I’ve been following Jemma on Instagram for some time, so when she mentioned she was starting coaching, I knew I had to get in touch. As someone who’s been running for 30-odd years and who leads a running club myself, some of my friends couldn’t understand why I’d need a coach.
But the fact I’d been running so long was actually part of the problem. I’d been doing the same sessions at the same speed – slow – for so long that I needed someone to push me, and champion MY successes. And Jemma has certainly done that. We’ve been working together for the last four months and during that time she has kept me motivated to complete all my sessions – including my speed ones which I now actually look forward to! – no matter what else was going on my life.
That said, she doesn’t just plough ahead regardless. When I emailed her to say I was finding the training a bit much while jiggling home-schooling and lockdown 2.0, she was straight on the phone to encourage me not to give up, but to talk things through and change my sessions so that I could still go out and achieve, just in a less pressured way. It was most definitely the right shout.
Thanks to Jemma, I am running stronger and faster and in a more focused way. And it’s paying off. I’ve never been someone who’s been that interested in speed but this weekend I knocked 5 minutes off my 5km time…and I can’t tell you how good that felt. I am so pleased with how far I’ve come and can’t thank Jemma enough. If you’re deliberating whether to contact her, don’t. You won’t look back.
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