Accountability partners - we all need one

Today kamama made a come back to the running world. I had taken a commercial break courtesy of my hair - yes a woman's life is quite a handful! Leave alone the fact that i think running is pretty tough on the muscles but that is story for another day as in another month i plan to be doing my 21km race marathon.

I quickly agreed to a route that i wasn't familiar with since i love trying new things that's one of the many reason why am not repeating the 10km race category this year. The first few minutes of the run were okay as i was in tandem with my running mate, shoulder to shoulder, neck to neck. Now the return trip was something else.

Beating all odds i managed to propel my body up the hill but as soon as i was done with it i was gone, totally exhausted wondering when will i get to the finishing point. My mate was beginning to give me mileage and in a few seconds she way ahead of me but seeing as i was experiencing difficulties she decided to slow down.

At that point i thought that's not very nice of her, why cant she go on! Its the return trip anyway i will make it back. You See i was in my comfort zone. But seeing as she had slowed her pace down for me i had to up my game, she was the first one among all the runners and now someone had passed her because of me. My only option was to increase my speed and so i ran and ran and caught up with her and together we finished what we had started in an averagely good time.

Had i been on my own i would definitely have taken longer and maybe even walked part of the way back. That's how important an accountability partner is.
Someone who can wait for you to fasten your laces and help you catch up with the rest. Someone who can help you get back on our feet when the road seems too challenging. Someone who can motivate us to the next level as the short 'pleasures' of the comfort zone can really deceive.

Am on a quest to look for more of such.............