Afternoon everyone!!

I recently had the fantastic opportunity of writing an article for Eastlife magazine!! Eastlife magazine is the East of Englands essential guide for what's on around the region!

A stylish B5 glossy title, Eastlife is dedicated to bringing you the latest news, trends and events from across East Anglia. Covering Cambridgeshire, Norfolk, Suffolk, Essex, Bedfordshire and Hertfordshire to bring readers a monthly round-up of enjoyable and innovative content.

The magazine features everything from lifestyle, food and drink, home and garden, property, health, theatre, arts and most importantly the latest events, so I was chuffed to bits when asked to write an article on cycling!! 

Please take a look at my finished article (click on link and scroll through online mag to page 55) which features in the latest April edition of the magazine! It includes benefits of cycling, tips and recommended routes - hope you like it!!

Cheers,

Chelle x

Good morning everyone and Happy Easter!!

Today I want to write a review on Only the Brave which took place last Sunday 20th March at Elveden!!

So Jenny Henry and I were running this together and as usual it was a pleasure to run with Jenny, we really bring out the best in each other and give each other the encouragement needed!!

We drove to Elveden early as we were booked onto the 10.30 five mile race and as usual felt the pre race nerves which resulted in various bursts of giggles!!

The setting for the race was absolutely beautiful and after registering we wandered around appreciating the gorgeous surroundings.... After a race briefing and warm up we were off and for once the weather was perfect too!

The course was fantastic and at one point we were running alongside a field with a lovely deer!!  The terrain was really tough at times and you had to concentrate on every step, after a few obstacles at the start, the race felt like a cross country run as lots of running with no obstacles.

Then we approached King of the Hill!! This was super tough on the lungs as you had to run and up and down a steep hill ten times - but we powered through!!

Towards the end of the race there were some fun obstacles and leading up to the finish line was brilliant as it was lined with obstacles and spectators!!

So all in all a really enjoyable and well organised race - hoping for more obstacles next year though!!

We finished in 1 hour 20 minutes which was 44 and 45 out of nearly 200 runners!! We were 13th and 14th ladies - so a fab result!!

Good morning everyone!!

Happy Good Friday and what an amazing day - the sunshine is bloody fantastic!

So I started my day today with a 6 mile run....

I've been running quite a bit recently to keep my fitness levels high for all of the obstacle races that I've entered this year!

And it's only just recently that I've really started to enjoy it - I used to hate every step and dread the thought of pounding the pavements!  But now I find that after a couple of miles, I switch off and get in the running zone that I heard so many others speak about!!

Yes the first 2 miles are still horrible but once my muscles have warmed and I get into my stride, I start to enjoy it!

And I never thought I would say that!! So fellow runners out there who hate it, stick with it and hopefully you'll grow to like it too!

Have a great day,

Chelle xx

Good morning everyone!!

Why not try my Hump day High Intensity interval training workout today
- it's the perfect mid week fat burning blast!! Details below!!

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20 seconds of each, 10 seconds rest – Advanced
20 seconds of each, 20 seconds rest – Intermediate
20 seconds of each, 30 seconds rest – Beginner


Warm up – Jog in place, High knees, butt kicks, jumping jacks – 1 minute of each x 2


HIIT - Burpees
Press ups
Explosive stars
Squats or squat jumps
High knees
Bicycles


Do all six exercises as above and then repeat for a total of 3 rounds!


Cool down stretches


Good luck everyone!!


Become the Best version of you!!

Norwich Steeplechase - Saturday 5th March 2016

Happy Monday everyone, hope you all enjoyed the weekend and especially the sunshine yesterday!

I wanted to write a review on here today of the Norwich Steeplechase which Jenny Henry and I took part in on Saturday 5th March at Blackwater Farm near Lenwade!

We arrived early and it was absolutely freezing, driving wind and rain made the conditions truly awful! 

I was lucky enough to also have an Adrenalize stand at this event and the lovely Georgina Loomes and Emma Parr were doing some boxing demos for me!  We were able to set up the stand inside the registration tent so at least we were sheltered from the elements!

George and Emma did an amazing job and created lots of interest whilst doing the boxing demos, thanks so much ladies - you were bloody fantastic!

So the time approached for me and Jenny to race and we were not relishing the prospect of having to wade through various river crossings... But after the warm up we were off!!

The route was really tough, the ground was like running in quick sand and the water was so cold! But the event was organised brilliantly and we had a few fun aspects thrown in like a heavy sand bag carry up a steep hill whilst getting over fences and a fun egg and spoon race!!

We completed the 5km course in 42 minutes which considering the conditions, we were damn pleased with and the sense of achievement when crossing the finish line was bloody superb!!

So overall a really enjoyable event and I'm already looking forward to the October event where I will be entering an Adrenalize team - comment below if you're up for the challenge!!

Thanks for being the perfect running partner Jenny - now we look forwards to Only the Brave - 5 miles this weekend at Thetford!! Fingers crossed for better weather!!

Have a great week everyone,

Chelle xx