Tuesday, June 17, 2025 – Sediment

Hi Gang!

Congrats to Jeff and Miguel who ran the UnderArmour 10K, and to Chris who ran the Buttertart Half Marathon! All very solid races and I think the conditions were a little rough with the wind. Way to go All! Tonight we have the Ekiden! 7 pm start at the spit. If you’re not racing, come out and cheer! (and be prepared to sub-in just in case … what are teammates for). If you’re racing/running, HAVE FUN!!! That is the whole point of this one. Sadly I won’t be there so please take pictures.

This week I’ve been thinking about all the training and work that we do, which adds up layer upon layer to become part of us. We have all put in many seasons of training for various goals, sometimes with the effect of expressing all that training in a goal achieved, sometimes not. And then we always come down and lose fitness again at the end as our bodies recover and get back to a different level of health and homeostasis. So what happens to all of that training we did?

What happens is that it becomes part of our mental and body knowledge (cellular, muscular and neurological), and is laid down like a layer of sediment upon which the next layer will be built. Sometimes training leads to visible gain after visible gain, and this is a fun train to ride. But sometimes it just has to quietly settle and accumulate before the next jump in results is seen. And this requires patience, consistency, and faith. Sometimes the next leap requires a few months of accumulation. Sometimes it requires a few years. Just because we aren’t seeing the results right away does not mean that the work is going nowhere. This is how training works.

I had the same thought about myself when it comes to knowledge I acquire or art I enjoy. I can read a book or a poem or see a piece of art or listen to music which really moves me. When I’m in that moment, I feel changed. But then a few weeks or sometimes months, sometimes days (!) later, if you asked me to describe what I read or saw, I might be unable to call it up. I have forgotten entire books I’ve read – I remember that I really enjoyed them, but I couldn’t tell you one thing about them. Does that mean the experience was wasted? I don’t think so. I think what I’ve read or seen or heard has become a layer and a part of who I am, and subsequent experiences have been laid down with those ones as reference, whether conscious or not.

It’s the same with training. We can’t always currently express all the training we’ve done, but it doesn’t mean it isn’t propping up what comes next. No experience is wasted. No training goes in the garbage. We are an accumulation of all that we’ve done, and it is all always worth doing.

On to tomorrow’s workout! Spit social or fartlek! Meet at Lakeshore and Leslie at 6:05 for drills, 6:15 GO!

If you ran Ekiden, just come out for a social and jog.

If you’re ready for a workout: 8-10 x 1 min on, 1 min off (regroup/stand/easy shuffle – whatever works), 3 min easy jog, 4-5 x 1 min on, 2 min off

That is all – have a great one and I’ll see you next week!

xo

Seanna