Tuesday, March 17, 2026 – Processing
Hi Everyone!
Huge congrats to Cheryl (again!) this time for the NYC Half Marathon! Cheryl cut 7 minutes off her time from two years ago (so no slowing down with age excuses here!) and executed a beautiful negative split to nail her process goal as well. Way to go Cheryl! Also here in Toronto Erin ran the Achilles St Paddy’s day 5K in what I hear were horrible conditions (again) and came 2nd in her age group! And over in Barcelona, Jason ran the marathon and re-qualified for Boston! Way to go all!!
Do you know what I’ve been thinking about this week? Nothing and too much. Both at the same time. Which means, I’m not going to analyze and try to come up with something to say about it. I’m going to sit and process and just let my brain and body work on things. So this won’t be a long post.
But just a reminder that it’s ok to take time to process. Physically, mentally and emotionally. You don’t have to have answers in real time, and you don’t have to show results immediately. We see this often in training when athletes have changed their routines or increased their workloads in various ways – and they don’t see the results in races for months or sometimes longer. It’s not that it’s not working – it’s that their bodies are processing the new load, and figuring out how to make sense of and adapt to it. It just takes time. And when it does suddenly “click”, others are shocked and demand to know how they did it and what has changed. But usually it’s nothing. The athlete has just been patient and allowed the work to settle in and take shape.
So today I’m just sitting and processing and not over-analyzing. It’s all good – I’m not in a rush to find meaning in everything – I know it will come.
(also reminder – if anyone has a post of thoughts or ideas you want to share: please pass them along! We all want to hear from others in the group)
On to tomorrow’s workout:
Lakeshore and Leslie! 6:05 Drills, 6:15 GO!
Cut-downs!
1600 (2 min rest), 1200 (2 min rest), 1000 (1:45 rest, inc 200m jog to start), 800 (1:30 rest), 600 (1:15 rest inc 200m jog to start), 400 (1:00 rest), 200
Paces: starting at HM pace for mile, and working down from there. Should be fun!
That is all – see you in the am.
xo
Seanna