Your Recreation ............ what's recreation about?

Amongst other things it's about doing your own thing, in your own time at your own pace. The Recreation Centre offers you the opportunity to come and do what you want to do, such as a game of badminton, table tennis, trampolining, exercycling, basketballing, weight training, having a shower when you are ready and so on. You can hire all you need, such as shorts, towel, t-shirt, racquets and table tennis bats, but don't forget you will need your international I.D. card or driving licence to hire anyhting.

If you feel you need help in deciding what is yourmown thin

If you feel you need help in deciding what your own thing is, then talk to some of the Centre staff about your needs.

The lunchtime indoor hockey is under way and looks as though it will prove an exciting way of passing 20 minutes. How often do you get an opportunity to knock the living daylights out of an inanimate object for 20 minutes?

Walk the Northern Walkway Walk ....

The inaugural Recreation Centre trudge along the northern walkway. It's a casual stroll along the Tinakori Hills (they are really foothills about 12 inches high) through Ngaio to John-sonville. The walk passes through much of Wellington's native bush. The day? March 26th. The time? .... watch the noticeboards and the Salient columns for the wunce again walk the northern walkway walk with wonderful Wellington wilderness waiting for witnesses walking from Wellington. (By the way, the Johnsonville unit will get you back to town if you don't want to walk wearily towards home.)

Building Report ........... Bang!

Unfortunately, due to the M.E.D. the power to the Recreation Centre is still on a temporary main cable and all being well we should be able to provide showers this week. But if we can't please don't shout at us, or we'll die on our backs and kick our legs in the air and pretend we are in a fitness class (Thursday 5.30 - 6.30)

Some Training Advice

Caloric consumption.

Within wide limits, when walking fast, jogging or running, the speed is unimportant as a determinant of the energy cost per mile. The point is then to cover a certain distcnae. A 150-160 lb person consumes about 50kcal by walking at walking at 3mph (5kmh) and about 80kcal by walking at 5 mph or running at any speed about half a amile (1 km). Taking walks, preferably a mile or so a day, will provide long term benefits. You could for example, get off the bus a few stops earlier and get on a few stops later. If it's not too far, you acn walk or cycle to work in good weather.