Sunday was exciting. I meet up for coffee with some new people starting on their 12wbt journey and then some friends who we keep in contact with on facebook. After coffee I took 3 Lofty Virgin's up to conquer the mountain!!!
I still remember the very first time that I did it and had someone by my side step by step although we had only just met at the bottom of the mountain it was great to have someone there. The same was true when my friend Cheryl took me up last week she walked at my pace so my time was my time and didn't push me and let me set the pace so I promised myself that if i ever got the chance to walk with someone else and it was their first time then I would pay it forward and show them that respect.
For me it also gave me some confidence that I wasn't even looking for. Me the person who is always the last to get picked for team sports. Me the person who managed to get out of every sports day at high school by being in 'other place's', and Me the person who would drive their car to the letterbox if I could. Me the person 'fit' enough to lead 3 people up a mountain. I was only a step or two at most ahead of them but they set their own pace.
I'm really proud of myself that I had the confidence to take them up there and was actually really looking forward to sharing their adventure. On the way back down they waved me to go ahead so I did it at quite a quick pace with another girl and I managed a PB of 46 mins so I was sooo happy with that!!!!! Smashed nearly 10 minutes of the first time that I did!
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