Inspirational

One thing that the world's Paralympic and Olympic athletes have shown to me time and time again over the past few months is that the muscle that makes the difference is the mind.

There comes a point when the legs are aching and the lungs are burning and you reach a crossroad - do I turn back and take the short, easy route home, or do I keep pushing on and do what I set out to do?

Several times today I reached that point and each time it was my mind that kept me going, inspired by the athletic feats of others and fuelled by half a packet of fruit pastilles that I found lurking at the bottom of a pocket.