It’s the time of year when we have the best of intentions but are tight on finances after the Christmas season. Here are 5 things that you can do that are completely FREE whatever level of fitness you feel you are at.
1. ForgetTheGym Facebook challenge
Join our ‘5 Minute a Day’ January Challenge to get you moving with strength exercises from the comfort of your own home with photos, videos and online support via Facebook. Read more about our 5 minutes a day challenge. 
2. Jantastic
The New Year fitness challenge for all fitness levels will help you you started, keep you moving and improve your health, fitness and motivation. Join Jantastic and then you will have the option to Join our ForgetTheGym group within where you can commit to doing a certain amount of runs/walks each week and track your progress. A great kickstart to the year. Visit Jantastic Website to Sign Up.
3. Irish Times Get Running
This is a FREE Video Based online Coaching running programmes for Beginners, Improvers and Lapsed Runners. Created, designed and coached by Mary from ForgetTheGym, due to the success of these programmes on IrishTimes.com in 2014 with over 15,000 people taking part., the programmes will all be relaunched in 2015. Visit IrishTimes Get Running Website to get started
4. Parkrun
FREE 5ks every Saturday morning in 20 locations across Ireland. Possibly the best thing to happen to running in Ireland in years. Walk, run or crawl your way around a 5k each weekend. Your only competition is with yourself. Visit Parkrun Website to find your local parkrun. When you sign up, you can set your club to be Forget The Gym too.
Our Support Forums
For all our running chicks and chick magnets, we have a Private Forum where you can arrange meetup runs, ask questions, share ideas and find inspiration. Open to everyone who has completed our beginners programmes and any other classes and workshops. Join our Private Group.
So, thats 5 ways you can get moving for free this January.
What we are planning for later in the month….
We will resume our new term of Classes for Beginners, Improvers and Lapsed Runners. We will also have a Chirunning Technique Workshop at the end of the month, and a ‘My First Half Marathon Workshop’ also. Keep an eye on our facebook page too for some FREE classes in the last week of January…
Happy new year to you all.
Mary, Lorraine, Aoife and Anne xxx