Linda Murray, left, receives her prizes for winning the Lose to Win Fitness Challenge from Michele Grzebien-Huckson, executive director of the Foundation of Chatham-Kent Health Alliance. (contributed photo)
Linda Murray has shaken her fear of gyms and it's literally been a weight off over her shoulders – and other parts of her.
The 48-year-old Blenheim resident is the winner of the 4th annual Lose to Win Fitness Challenge, which wrapped up on Wednesday, raising nearly $20,000 for the Chatham-Kent Health Alliance’s most urgent capital needs fundraising campaign.
Murray was among the 117 people who spent 16 weeks faithfully going to Performance Fitness & Training in Chatham. This resulted in her losing 35 pounds and 30.5 inches, and raising $3,503.10 in pledges for the campaign.
“I had never stepped foot in a gym until I went there,” she said. “Gyms always intimidated me.”
She credits the people she exercised with
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