Humorous Wedding Speech By Alexandra Heminsley

Good morning, I’m Alexandra Heminsley. I have run several marathons (five and counting) , but I was not always a runner. Today I’m here to talk to tell you that you as well can achieve your goals and tell you about how I achieved mine. In fact I never quite associated running with myself until in my thirties. My flatmate was a runner, and she would always come back from her runs with a certain glow, and I told her that I wished I could run like her. After taking up walking for a while, I finally decided that if I could take long walks, I could take up running.
My first ever run was somewhat of a flop. First I spent way too long stalling and procrastinating, which did not help me achieve my goals. This just set me back further and gave me more
My dad was a marathon runner and he ran 19 official marathons. My brother was going to apply for a place in the London Marathon. I said I wished that I could run as far as a marathon, and my father said, you can. He said not to say that I can’t run, “You don’t run, but you are more than able. ” It was there and then that I decided that I, too, would run the London Marathon. One of the most important things I ever did was setting a goal. Choose what you want to accomplish and you will be more likely to succeed. My goal was to be able to run 26.2 miles by the day of the London Marathon. When I told people that I was planning to do the London Marathon, many of them did not believe that I could do it or said something discouraging, but I continued training and working hard. Don’t listen to people who say that you can’t achieve your goals, you can do anything you set your mind to. I trained hard and kept raising my mileage until it was the day of the London Marathon. I tripped in the middle of the race, but I still kept going. Running is as much of a mental sport as it is a physical sport, I survived that roadblock and told myself over and over to keep going. I reached the finish line and thought that next time I could do it