Olympic athlete gives PE session to Lanarkshire pupils after being impressed by youngsters' winning fitness app

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A group of Lanarkshire pupils were treated to a golden opportunity this week in having a PE lesson taught by one of Scotland's leading athletes.Laura Muir visited Uddingston Grammar on Tuesday, September 13, to put the youngsters through their paces before an insightful Q&A session at the school.It was only last month the 29-year-old athlete did her country proud and won gold in the 1500m at the Commonwealth Games in Birmingham.The Lanarkshire Live app is available to download now.

Get all the news from your area – as well as features, entertainment, sport and the latest on Lanarkshire’s recovery from the coronavirus pandemic – straight to your fingertips, 24/7.The free download features the latest breaking news and exclusive stories, and allows you to customise your page to the sections that matter most to you.Head to the App Store and never miss a beat in Lanarkshire - iOS - Android Her heroics followed a silver medal in last year's Olympic Games.An excited bunch of local pupils were keen to find out all about Laura's fitness regimes and meet the national champion.The session was a prize won through a competition entered by two S3 pupils at Uddingston Grammar where they were tasked with creating a fitness app that can be used on mobile phones.Sophie Hutton and Rachel McGavin came up with their app called 'In it to win it' - an incentivised initiative which gives users daily challenges to complete for the chance to win fitness equipment or gym memberships.After receiving thousands of entries, organisers Make It Happen - Going For Gold, were hugely impressed by the girls' idea and selected them as winners.On the day, Laura led the students through some warm-up activities, before using the app created by the winning entry