I waited until today to write this week’s blog as I wanted to report on this morning’s activity… I was asked only last week to lead the Loughborough Santa Fun Run warm up. The event was a huge success and the warm up was very much appreciated on such a chilly morning! I am waiting to hear how many Santa runners the event attracted, however, it is estimated that over 1,000 runners had registered. Unexpectedly, this takes my Fitness 10,000 challenge up to the next level and I can add these 1,000 people to the list – taking the tally up to over 4,000!!
This week, I organised my 4th Bounce-athon, which was held at Redlands Primary School in Sileby. The event was a huge success with 237 children and even some teachers taking part throughout the day. I really enjoy the energy that children have and feeding off their energy is possibly the only way I can keep bouncing for 7 hours! The kids had lots of fun and I am sure they will enjoy the after-school classes planned for the New Year. My next Bounce-athons will be in January so I look forward to those. Feel free to get in touch if you would like your child’s school to get involved.
On Thursday, I also received a very important and exciting email informing me that I have been successful in my Games Maker application for the London 2012 Olympics. I applied to volunteer last year and have gone through the application and interview stages and knew that I would find out before the end of the year if I had a place or not. I am very excited and honoured to have been offered a place – I haven’t yet accepted, but I definitely will be doing! This is an excellent once-in-a-lifetime opportunity and will also be a great end reward for after achieving my Fitness 10,000 Challenge. I shall let you know more of my Olympic plans in the New Year – including details on my Olympic Bounce-athon taking place on July 2nd when the Olympic Torch passes through Loughborough.
Finally this week was the onesixeight: fitness Christmas meal and in true fitness professional style I supplied all the guests with a ‘How to stay in Shape over Christmas’ fact sheet which went down well! The fact sheet includes calorie information for alcoholic beverages, health benefits of a Christmas dinner and how to burn off the Christmas treats with shopping and dancing – after all, I do believe in everything in moderation. If you would like a copy of the information then you can download it from the onesixeight: fitness website.
Quick tip: if you don’t want to leave the house to exercise because it’s too cold or dark, try this home circuit…
Stair running for cardio
Press-ups for upper body
Squats for legs
Tricep dips for arms
Sit-ups for abs
Keep warm everyone and enjoy your Christmas shopping, fairs and more.
BB :-)
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