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Malmesbury Carnival 10K

6 Sep, 2010 - Team PDFitness Strike Again

Team PD Fitness was out in force on 4th September for the second Malmesbury Carnival 10K. Our runners and walkers coped brilliantly in hot and humid conditions with Jo Lawrence Mills our first lady racing home in just under 50mins (49.24), and Andy Poolman storming round in 46mins, 51secs to be our first man past the line. Christine Maclachlan took the scenic route and got slightly lost, but to many peoples relief did turn up later! The Cakes and refreshments went down well after the race, back at the gym, thank you to all who contributed to these calorific treats; they were greatly appreciated by all! Well done to everyone who took part – the sea of red PD Fitness T-shirts looked brilliant. Special thanks again to the PDFitness Camera crew of Claire Giles and Bella Roberts and to the PDFitness support team; your efforts were greatly appreciated.

Team PDFitness Takes on Chippenham River Run…

28 Jul, 2010 -

On Wednesday the 14th July nineteen of PDFitness’ finest braced themselves for an epic test over at Chippenham for the 5k river run. With several potential runners dropping out before the event with various injuries, this allowed for some wild card entries to some other keen runners… Namely Dave Edwards filling in for the injured Basil Miles… and Rukshi Watson for Sue Brown… With both Sue and Basil gutted not to be able to run.

All runners completed the run in fine style posting some brilliant times, PDFitness trainer Paul Davis, leading by example, coming in at just over 19minutes, several soon followed closely behind. There was then a good mix of times across the board, most beating previous bests or finishing within set target times.

Special congratulations to the guys who have never run in competitive races before after several weeks of excellent effort in and out of the gym. Many thanks also to the PDFitness camera team… Claire Giles and the injured runner himself Basil Miles.

Check out the PDFitness Facebook page for photos, and see Chippenham Harriers website for official results.

Well done all!

PDFitness Rowing Superstars!

6 May, 2010 - A London Marathon with a difference

As runners limbered up to start the London Marathon, PDFitness members Kevin Bartlett and Matthew Paterson started on a marathon with a difference! While the runners pounded the streets of London, they set out to row the marathon distance of 42,195 meters on the gym’s rowing machines.

Cheered on by the gym trainers, members and friends, both men achieved their target of completing the row in less than three hours. Kevin finished in two hours and 52 minutes with Matthew just 3 minutes behind him. Between them they raised over £200, which they are donating to Wiltshire Air Ambulance.

Thank you to all the gym members who sponsored them.

Well done Kevin and Matthew – a great achievement!

Spin, Spin, Spin!!!

25 Jun, 2008 - April 2010 - Introducing our new spinning classes...

Have you heard! Spinning classes have arrived at PD Fitness, the ultimate fat burning and shape changing class. Classes have begun on a Monday lunchtime at 1.15pm and Wednesday evening at 7.15pm.

Come and give it a go, an excellent class for improving both heart & lungs and for body toning!

In a typical class you can burn up to 800 Kcals in 45 mins whilst shaping those legs, toning your Glutes and trimming those tummies.