Kathryn McGuiness, a member of Tidza Ramblers, completed a marathon last month in aid of Macmillan Cancer Support. Kathryn hadn’t done much walking before joining the group at the beginning of the year with the aim of increasing her fitness. Our walks are about a third of the distance so she did many longer training walks too. She confided that she’d worried initially about not being able to keep pace with us but she did this easily and was soon striding ahead. It’s a fact that one elderly rambler will struggle to keep up with her in future!
If anyone ever suggested to Kathryn that it wouldn’t matter too much if she couldn’t manage the whole distance, she would respond calmly but firmly, ‘ I am certain I’m going to complete it. ‘ Her determination to succeed was one hundred percent. Many congratulations.
Tidza Ramblers.