The Kids Are Watching

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This past week was deload week. It was also grad week for my son Chris. After 4 years in Nova Scotia, at Saint Francis Xavier University, he has earned his X Ring. An incredibly proud moment for all of us.

Training took a back seat this week. Chris got himself settled into a new apartment and is looking forward to starting a new job on a path to his CPA designation. As proud as I am it is also bitter sweet to realize and admit it this is his new home.

He is not coming back to Alberta.

Five runs, 41 km, 760 meters of vert. Two strength sessions missed. That’s the deload, and that’s the trip.

I got to meet his friends and one of the young men joined me on my Thursday hill repeats. Him 22, me 57. He lasted 3 repeats. I did 10. It feels pretty good to not only keep up with the young guys but actively set the pace. I was sharing that with pride with my daughter boasting about how it felt good that the young guys could not keep up with her dad. She gave me a puzzled look and said

“I don’t think most people could keep up with you.”

Our kids are watching. That makes me smile.

I’ve been on the road for 3 weeks now and am incredibly excited to head back to Canmore to sleep in my own bed beside the woman I love. This is such a good reminder of why I do what I do with respect to fitness.

It is not about aesthetics, it is not about vanity. It is about having the energy to do the things I love with the people I love.