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In January Kylie Dean set herself the goal of losing 20kgs by Jan of 2012. Kylie inspired people with her commitment to her goal. There was no magic wand just regular exercise and counting calories. Kylie pushed herself hard with her exercise and made good use of the personal trainers to hold her accountable over the 12 months. She had lost 100cm and just under 19kgs by Xmas. The whole team is proud of Kylie’s success. Awesome result!
 The members that took up the challenge laid down by Linda and Helen to run the hardest off road half marathon in New Zealand. There was some novice runners in with the experienced who started out with running for 3 mins and finished by completing The Goat. So here is to you guys...Chris and Christine Paterson-Gore, Cheryl Baker, Rachael Busfield, Fiona Mackenzie, Nikki Holmes, Lisbeth Hornell, Lesley Tait, Reti Hick, Linda Hopper and Helen Chisholm
In October Reti Hick ran her 1st marathon after setting herself the goal
of running the Auckland marathon in 2011. Reti used the Xterra off road series to build her running fitness through the winter and was a regular top 2 finishing in her age group. Reti inspired the inShape running group to join her in the Xterra series and the Auckland 10km. Reti completed the marathon in an impressive 4:04. Reti finished off her running year with a 4th place finish in the Goat for her age group.
Ok this one is not a fitness achievement but these girls kept up with their exercise sessions and gave birth to healthy and happy babies. Sharon Towes gave birth to Kyle Towes in April, Helen gave birth to Chloe in July and Marcia Nelson gave birth to Hazel in December
 A member who always put’s a smile on my face would have to be Terry Johnson. He has been training with Rich for the past 3 years and his jokes are legendary. So when you can‘t be bothered to get off the couch or you are tempted to drive past, remember Terry will not of missed a session!
The unstoppable Craig Harris is the official champion for the 2011 Fitness Challenge Series. He had Dave McVinnie and Bruce Henderson pushing him for most of the year as they tackled the monthly fitness challenges set by Rich. | 
The Pilates classes restart Tuesday 17th January. Chloe would like to apologise for the missed classes during December. She had a terrible run of car troubles and ill health and this caused a few classes to be cancelled at short notice. So thank you for your understanding and we look forward to seeing you all in class. 
Many of you have experienced the benefits of massage treatments to get rid of tight muscles and to help speed recovery from injury. Linda Hopper and Helen Chisholm are InShape Studio’s experienced massage therapists. You can book treatments with them from as little as $40 for a 30 minute treatment. 