Our Run Group in Port Melbourne has been going for a couple of years now and during that time, I have been asked a lot of questions both as the coach and as the organiser. There are certainly themes to these questions and one of the big ones is around ‘fear.’ That fear is usually shown in the person not wanting to be the “worst" or slowest person in the group. One new arrival even messaged me before their first session to say, “I've never joined a running group before. I'm probably going to be way behind even the slowest person there.”
New Challenges, New Friends and Beating Stress: Why I run...
If you are looking for inspiration, look no further than one of our own Go Runners: Grace. Following on from Runner Stories blogs by Kylie and Caroline, this time around we profile Grace, who got back into her running with GoRun and is now taking on events and new challenges all the time. Grace chats about her running history, some of the benefits of being part of a group and how she uses running to manage stress.