Cycling:
National Bike Week
13-21st June
Bike Week is an annual opportunity to promote cycling, and show how cycling can easily be part of everyday life by encouraging ‘everyday cycling for everyone’. Look out for events. http://bikeweek.org.uk/us/
National Cycle Challenge
8-23rd June
The National Cycle Challenge is a fun, free competition to encourage your colleagues to experience first hand joys and benefits of riding a bike. It’s also a major part of Bike Week
https://www.lovetoride.net/reading
Total Womens Cycling
Resource for all things ladies cycling
http://totalwomenscycling.com/#FPW165GDuMGuCB2h.97
Running:
NHS Couch to 5k
Free podcast from the NHS to help you achieve your first 5k or get back to running following a break.
http://www.nhs.uk/Livewell/c25k/Pages/couch-to-5k.aspx
Run to Work Day
First Thursday of the Month
#run2workday is a chance for everyone to experience how easy it can be to run to or from work, whether part of your journey or all the way, get fit and healthy, and save money. Join the movement, sign up to #run2workday.
parkrun
Every Saturday, various venues
parkrun organise free, weekly, 5km timed runs around the world. They are open to everyone, free, and are safe and easy to take part in.
Jogscotland
Various times and places
jogscotland can help you achieve all or any of these things. Already we’ve had 30, 000 people come through our programme since we started in 2002, through our 500 country-wide jogging groups.
http://www.jogscotland.org.uk/
Great Scottish Run
3rd / 4th October
his year’s Bank of Scotland Great Scottish Run will see thousands of runners to the streets of Glasgow on Sunday 4 October for both the half marathon and 10k events.
With Super Saturday providing events for the whole family on Saturday 3 October, including the Toddler Dash, Junior Run and the Family Run, it’s the perfect time to make a weekend of it in the vibrant city of Glasgow.
Running Network
Various times and places (Glasgow)
If you have a passion for running already or simply fancy giving it a go but don’t want to go it alone, the Glasgow Club Running Network is perfect for you!
We cater for all ages (15+) and all abilities, whether you are male or female, a regular runner or just a beginner; there is an option to offer you the support you need to get out there!
http://glasgowclub.org/Pages/running-network.aspx
Sweatshop Running Community
Various times and places (Glasgow)
It’s an entry level running group within every store and runners are incentivised for regular participation. The wider aim is to create a companywide running community linked via a common webpage on our blog and communicated with by e-newsletter. The Running Community doesn’t just stop at this entry level running group with many of our stores offering a variety of running groups for all abilities.
http://runhub.sweatshop.co.uk/community/sweatshop-running-community/
Walking:
Paths for All
Our aim is to significantly increase the number of people who choose to walk in Scotland – whether that’s leisure walking or active-choice walking to work, school or shops. We want to create a happier, healthier Scotland, where increased physical activity improves quality of life and wellbeing for all. We work to develop more opportunities and better environments not just for walking, but also for cycling and other activities, to help make Scotland a more active, more prosperous, greener country.
http://www.pathsforall.org.uk/pfa/about-us/about-us.html
Walk to Work Week
May
Walk to Work Week is part of National Walking Month, an annual campaign run by Living Streets which promotes walking for all.
National Walking Month
May
http://www.livingstreets.org.uk/national-walking-month
General:
5×50 Challenge
Sunday 27th March 2016 for 50 days
Are you up to the challenge of being physically active for 30mins or more every day for 50 days?
Entry Central
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