My local park has a run club every Wednesday evening.
I’m not a member, but I often seem them doing their thing when I’m on my way back from touch rugby. They run a small circuit, so I often see the same people pass me multiple times as I make my way through the park.
The few vocal people in the group make me smile. They are keeping with the pace, but have also got the energy to shout encouraging phrases at the rest of the group.
“You’ve got this!”
“Nice work, Alan!”
“Keep it up!”
When a team is out of breath, tired, and struggling, sometimes all it takes is one person to muster the energy to throw out some positive energy.
From the smiles I saw on the faces of the other runners, it sure works.