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PR 1711

For Immediate Release                                                                                            

23 April 2004

Running with the Girls 2004

BATH & North East Somerset Council’s popular ‘Running with the Girls’ summer course is now in its seventh year and the course for 2004 starts next month.

The course, which is held in Bath and Keynsham, is designed especially for women who would like to take up running either to get fit, as a competitive sport or as a form of recreation.

By the end of the eight week course, participants should be able to run a minimum distance of five kilometres.

During the early stages much of the training takes place on grass before gradually progressing to the streets and culminating in a fun run at the end of the course.

Running with the Girls gets started in Keynsham on Tuesday, May 11 and in Bath on Wednesday, May 12 from 6.30pm-7.30pm.

To find out more and to enrol on the course, there will be an information evening at Bath Sports and Leisure Centre on Wednesday, May 5 at 6.30pm.

The course costs £18 per person which includes a T-shirt. For more details contact Bath & North East Somerset Council’s Sports and Leisure Development Team on Tel: 01225 396429 or 396430.

For more information, contact Merville Fenty, Sports Development Officer, on Tel: 01225 396430 or e-mail merville_fenty@bathnes.gov.uk

For comment, contact:

Cllr Nicole O’Flaherty, Executive Member for Tourism, Leisure and Culture, on Tel:01225 310341 or e-mail nicole_oflaherty@bathnes.gov.uk

Issued by: Bath & North East Somerset Press Office, tel 01225 477827 or 477283, email: pressoffice@bathnes.gov.uk