cmon fellruner ladies
i would like your experiences

im trying to introduce some of the slower lady runners at our club to the joys of midweek club races and some bigger races in general and possibly a fell race or three

trouble is ive found that lots of them tell me
daz we panick cos we get nervous, training is no problem but racing , urrrrggh.

now on tuesday night i asked threee , no i begged three ladies to try our club race next week and of course my charm worked and they have said yes but one lady has just rang me and said she thinks that she will panick to much.

i know its not just ladies but guys who suffer as well
something thats never bothered me and im starting to wonder if this is a bigger problem than i first thought.
how do you get a lass to the start line without that fear creeping in, ive told them they wont come last but i feel a bit bad now as though ive pushed them into something they dont want to do.

could it be that cos we are justa running club and not an athletic club ( ie) not that competetive i shouldnt really cajoule them to much