Tuesday, May 6, 2025 – Reflections and “the good ol’ days”

Hi Everyone!

Huge congrats to all the racers this past weekend! What an inspiring weekend. In Georgina, Leigh Anne ran the marathon (wohoo!) and in the half we had Erin, Lina, Heather and Carol. In Toronto, Ian Gray ran his first ever marathon! And Jen and Colette ran the half! Way to go everyone!

I know a few people still have goal races coming up. Most marathoners and half marathoners have finished their big goal races. I think it’s important after a long build, especially this one where we all toughed through a very brutal winter, to take some time to go back over your logs or remember your training, and reflect on the whole build. I find it unfair sometimes to weigh the entire thing with one race where anything can happen. After a goal race we can be filled with big emotions. We think everything we did and worked for came down to that one moment. But that’s not true. Reflect back on your early morning workouts, your icy, snowy runs, your miles and stories shared with friends. Those moments were just as significant as the race day, and they have all become a part of who you are.

As Mother’s Day approaches, and as a mom of teenagers, it’s hard not to get a little bit nostalgic. My phone feeds me up images of my kids when they were little, and I miss those high energy, exhausting days with little person energy. But the whole point was to grow and become and get somewhere else. I have nostalgia, but not sadness or regret, as I do believe I was fully immersed in those moments and they are now part of me. I also look back at training logs and think – I can’t believe I ran that fast and did all that work. But that was also just part of the tapestry of running. Nothing is frozen – we keep on moving and creating. I know I’ll look back on today with nostalgia and awe at some point too. As much as it’s good to look back and reflect, it’s also important to recognize that these days right now are also just as much the “good ol’ days”.

So take a moment at the end of your season to pause and reflect. I do believe it’s important to absorb it all and not blindly and rashly just jump to the next thing because it’s there. Whether you achieved your race goal or not, I’m betting that the whole thing was worth it, and is inspiring for you to revisit. And when you’ve finished processing and feeling, move back to the present and continue creating. There are still a lot of memories left to make, and a lot of experiences to build. Let’s keep enjoying them.

On to tomorrow’s workout – we have daylight so let’s do a social/ fartlek on the spit! (wear your midge goggles) Meet at Lakeshore and Leslie at 6:05 – 6:15 drills. Then we’ll jog down to the spit.

1.       People who have just finished goal races or seasons, come out and jog.

2.       People who are training for summer races, let’s do sets of 3-2-1 min fast – 1 min bw reps, 3 mins bw sets. 3-4 sets.

That is all – see you in the a.m.!

xo

Seanna