I had a quick read an noticed that all you had to do was write a paragraph of why you wanted to run with mo i the comments so i quickly commented my true thoughts as below;
I had completely forgot all about this and then much to my amazement i randomly received the following private message from them;
I had won the chance to run with Mo Farah!
I was talking to the organizers before and they decided that they wanted me to be apart of there media team also. I undertook 2 radio interviews about running and how i felt about the run with Mo and then on the day i underwent press interviews for the local news and local papers.
It was wired because i had never done anything like this before, and had never met any pro athletes. In meeting Mo it made me realize that the professional athletes are the same as every single one of us, they love running and just want to do there best, and reach there highest potential!
There were 25 people and i tried to speak to everyone, i was trying to get to know everyone's background and to understand why they were runners, some were just starting out and some were experienced but everybody had a story to tell about why they were there on that day. it was truley inspiring to hear!
Meeting Mo, really gave me the drive and edge to want to train harder and preform better, after all "You only get, one chance, one moment" but the experience over the entire day has given me the memories to never forget that whilst we are chasing our moment, everybody has their story and regardless of age, gender, sex, religion, race, disability we are all one community, one running family.
Ever since this day, i have pledged myself to make every effort to help and inspire anybody willing to give any sport or running a chance, striving to become an ambassador for the sport and local club which i enjoy, with the hope of inspiring other to enjoy aswell!
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