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December 1, 2012
Medway to Ring in 300th Year with Bash
Taking on a Challenge New 30-Day Fitness Challenge Catching on in Area BY J.D. O’GARA
Tickets Still Available for Tercentennial New Year’s Party
Tonight, at 7 p.m., my 9-yearold son asked me how many burpees I still owed for the day. “Forty,” I groaned, and I intend to finish them. Why? Because, like a growing number of people across Millis and neighboring towns, I promised I would do 100 of these exercises a day, for 30 days.
BY J.D. O’GARA
The woman behind the move- The latest local fitness movement requires just a promise and a 30-day commitment. These women are up for ment is Katie O’Connell, who’s the challenge. From left to right: Maura Melia, Stacey Miller, Rachael Jewitt, and Katie O’Connell, all from Millis. been a group trainer and fitness instructor since 1996, and who do it each day for 100 days,” says news is you see you’re getting And the motivation? Simply a seems a permanent fixture at O’Connell, who says that chal- stronger from it.” personal commitment, she says. Gold’s Gym, in Millis. O’Con- lenge ended October 30th. “It gets people who aren’t exerThe fitness trainer thought nell, who says Medway residents “When you think about it, that’s cising seven days a week to actushe’d make a few changes to the Melissa Gray and Hachely Kenol 10,000 pushups, sit-ups and ally start dong something seven challenge. are equally to credit for promot- squats.” days a week,” says Katie. “They ing the movement, was one of a “100 days was a long commit- can do it on the soccer field. They The 100 days, says O’Connell, group who took on a 100-day ment, so now we do 30 days,” can do it at home. They know that was hard to do. challenge in July. says O’Connell. “As a trainer, I they have to do it, and they don’t “I’d be doing pushups on the wouldn’t recommend doing 100 need any equipment.” “A (Gold’s Gym) member acside of the road,” she laughs. days of the same, repetitive exertually came up with a challenge “I loved it, because I like having There were times at 10 o’clock at cises. The 30-day challenge is of doing 100 sit-ups, 100 squats, a challenge. It kind of gives me night I’d be brushing my teeth where you’re going to see more 100 pushups and two planks for thinking, ‘I still owe 10 pushups.’ results, as you change it up every FITNESS two minutes, and there were It takes a lot of time, but the good time.” continued on page 2 about eight of us who said we’d
For the town of Medway this year, “Auld Acquaintance, and Auld Lang Syne” will be celebrated throughout its tercentennial year, but what better way to kick off in the 300th than with a New Year’s Eve bash? The Medway 300 New Year’s Eve Party will take place at the Glen, at 84 Orchard Street in Millis. The fun starts at 8 p.m., and tickets, $50 per person or $100 per couple, are still available. “I believe there are about 100 tickets left of the 400 total,” said Kathy Foresto, one of the planners of the event, in a mid-November interview, who adds, “It will include music, dancing and an auction of many donated items –
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