Welcome to 5K Your Way London
A fun programme aimed at staff in the London area, organised by Pro-Active London and MOTIVATE Health & Fitness.
What is 5K Your Way?
By registering to 5K Your Way you can access over fifty weekly walking and jogging sessions across London, organised by the registered organisations.
After at least eight weeks of training there will be a 5Kilometre event open to walkers, joggers and runners alike, taking place just minutes from the 2012 Games venues. Participants from sixteen organisations will informally compete for the titles of the “fittest workplace” and “most active workplace”. By signing up you could help your workplace claim these awards.
To enter costs just £16 and includes:
- Access to internal training sessions for at least 8 weeks
- Entrance to 5k event in the spring
- Refreshments at the event
- Borough t-shirt
- £5 donation to charity
- £5 “Sweatshop gift voucher
- Chip timing
If feeling fitter, looking better and hearing compliments from others isn’t enough to get you motivated to sign up, a percentage of your entrance fee is also donated to a charity of your workplace’s choice, so you can help a good cause whilst your health improves!
Workplaces taking part in 2012
Staff from the following local authorities and organisations can enter:
Bexley, Camden, Croydon, GLL, Greenwich, Hackney, Haringey, Havering, Inner North West London PCT, Islington, Kingston, Lambeth, Merton, Redbridge, Southwark, Sutton, Tower Hamlets, Waltham Forest, Wandsworth, Westminster.
By signing up, you can access any of the weekly jogging and walking training sessions taking place in the involved workplaces. For training session details click on the Workplaces tab above and then select the organisation from the drop-down box.
Click here for a video of the 2011 5K Your Way event
Could you be a 5KYW Champion?
5KYW Champions help to spread the word about 5K Your Way programme, encouraging colleagues to sign up to the programme and take part in training sessions. They can also help with the organisation of the programme. All 5KYW Champions will be acknowledged at the 5K event.
For more information or if you would like to become a 5KYW Champion, contact your Workplace Organiser.
Not quite ready to take part in the event yet, but would like to help out? Why not volunteer to help out at the event?
Click here to register your interest as a volunteer
Let 2012 inspire you!
The biggest sporting spectacle in the world hits London this year for the first time in over sixty years. The athletes will be training on a regular basis to achieve their targets and be the best that they can be. 5K Your Way can be your big London event and with some regular training you can be the best that you can be too!
5 reasons to take part in
5K Your Way
- Have some fun with work colleagues
- Raise money for charity
- Feel fitter and healthier
- Get confidence to walk, jog and run more
- A target event keeping you motivated to exercise
5K Your Way 2012 takes place on Wednesday 2nd May, 6.30pm, at Hackney Marshes, E9 5PF.
If you did not manage to get tickets, this is your opportunity to get a closer look at the 2012 Games venues – just minutes away from the Hackney Marshes venue.
Sign up today by clicking this link
Or you can cut and paste this link in your browser: https://www.clubsonline.com.au/eventsregform/index.cfm?fuseaction=display_event_detail&EventID=9031&OrgID=3848
By signing up you can access any of the training sessions delivered by participating organisations. For session details select a workplace using the tab at the top of the page. Make 2012 a year you remember for being fit and healthy by getting started today!
You don’t have to be a sports superstar or regular exerciser to get involved, just aim to gradually improve to be the best that you can be and whether walking, jogging or running, just do it Your Way!
Prizes up for grabs:
- Fittest Workplace
- Most Active Workplace
- First male, first female in each age category
- Most committed and most improved from each borough
- Incentives to attend training sessions
Cory Wharton-Malcolm recieving the “Most Active Workplace” award at the 2011 5K Your Way event.
5K Your Way is a fully inclusive event open to all employees from the registered organisations. If you consider yourself to be a disabled person and would like some advice about participating, please contact Interactive – www.interactive.uk.net or call on 020 7717 1699.
To have fun with colleagues, get fit and raise money for charity sign up to 5K Your Way today!
