7KM as I share My 7lessons from my 13weeks of training.
Nov 3, 2026
Video Summary
AI GeneratedAfter completing a 13-week training program for a 21km race, Celestine shares seven key life and fitness lessons learned during her journey. While running a 7km celebratory run, she reflects on the mental and physical discipline required to keep a promise to oneself and the emotional reward of crossing the finish line.
For 13 weeks I have been training for a race that I have just completed.
And I'm so proud of myself, yeah
Yeeeah!
Today I want to run seven kilometers.
As I share seven lessons I have learned
for those 13 weeks
So after every kilometer, I'll be sharing one lesson. Seven kilometers.
As I share my seven lessons, so let's go one by one.
kilometer, let me pause. Lesson number one
It doesn't need to make sense; just start at the beginning.
start as long as you have
the right people around you, you just start
the rest here you know, six weeks, week seven
To me, tattoo 7:30. Lesson number
any day of a two consistency
There are days when I wake up feeling Kwanza.
Week three and five were my worst days to listen today
What am I doing, like, really?
Therefore, therefore, therefore, therefore.
but every time I stepped out feeling unwell, I heard unpleasant things
When you step out, you don't
come back the same you come back feeling
So good you're back, feeling so proud of yourself
that you've kept a promise
Go three kilometers to yourself.
So I still walk, Nikipata na Mlima
I walk, guys, three kilometers and the hills
There were many lessons in lesson number three that I have learned.
that I need to listen to my body, there
Walking 3 km every day is really hard.
Then there are days when I do a 15 km run.
And I set a personal best record, so Celestine.
Listen to your body, kilometer four, lesson number four
I realized it's Sele versus Sele.
I am my own competition.
The previous half I did with 3, is it 310 or 319?
I can't remember.
I'm currently at a 306.
Sele versus Sele.
Let's keep going.
Oh yeah!
Five-kilometer guys.
Lesson number 5.
Rest.
Why
There are days when I am tired.
However,
I think the deadline is for week 7, week 8.
But you remember, Celestine, you said
I did 13 weeks of training
with
So, rest
Then strength, strong stick
However,
Wake up and continue
We must finish this.
We must keep this promise to Celestine.
You see, so
with
Rest when you have to
But keep moving
Keep moving
Yes.
Oh my God
Kilometer 6
Lesson number 6
I have learned that
Oh, Sele, you're stronger than you think.
I never thought I'd manage it in those 13 weeks.
Like, I've been waiting for 13 weeks.
This was my first time training.
And I'm not training to be number one; I'm just training to be better.
But there are days when you would wake up.
You have to do motherhood, you have to do...
In your personal life, you have to do it, but then you remember
so let's imagine you could, like, I kept on
telling myself you're strong
So let's keep moving. Say you can—say you're stronger than you think.
and I think that's one of the things you may cement
I'm really strong in these 13 weeks.
And I think, did I want to be strong? Have I been?
Strong, yeah, so kilometer seven, oh God, seven.
Therefore,
therefore,
therefore,
therefore,
Therefore.
By the time I finish 21 km, I'm thinking about everything
the seasons of life that
I've been through all the challenges, all of them.
the struggles, all the wins, all the good moments
So did the emotions rise as they approached the finish line.
and I think that's why I just get my tears of joy
tears of excitement, tears of, like, right now I'm
So excited—seven kilometers in 607 calories
burned, so yeah, seven lessons from Selene

