Admit it, we all like a bit of encouragement every now and then. Yes, there are those who want it on a more frequent basis than others but whatever our frequency it’s nice when we have someone cheering us on, someone in our camp who wants to see us succeed.
I remember many years ago, in 1993, running my first ever half marathon at the Melbourne Marathon and how important encouragement became as I neared the end of the run. For me to run a half marathon was a new and daunting task as my main sport is swimming. I had been running for about 3 years before I took on this challenge. The farthest I had run was 15km the week before. I had been running about 40km every week usually in 10k bursts and I had done well in 10km runs. So I felt that I could test myself running further than I had … read more by subscribing.
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