*Or do that challenge you have always thought of doing<\/p>\n
Have you got a challenge, hobby or activity that you have wanted to do, but not done it or even tried it because you feel as though it is too much effort or that you’ll make a fool of yourself? Why not rope a friend into doing it with you?<\/p>\n
Inspiration from a Love Drinker…<\/strong> Any who, she recognised she needed to go to the gym and train, which would improve her mood. But she also recognised that she needed something to train for otherwise she wouldn\u2019t go. She asked me; \u201cDo you fancy doing a half marathon perhaps?\u201d<\/em><\/p>\n No way, this \u201chook\u201d would tempt me join her \u2013 I hate running. In the next breath she talked about another friend who was doing; \u201csome sort of challenge in Marrakech\u201d my ears perked up at the thought of travel. \u201cOh, go on\u201d she said, \u201clet\u2019s do it – if nothing else we will get a cocktail at the end\u201d and that is how I entered back to back marathons in the Sahara!<\/em><\/p>\n Not only was this a \u201cSofa to the Sahara\u201d challenge, but the test with any long distance event is overcoming the mind. I\u2019m tired, bored, I hurt, I can\u2019t do this, I want to give up, I can honestly say the power of friendship can get you through anything.<\/em><\/p>\n The training created some fantastic memories \u2013 days out trekking up hills in the Cheshire countryside, a marathon on the beautiful Welsh coast in 30 degree heat – what a Summer we had \u2013 just don\u2019t mention the hills. We even had a marathon along Blackpool Promenade with a side wind of Irish Sea rain. We laughed, we cried we created lifelong memories \u2013 each day we got fitter than the previous day. Did we complete a record time? No, but we finished every single one of the 84 kilometres.<\/em><\/p>\n Sometimes taking a leap of faith and saying yes \u2013 it can be the best decision you will ever make!<\/strong><\/p>\n What challenge have you been putting off?<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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\nIn January 2018, a dear friend of mine said she was having a case of the \u201cF*** \u2018ums\u201d I believe this is a Northern term but translates globally?<\/em><\/p>\n