22 Nov 2011

VOUCHER WINNER + 7217 THANK YOU'S

Congratulations go to Anthea (our £10 leisure voucher winner) & thank you to everyone who completed our Run'11 Team Lowdown survey. We received some great feedback & constructive suggestions for The Lowdown & Northamptonshire Sport to take forward to The Run 2012... Our latest Run'11 fundraising total is £7217 which is simply too amazing for words!

Wishing everyone a teriffic festive season & 2012 - hope to see you all again next year - until then... Keep on running!

11 Nov 2011

GIVE YOUR FEEDBACK & WIN A VOUCHER

Our final newsletter with results & successes is now viewable HERE - You could win a £10 Leisure Voucher by completing our 2 minute online survey form. Your feedback will help The Lowdown & The Run 2012 organisers Northamptonshire Sport fine-tune and develop next year's event...

8 Oct 2011

PHYSICAL PT BOOTCAMP EVERY SUNDAY

By popular demand... Sunday's @ 10.30am in Abington Park. 

Only £3 per sesssion or you can pay for a block of sessions...

Contact Anthony on: 07878 696894

> Physical PT Website

3 Oct 2011

RUN'11 - INDIVIDUALS TIMES & RESULTS

< Your actual times are here!
< CLICK THE IMAGE TO VIEW LARGER...
or click HERE to view the larger view pdf.
If you're missing from the list please let us know how you did! We had some awesome team results too.. Cumulative finish times & placings were as follows: 
TEAM A (10K) 03:43:41 (finished 5th)
TEAM B (10K) 05:06:26 (finished 30th) 
TEAM C   (5K) 02:31:02 (finished 3rd)

1 Oct 2011

APOLOGIES: Tina @ AVA Holistic & Beauty

Apologies from Tina @ Ava Holistic & Beauty... Due to unforseen circumstances she is regrettably unable to attend tomorrow to give mini-foot massages to our 8 prize winners :-( 
On a positive note, ALL our participants can collect a free £5 Ava gift voucher & special offers leaflet from The Lowdown stand & Tina hopes you will get in touch to book a fabulous pampering session during October...

30 Sept 2011

FINAL NUMBERS & SPECIAL THANKS...

CONFIRMED FINAL TOTAL = 102 Team Lowdown / Run 11 Runners & Walkers... 
Sunday will be hot... It will be huge... It will be a truly awesome day! T-shirts, Badges & Balloons are available to collect from The Lowdown's stand - CLICK HERE to view map. Please arrive for 8.45 (9am absolute latest) for photos etc.
Any last minute questions - ring Richard on 07727 648779.
SPECIAL THANKS to: Travis Perkins, Braunston Reprographics, WNDC, Bromford Support, Surefire Creative (Web & Graphic Design), Physical PT, The Lamplighter, Sixfields Hungry Horse, Northamptonshire Sport, One Step Beyond Promotions & so many others people who have really got behind our team... You are all truly amazing!

29 Sept 2011

LAST MINUTE ENTRIES @ SIXFIELDS 01/10

Online registrations have officially ended, however it's still not too late to enter The Run'11. To join the fun, get yourself down to Sixfields Stadium from 3-5pm on Saturday 1st October. Don't miss out on this superb event!

SUPPORTERS DONATE BY TEXT: LOWD89

Donating by TEXT is so easy...

TEXT our unique code LOWD89 followed by the amount you would like to donate - either: £1, £2, £3, £4, £5 or £10 - to this number 70070 eg. texting LOWD89 £5 to 70070 donates £5 to The Lowdown! Your mobile network will add your donation amount to your next monthly bill or deduct this from your Pay & Go credit.

It’s free to text from all UK mobile networks!
All text messages are free to send on all UK networks and 100% of every donation (+ 25% Gift Aid where requested) goes direct to The Lowdown.

26 Sept 2011

DRINKS & T-SHIRTS @ LAMPLIGHTER 27/09

Tues 27th Sept (7.30-9.30pm) @ The Lamplighter  66 Overstone Rd Northampton NN1 3JS - A great excuse to all get together (before the Run'11) for a chat and a drink and to collect your Lowdown T-shirts. If you fancy a gentle run around The Racecourse beforehand, some of our 95 participants are meeting on the grass opposite The Picturedrome (Kettering Rd) at 6.30pm prompt.

23 Sept 2011

EVERY1 PLEASE READ THIS NEWSLETTER

Our final pre-Run'11 newsletter with essential info, key times & fundraising tips is now ready to view HERE ...

Note: The Lamplighter evening is still 27 Sept 2011 (not 27/10)... Thanks!

20 Sept 2011

COUNTING DOWN... THE FINAL 12 DAYS

So we're in the final 12 days before the big day... How are your preparations going?

We've now 92 participants and would love to hit the magic 100... Keep spreading the word...  Team Lowdown Rocks!

6 Sept 2011

REGISTER VIA THE RUN'11 WEBSITE...

The Lowdown have now submitted their 'Team Lowdown' registrations to the Run'11 organisers so are no longer accepting direct applications. So far, an amazing 88 people have registered to support us at The Run'11 (shown on the left) - that's double last years total!

You CAN still register for The Run'11 via their official website > CLICK HERE and remember to select THE LOWDOWN as your charity of choice. We'll then add you to our runners lists & update you with the latest news & information...

1 Sept 2011

TEAM LOWDOWN VIDEO - CHECK US OUT!


Images: The Run '10 Event & Team Lowdown Training
Promo Video courtesy of our friends @ Shiny Sheep

14 Aug 2011

ARE YOU AS FIT AS A FIREMAN?

Northamptonshire Fire & Rescue are challenging Team Lowdown to take its title as the fastest & fittest team in the county. The Fire and Rescue team won the 10K team challenge at the Run '10 in a combined time of 3 hrs 46 mins (team of 5). Click HERE to see the Top 10 team times at last year's Run'10...
If you feel that by 2nd October you could run 10K in under 50 mins or 5K in under 35 mins, please CONTACT US - we'd love for you to join our A-teams!
Note: actual Northants firemen not pictured!

25 Jul 2011

LATEST BOOT CAMP PICS - WORKING IT !!!

HOT OF THE PRESS - UPS

Check out the latest SUNDAY BOOT CAMP pictures on our Facebook fan page & why not join us very soon!

Click HERE to LIKE our Facebook page

22 Jul 2011

23-29th JULY - OUR RUN'11 FOCUS WEEK

Enter the Run'11 with Team Lowdown and you could WIN A MEAL FOR 2 + BOTTLE OF HOUSE WINE - prize courtesy of The Lamplighter (Northampton)...

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CLICK ON IMAGE ABOVE : TO VIEW LARGER SIZE

15 Jul 2011

FREE & FUN TRAINING with PHYSICAL PT

All of TEAM LOWDOWN's  Run'11 participants are invited to attend twice-weekly FREE & FUN training sessions courtesy of Anthony from Physical PT...

SUNDAY MORNINGS Abington Park - offer you 'boot camp' excercises - with running thrown in! A great fun way of building stamina...

TUESDAY EVENINGS Racecourse - offer you more in the way of running and jogging - for all fitness levels, with the route distances gradually increased over time...

To find out more > CLICK HERE or you can CONTACT US

1 Apr 2011

THE LOWDOWN CHOSEN AS AN 'OFFICIAL PARTNER' CHARITY AT THIS YEARS RUN '2011

BIG NEWS!!! The Lowdown chosen as an Official Partner Charity @ Run'11 on 02/10/11. This should mean even more participants raising money for them this year! THANK YOU EVERY1 who made "TEAM LOWDOWN" the coolest, most supported charity on the day last year... If you'd like to RUN or WALK for The Lowdown in 2011 contact Matt @ The Lowdown & "LIKE" our FACEBOOK PAGE "Team Lowdown / Run 11" :-)