

 



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Lewes Pop Up Fitness

August 19, 2016 at 1:08
Posted by Rachael Woolston

Whether you are a Lewes resident or live further afield and have time off this summer, why not try our one week healthy eating and fitness course w/c 22nd  August?

 

We love the beach and parks of Brighton and Hove but we get really excited about exploration and using incredible spaces that are as much part of our fitness courses as the exercises and eating plans themselves.

From skate parks to children’s playgrounds, seascapes to the Downs, the spaces we use are chosen specifically to boost your well being and health because they are simply so life affirming.

Last month we launched in Worthing, making the most of one of the most beautiful seafronts along the South Coast (and we have lots of other unique spaces planned for our course starting  Sept 12th so before September 1st using the code EarlyBird for 10% discount!). Next week we are doing a pop-up fitness week in Lewes. It will be right near Pells Pools (NOT in the pools itself) which has one more week of early morning swimming left (7am-9am) before it closes. So, if you have time off work you could even do our pop up fitness course (including strength for metabolic health, fun play-filled fitness sessions and even some yoga) and finish with a swim….

Don’t worry though if you are not local to Lewes, we are holding our usual one week blitzes in Hove and Queen’s Park too. But hurry to book because we ONLY take small groups for a bespoke, personalised service.

Ooh…and did we mention that the temperature rises again all next week…? Come and enjoy your retreat courses right on your doorstep.

Book Hove, Queen’s Park, Lewes or Worthing by visiting our BOOKING PAGE, then selecting location and then course.



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Summer Body Blitz – Worthing

August 15, 2016 at 6:30
Posted by Rachael Woolston

If you want to get in shape fast for your holiday, try our focused courses, specifically aimed at helping you to lose a few pounds to help  you feel body confident.  Each session is 45 mins and the course includes a complimentary eating plan. For all levels.

Sessions are from 6.30-7.15am or 7.15-8am

Price £40

EARLY BIRD 10% off code: SunnyWorthing at checkout ends July 22nd. Book this week and w/c 11th August and save an additional 10%



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Race Review: Beat the Tide 10km

August 12, 2016 at 5:18
Posted by Rachael Woolston

Fancy a race that uses nature to give the event a clever twist? Fitbitch runner, Andrea Childs reports on a 10km where you battle the incoming tide for the finish line…

Sandy sprints

Sandy sprints

 

A total of six Fitbitches travelled to Worthing for this year’s Beat the Tide, an annual 10k race organised by Sussex Trail Events (www.sussextrailevents.com). It’s a one-of-a-kind event for anyone who knows the pebbly beaches of the South Coast. At this time of the year, the tide goes out far enough to reveal some rarely seen sand, a wide enough strip to run along and indulge your wildest Baywatch Babe fantasies. Unfortunately, having arrived late for the 7pm start, the Fitbitch crew were less Pamela Anderson, looking California tanned in an orange swimsuit; more sweaty, stressed Brightonians in our trademark purple running tops.

It had all started so well. Facebook race page posted in the Fitbitch runners group (we have these for all events, to help keep track of which Fitbitches are taking part which helps motivate you to get involved too – you can join HERE). Lifts organised (that’s the beauty of running as part of a community; there’s always someone to share a ride with). Sun shining (okay, we didn’t organise that bit, but it’s always a good omen for a race). And then we set out for the roughly 14-mile drive along the coast from Brighton to Worthing.

The journey usually takes around 35 minutes. On that evening, a combination of rush-hour congestion and a traffic accident meant that despite setting off before 6pm, one car arrived at 7.05pm and the other at 7.25pm. Fortunately for the first car, the organisers had realised the traffic was a problem and had delayed the start by a few minutes, meaning that at least two of us began the race on time. When they finally arrived, the remaining four Fitbitches were warmly welcomed and allowed to start the race half an hour late, following the footprints in the sand left by the other Beat the Tide runners. The organisers even called the marshalls along the course to let them know they were coming. Fortunately, they managed to catch up with the tail-enders before too long.

The race itself couldn’t have been better – a straight dash along the beach and then coastal path from Worthing to Widewater Lagoon in Shoreham, and back again, with only a short sandy beach sprint to join the two sections. Along the way, children cheered from the groynes, kite surfers skitted along the surf and marshalls handed out drinks (there were two stations) and jelly sweets. The atmosphere was fun and friendly, with lots of local club runners taking part, plus a couple dressed (I think) as Peter Pan and Tinkerbell. And because, as the race marketing says, we were ‘racing against nature’ – the incoming tide – there was a cutoff of two and a half hours for participants, although none of us found ourselves paddling to the finish. One of the Fitbitches placed third woman. And as our last runner approached the line, the sun setting behind her, the rest of the crew ran down to support her over the last few metres as she finished her first 10k race and was handed her medal (there was one for every finisher). We’ll definitely be back next year. We’ll just leave longer to get there next time.

Being part of a running community helps keep you motivated and inspired - plus there's always someone to share a post race celebratory cocktail

Being part of a running community helps keep you motivated and inspired – plus there’s always someone to share a post race celebratory cocktail

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Review in Brief: The Good, the Bad and the Ugly

The good

A chance to shun the pebbles and run along a sandy beach. Fantastic welcome from the race organisers, despite our late arrival.

The bad

The headwind was great for kitesurfers but not so much for runners. And be aware that there are no toilets provided.

The ugly

The traffic. Maybe we can cycle to the start next year?

If you would like to join our running community, sign up for our newsletter for details of all our Autumn Winter courses, as well as community races and Girls Run the World trips to races around the world.

 

 



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Summer Body Blitz – Worthing

August 8, 2016 at 6:30
Posted by Rachael Woolston

If you want to get in shape fast for your holiday, try our focused courses, specifically aimed at helping you to lose a few pounds to help  you feel body confident.  Each session is 45 mins and the course includes a complimentary eating plan. For all levels.

Sessions are from 6.30-7.15am or 7.15-8am

EARLY BIRD 10% off code: SunnyWorthing at checkout ends July 22nd. Book this week and w/c 11th August and save an additional 10% with the code August210



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The Diary of a Running Mum: What to Wear

August 5, 2016 at 11:48
Posted by Rachael Woolston

At the beginning of 2016, Fitbitch runner and mum of four, Tanya Taylor took on the challenge of running every day. Perhaps not surprisingly, she’s become an expert at what to wear.

Missed Tanya’s earlier despatches? catch up with her first and second despatches here

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Running through poppy fields with my daughter, Romy in July. Miles run this year: 836 Number of feet climbed: 46,988

 

I want to take you back to the year 2007. This was the year I first started to run. I had given birth to my fourth child six months before, and had recently stopped breastfeeding. I was horrendously self-conscious of my body and felt at a total loss with my identity. I was worn out and could hardly string a sentence together without punctuating it with “I’m SO tired” every other second. I felt dull and unattractive. Having four children under the age 9 was all consuming. The frustrations of not being able to fit into the clothes I wanted to wear, in order to feel like the person I knew I was, had found me, in a roundabout way, standing at my local park about to attempt to run for the first time since school. I had signed up for a 10k race in Bournemouth with some of my friends, and training was about to begin.

 

Now at this point, I need to tell you that clothes and fashion have always played a huge part in my life. For every significant moment in my past, I can tell you EXACTLY what I was wearing and probably where I bought it. My grandmother used to style Princesses and movie stars back in the 1950’s, it’s in my blood. So when I think back to this day, I don’t remember how the run went, or how I felt afterwards. I do rememb
er the ridiculously inappropriate ‘Leroy from Kids from Fame’ running ensemble though – men’s cotton Carhartt tracksuit bottoms, vintage Nike Windjammer and an old pair of vintage Nike trainers that I had bought in NYC ten years before. NOT an outfit I can recommend!

Nine years on and I officially suffer from running kit OCD. I can now browse endless rails of lux-sportswear and know exactly what will work and what won’t. I can touch a fabric and know whether it will be gentle on my weather beaten skin or cause multiple unsightly chaffing sores. I can assess a neck line at the blink of an eye and know if I’ll look more Jeff Capes than Jessica Ennis. I need my kit to look good, feel comfortable and to ‘perform’.

More and more high street stores are now meeting the demand for women’s technical sportswear, and if you shop wisely, you can get some bargains. H&M have a great range (which my daughter also loves), and Topshop’s collaboration with Beyonce, Ivy Park, has some great pieces which I’m desperate to sample. Sweaty Betty and Lululemon always drop great prints in their collections, and their products perform well if your budget allows their above average price tag. TKMaxx is brilliant for a bargain, and is pretty well organised, so don’t be put off by the volume of stock.

Wearing good kit really does enhance your running, if you feel good from the off, then your run will start (and hopefully end) well – trust me!

Here’s my guide to the perfect capsule running kit for Autumn

  • Nike Epic Lux, £70

  • The best running leggings I’ve found so far. You can buy them cropped or in full length, and although I prefer the basic black, they are also available in seasonal colours and patterns. The waistband is high (and VERY comfortable) so there is no danger of the dreaded muffin top spoiling your instagram snaps. Try not to baulk at the price, they last for ages, I promise.
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  • Zoot Women’s West Coast Singlet, from £30

  • Light, breathable, well fitted and stylish, my favourite new find. Feels great on and has reflective details for night running. It also has UPF 50+ sun protection so great for hotter runs, holidays or the Girls Run the World trips. Available online from The Triathlon Shop.

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  • Nike Dri-Fit Knit long-sleeve, from £41

  • A brilliant layering piece for cooler days, I’ve had mine for two years now and it’s still going strong. The Dri-FIT fabric keeps you dry and comfortable, whilst the knit-in mesh fabric allows breathability. Thumbholes help to keep your hands warm, and the seamless construction gives enhanced comfort. These tops nearly always get reduced in Net-a-Porter’s end of season sales by half price.
  • OMM Kameleika Race Jacket, from £128

  • A favourite amongst Fitbitch runners, although it doesn’t come cheap. The jacket is waterproof, breathable and has a 4-way stretch making it perfect for running without restriction. It is superlight and has taped seams and lovely big pockets. The price tag reflects the technical detail of this running jacket, and it is an investment piece. Worth it if you run a lot or are thinking of taking up adventure races.

    Muji Hairband

  • If you have long hair that needs tying back, you will understand the frustrations of running with your hair falling out of your topknot and into your eyes. I have used these hairbands for many years. They are THE BEST. You will thank me for this nugget.

    Balega Enduro Low Cut Sock, from £10.56

    Great colours, well cushioned without over heating your feet, and the top of the sock doesn’t dig into your ankles to give you ‘cankles’. I love these socks! Available from Wiggle.

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  • Sweaty Betty Stamina Bra, £35

  • Hmm…this is my biggest struggle as I have quite a broad back (swimming), but smallish boobs (breastfeeding four children.) I find the ease of an overhead bra with no fastenings preferable. Try Sweaty Betty for this style. Lots of my more well endowed running buddies swear by Shock Absorber. Be aware that when you run your ribs expand with your breathing, so you don’t want the band to feel too tight.
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  • Flip belt, £25

  • This tubular running belt fits snuggly on your hips without budging and you can choose between small, medium and large. The slits are perfect for your iphone, keys (there is a key attatchment for extra security) and gels. Although they now do one with zips, the one without is perfect – it’s comfortable and there are no buckles to rub. Available in a choice of colours and machine washable.

My top tracks to get you running this month

 

Arctic Monkeys – Do me a Favour

 

LCD Soundsystem – Get Innocuous

 

Britney Spears –Womanizer

 

Fleetwood Mac – Go Your Own Way

 

Fujiya & Miyagi – Ankle Injuries

Don’t miss Tanya’s next report coming in September.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 



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