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I think most of us would be
prepared to “go into battle” with our
training partners. Over time we form such a
close bond with these like minded ‘crazy’ runners and these training partners
become special friends.
There are more practical reasons for training with a partner and these include safety, focus and motivation. 1. For safety. Sad as it may be, it is just not safe to run alone these days. 2. For keeping the focus.
It really helps to be out training with someone who has the same
running goal as you
have. You can feed
off each other.
3. For motivation.
I find this one really helps me! If I have arranged to do a
training run with a friend, I have to
get up and
run as I know this friend will be waiting for me at the arranged time
and place. It is so easy to
just turn over
and go back to sleep if you haven’t made any specific plan to run with
a training
partner.
Key words: training partners, safety, focus, motivation Internal links: focus External links: Official Comrades Marathon website |
Copyright Nikki Campbell 2008