Day 16 (Post Run)

16 days after the race I've finally made some time to write again.

I'm not sure where to start with this entry because I haven't had much time to reflect on my experience. We got home from Toronto on September 28th and on the 29th, my in-laws arrived and stayed for a week. Come to think of it, I really haven't thought deeply about my race at all since the drive home. There just hasn't been time. I think I will have a few more entries after this one.

Toronto was amazing. We had a great time and want to visit again. I love the city. There is so much energy and life but somehow it's still relaxing. Traffic never stops, people are everywhere and the city never sleeps, but to me, it isn't tiring. Schedules revolve around public transit so in a way, life seems to slow down in the city. I enjoyed walking to the grocery store and only buying what we could carry back to the hotel.

The city, specifically Toronto in this case, has a lot in common with running. I love them both and maybe for similar reasons. Running takes energy but it's still relaxing and it makes me feel alive. I never stopped during my runs, I never gave up, just like the city. The city just keeps going and doesn't get tired and somehow I always found strength during my runs. My "normal" schedule slowed down during my training, at least enough to allow for running to be my first priority; in essence, my life revolved around my running. I hope for that trend to continue. I also realize I only "carried" what I could during training too, which ended up being a lot more that I thought I could carry.