I never did think anyone would ever want to know these things. I've spent into the thousands of miles running and training and just thinking too! I never did think anyone would want to know these thoughts. Because they are kind of private you know.
I mean that is who you are sure talking to, in those runs you go on. Mile after mile after mile. For if there is anyone person you get to know ...it's yourself! I never did think anyone would ever come back and ask me what I was thinking about in all those miles.
Especially for a long distance runner. You know, marathoning! Go with your love ones to the races to get a glimpse of him at the starting line. Then you see him coming in from his battlefield...the road some three or three and half hours later.
He looks as though he has lost ten pounds since I seen him earlier this morning and you know what? He probably has! You always wonder why anyone would want to put their self through so much pain!
I did ask him at home one time and you know what he said? What he said about when on the road? He speaks often about the road. The road! The road! It's like it was a person or a something. Maybe to him it's like a dragon and a beast! He said when he's out there at times he really forgets he is even human or just that. A human and nothing more and nothing less.
I believe those are the times when he is with himself, his real self. No work, no family, no anything, just self! He mentions that most of us are a product of the past and most never escape from just that. It's only the few who ever escape and break free into the unknown. No more of the past and find the real you! The one he finds on the road. The other person in himself.
The road is always there! The other all too human thing comes out. And sometimes though I'm not with him, I do love the times... I know when he meets himself. The other self...on the road!
Running Training For Beginners
Time and time again I meet with companies who are thinking about running a training course. Although as some one who firmly believes in the benefits of staff training and running effective training courses, it often amazes me the lack of thought that often goes in to the real goals wanted to achieve from the training course.
I often tell people that when considering running a training course they should consider the 5 Ws of questions. Without seriously gong through these 5 Ws most training courses will lack focus.
The type of questions you should be able to answer for all the 5 Ws are as follows:
The first W stands for why?
WHY are we looking at doing this training course?
WHY will this training course benefit the delegates?
WHY is running a training course the best way to achieve this?
The second W stands for what?
What are we going to be able to observe the delegates do different after the training course?
What intellectual level should the training course be pitched at?
What can we realistically achieve from the training course in the proposed timescale?
What will the expectations of the group be from the proposed training course?
The third W stands for whom?
Whom should we invite to this training course?
Who will be able to cover for the delegates whilst they are on the training course?
Who will evaluate the training course to ensure the transfer of learning took place?
The fourth W stands for when?
When will this training course suit the company?
When will the training course be of greatest benefit to the delegates?
When should we be considering a follow up training course if appropriate?
When should we have a feedback session with the trainer of the training course after the training course event takes place?
The final W stands for Where?
Where will the training course take place?
Where will we get the relevant training materials for the training course to be effective?
So for anyone who is thinking of holding a training course, please ensure you remember the 5 Ws before you end up spending your budget on a training course that does not deliver what you want.
The real key to effective training courses is to be extremely clear in what you want the training course to achieve.
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