Last year, I convinced and started training six (6) office colleagues, who are not runners, for a 21km run. You may read the full story from “Guiding My Colleagues to Half Marathon 21km Success 🏃‍♂️🏃‍♀️🏅” https://bit.ly/46Q8cZn

Getting my office colleagues to sign up for a half marathon and train together is a great idea especially they are not runners. Yes! I train them personally :

Here are six simple reasons:

1. Health Benefits
Training for a half marathon is good for your heart, muscles, and overall fitness. Running regularly can also help reduce stress and make you feel better. I hope they can become runners for the rest of their life.

2. Team Bonding
Training together helps us get to know each other better outside of work. I still have fond memories of our training in Daiman 18, doing our Long Slow Distance (LSD) runs for 1 1/2 to 2 hours, sweating and suffering together.

3. Achieving Goals
Completing a half marathon is a big achievement. It can boost your social media presence by showing off your finishing medal.

4. Stress Relief
Running is a great way to relieve stress. It gives you a break from work and helps clear your mind.

5. Building Resilience
Training for a half marathon needs a bit of dedication and hard work. This can help build resilience and a strong character, which is useful both at work and in life.

By signing up and training together, we can improve our health, build resilience, and strengthen our team spirit, making our workplace more lively and supportive.

My fellow hashtag#ktp colleagues, let’s lace up and take on this exciting challenge together for the upcoming Medini Half Marathon on 28 September 2024. For more details, check with our hashtag#ktp social club.

PS: Don’t ask me as an ultra runner why not 5km or 10km.