Support and encouragement

I did quite a long run with my Harrier friends last night so it was quite a gentle mile this morning.

Actually I say it was a long run with my Harrier friends, but in reality it was half with my friends and the rest on my own.

I went back to see if some stragglers were doing OK and needed someone with a head torch for a particularly dark part of the route. But I couldn't find them anywhere.

So I had to give up and was then too far back to catch the rest of my pack.

When I got back to base all were back and accounted for, so it was fine in the end.

I think that the lesson for me is to always make sure that the slowest runners, and the slowest in any walk of life, are fully supported and encouraged.

Their future participation and enjoyment is dependent on that support and encouragement.