The fear of failure
November 19, 2009
Posted by:Lynne Burdon
The fear of failure
.......is harder than running a marathon.
This year I am leading our marathon effort - 13 of us are going to Florence at the end of this month to run the marathon. We have trained hard - we have all completed a half marathon and all was going well. I really thought my dodgy hamstrings were holding up but then just a couple of weeks after the half marathon in Bristol they decided enough was enough and running became impossible. There followed MRI scans, diagnosis of 2 slipped discs, painful procedures (blood taken from my arm and injected into my hips!) and worst of all enforced rest. 6 weeks of absolutely essential training were lost. I am back running very gently now but much too little and much too late. The medical advice is that I must not attempt a marathon.
Back in January we set team goals
- That on 29 November 2009 every single person in our team completes the Florence Marathon .
- That we would raise £15,000 for the NSPCC
- That we would build a great team and have fun
I have no doubt that we will achieve the second two goals - but I am facing the prospect of being the only team member who is not going to be able to complete the course. I don't do failure! I am not finding this easy.