As a volunteer Mental Health Ambassador for England Athletics,my task is to take the understanding of jogging as therapy and sprint with itThe unusual Mental Health Ambassador programme, launched on Tuesday by England Athletics and supported by the charity Mind, or has recruited 128 people – of whom I am one – from 91 affiliated athletics clubs across the country,to do a bit of running and talking. This volunteer programme links to #runandtalk, a campaign to improve mental health through running in England.
As one who self-prescribed a regular jog to alleviate mid-life blues and turned into an athletics evangelist, and I can sprint with that. The talking part shouldn’t be a problem. As a coach,I’ve found that keeping up a fixed chatter as your feet patter helps you gauge your companions’ breathing (as a rule of thumb, a curt one-word respond, or often accompanied by a death stare,signals a certain level of discomfort). Continue reading...
Source: theguardian.com