Do you fancy going from coach to 5k? - this is how this trio triumphed

From left to right: Helen Blade, from Thornton., Julie Doughty, from Poulton, and coach Lynne Toon, 56, from Pilling

A Wyre Weight Watchers coach and her members turned up their motivation a notch by taking on a 5k for Cancer Research UK.

Coach Lynne Toon, 56, from Pilling, completed the Race for Life 5k with Julie Doughty, from Poulton, and Helen Blade, from Thornton.

Lynne said: “The Race for Life charity is a great cause that is close to my heart.

“My mum died of cancer aged 50 so Cancer Research UK is the charity I support.”

The trio raised £165 for Cancer Research UK while also improving their health.

Lynne added: “I lost 54lb with Weight Watchers and have never felt better.

“During the lockdown period I decided I wasn’t going to waste the time we had so took up the couch to 5k and I am now running 10k three times a week. Julie and Helen are two of my

members from my 6pm Wednesday, Carleton Workshop. They also did the couch to 5k and have kept up the running.”