Carlisle Race for Life supporters invited to take part in home workout this Sunday

The annual event would have taken place in Bitts Park this Sunday, and as usual Shameem Arnold, the founder of the popular fitness movement Moky, would have been in attendance to help warm up the crowd.

With the coronavirus crisis having caused the race's cancellation, Shameem, from Seascale, has decided to make sure the county still gets moving on Sunday in aid of Cancer Research UK.

Mokython Race For Life at Home will feature a live 90-minute fitness class hosted online by Shameem.

The live stream can be accessed by anyone from 11am. Participants are being encouraged to donate to Cancer Research UK, in lieu of Sunday's race event.

Shameem was prompted to put the online event together by Moky customer Cheryl Dobinson, who had been keen to take part in the Race for Life.

“Hundreds of Moky customers look forward to Race for Life in Carlisle," Shameem said.

"They form teams, dress up and enjoy coming together to raise money for a cause that has affected so many of us.

“Moky instructors have led the pre-event warm-ups for the last eight years and customers love joining in with routines that they have done many times in class. It’s a great atmosphere.

“It was such a good idea of Cheryl’s to host a Mokython at home instead.

"We have done many fundraising Mokythons in the past, and I have been running online classes during lockdown anyway. Why not do an extra-packed session on Race for Life day?”

Moky, which is taught in many locations across Cumbria, will celebrate its 10th anniversary in November.

Its founder Shameem has been providing free live online classes throughout the lockdown - almost 100 to date - in addition to her on-demand subscription service.

For more details of Sunday's online event, search for "Mokython Race for Life at Home" on Facebook.

To take part in the event, visit the website Shameem.fit and click on Live Class just before the start time.