| Two weeks ago today I dramatically pushed back | | | | marathon runner (my mentor for the run). But above |
| the limits of my running. In one morning I went from | | | | all my mentor ran every step of the way with me. |
| a best distance of 12km in an hour and fifteen | | | | Having someone tell you that you can do something |
| minutes (done on a treadmill in my gym), to running | | | | that you previously thought impossible, and the |
| 12 miles round a Welsh lake, at a better pace than I | | | | person telling you this being qualified to do so is very |
| have done in the gym, and without stopping.To | | | | powerful. You have no excuse for not pushing your |
| achieve this is used several personal development | | | | boundaries. When this person then goes every step |
| techniques. How did I do this, and how can you use | | | | of the way with you, advising and encouraging you it |
| these same techniques to achieve your exercise | | | | is even more powerful. Having a mentor can be one |
| goal?Inspiring Health and FitnessKeeping me going | | | | of the most powerful tools for personal development |
| was my overall inspiring health and fitness goal. This | | | | you can use.To Do: Find someone who is qualified to |
| goal is to run the Flora London Marathon 2007. I | | | | take you one step further towards you health and |
| realized if I could not run the 12 miles, how could I | | | | fitness goal, and ask them to take that step with |
| run 26? I also realized that if I could achieve this leap | | | | you.Score Keeping |
| in distance then the marathon should be mine. It was | | | | I kept score at regular intervals along the run by |
| my desire to cross the line next April that kept me | | | | checking my heart rate on my heart rate monitor. |
| going every step of the way. Besides, twice round | | | | One of my aims was to run the distance within a set |
| the lake would be a marathon! If I could do one lap, | | | | heart rate range. I congratulated myself every time |
| surely I could do two laps?To Do: You need to have | | | | my watch showed I was within that range. In this |
| a health and fitness goal that is achievable, but | | | | way I was scoring myself to achieve a regular pace. |
| sufficiently high to excite and stretch you.Mentoring | | | | I am glad to say I got a perfect score by the finish |
| and EncouragementOne of the biggest things that | | | | line.To Do: Decide on a way to score yourself, and |
| helped me to achieve this breakthrough was the | | | | stick to it. Celebrate every time you win!. |
| encouragement and advice of an experienced | | | | |