Challenge Diary
Shape's 2011 fitness diarist, Leonie Molentze, 35, is a marketing coordinator for the Cape Town Cycle Tour Trust. She plans to complete the Karoo to Coast 100km Mountain Bike Challenge in September
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Weight Loss Diary
Johannesburg-based IT consultant Sibusisiwe Matsha is a 32-year-old career-woman and mom. In between work, spending time with her husband Luvuyo and taking care of two-year-old son Ombesa, she’s neglected to look after herself. Her challenge: to lose 40kg in 12 months.
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ALLSTAR
A 36-year-old single parent. I’ve been the office Manager at Shape magazine since 2007. I now need to get back into shape and I feel that with the Healthy Weight Program, it will be the beginning of a healthy lifestyle change for me. I’m looking forward to this challenge.
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Diary of a boot camp amateur
Tanya Pangalele is SHAPE’s Marketing Project Manager. An eternal optimist by day, a fashion devotee who would never be seen dead drinking instant coffee who plans to be a pro by the end of her programme.
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shapetrigirl
Kassabaine Petersen is Shape's deputy/managing editor. Between fulfilling this role and that of wife and mother to two-year-old Alex, she hopes to complete the SSISA's 8-week triathlon training programme. This is her diary.
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Get, Set, Go-4-It!
SHAPE Junior Features and Online Writer, Sara Mould signs up for the Go-4-It personal training programme at the Sports Science Institute of South Africa (SSISA), to help her say goodbye to last year’s lingering kilos and hello to a fabulously fit bod.
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Carrot sticks and crunches
Shape’s Art Director Anel Stapelberg has signed up for the 8-week Sports Science Healthy Weight Programme. This forms part of the SSISA Shapes up Shape programme.
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Running for the Hills
Odette is Shape’s picture editor and designer. Beach-loving and a bit unfit, but very excited about the Opti-Fit 10km challenge. My alter-ego is already a runner, hoping to reach that state of nirvana soon in real life!
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Walk, jog, run
Carla Calitz is SHAPE’s features editor and has signed up for the Optifit 21.1km training programme with the Sports Science Institute. This programme is preparing her for her very first half marathon, the Two Oceans, on 7 April 2012. Follow this aspiring mountain goat’s trails, trials and tribulations.
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Booting up
Ashlin is the online editor at Shape. She’s signed up for the Sports Science 8-week Boot Camp programme.
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