{"id":102,"date":"2019-10-21T01:30:43","date_gmt":"2019-10-21T01:30:43","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/cohort21.com\/maylu\/?p=102"},"modified":"2019-10-21T02:02:10","modified_gmt":"2019-10-21T02:02:10","slug":"started-at-43-now-i-am-here","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/cohort21.com\/maylu\/2019\/10\/21\/started-at-43-now-i-am-here\/","title":{"rendered":"Started at 43, now I am here."},"content":{"rendered":"

Today’s a big day…not only did one of my favourite couples on my race team get engaged, but some major running events happened today. Some friends had some killer PBs (personal bests), some awesome podium performances and overall, my phone was buzzing with updates from Toronto while I was in Quebec (and I also got updates on how my friends in Quebec were doing despite being there). I ran today, don’t worry, but I only ran 22.5km of the marathon that was supposed to be my goal race. Again, worry not, 22.5km was my plan for today once I re-adjusted my goals for the season. We’ll find out if I hit my run goal for 2019 on Nov. 3. For now, let’s celebrate everyone else who had a great day!\u00a0 One of my teammates broke the 3 hour marathon barrier and she placed third, another friend ran his first marathon ever, two other friends broke the 3:10 marathon barrier, another friend debuted the half marathon with a time of 1:06! I can go on and on but special thanks goes to my partner who played Uber driver for all us today! GO TEAM!<\/p>\n

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Even so, today’s also pretty big emotional <\/em>day because with all the races and running buzz happening, I can’t help but take a moment to think back on yet another reason why running has shaped my practice. At this point, I probably should have posted about my homework from our last F2F but I SWEAR…it’s coming. We are just running some design labs in science right now and the homework didn’t match the flow–it’s coming, later this week. I promise!<\/p>\n

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A big thing I talk about in my classroom is the idea of\u00a0progression.<\/strong><\/span> I think as teachers we all believe in it and talk about it with our students as much as we see fit. When I talk to my students about progression, I think back to my running moments. I wasn’t good at running when I started. My first 5km took me 43 minutes and I thought I was a super speedster. I remember my first half marathon, my goal was to run the entire time without walking (I survived to tell the tale, see left). Let’s just say the time it took me to run my first half marathon is the time it takes me now to run 30km (with hills). That’s cool, eh? Progression<\/strong><\/span><\/em>.<\/em>\u00a0<\/span>It’s a pretty cool thing. It’s one of my favourite things to talk about in the classroom.<\/p>\n

I remember the first time I looked up the Boston qualifying times. At that point, I was probably running 12 or 13km tops at a solid pace of 7 minutes per kilometer. To qualify for Boston in my gender and age category, I am looking to run just under 5:00 mins per km for the entire marathon. I remember reading the times and my jaw dropping. The idea of actually qualifying for Boston seemed so foreign and impossible for me. Not only would I have to run 30km more than my maximum but to shave over 2 mins per km?! Are you kidding me?? That’s impossible!! “I suck at running.”\u00a0<\/em>is what I told myself. Four years later, I’ve done Boston.\u00a0Twice.<\/em>\"\"<\/a><\/p>\n

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I promise I have an education point and this isn’t just about running. I teach the Ontario academic grade 10 science class. We have two streams: pre-IB and Ontario academic science. The start of the year always begins with my students saying: \"Bitmoji<\/p>\n