05/11/2026
Not dance related but still ready to make it about dance!!!
Highland dance always has an interesting way of pushing me 🤌🏻
I had “being able to run 5K” as a goal for 2026 (as someone who has never run, and trained her whole life in high intensity, short bursts of energy activities, this was already expected to be a challenge!!)
I wasn’t even planning to race in a 5K, just wanted to be able to complete one 🏃♀️
Then my friend training for a marathon was like omg sign up for a race!
I said SURE I’ll sign up for a 5K
As it turns out, the 5K race landed on the same day as the provincial championships for highland dance, for which l’m the competition organizer + have lots of competitors
The plot thickened because I am always one for a challenge... I was like, I guess l’ll have to do the 10K? (which fell the day AFTER provincials)
In a blink, my highland dance commitments doubled my 2026 running goals
My friend agreed to do it with me, so we got to training and holding each other accountable each week. Here’s what I LOVED:
〰️ training for something with a deadline again
〰️ showing up for my runs even on the days I didn’t want to
〰️ struggling!!! and seeing myself improve!! I was suffering through 20 mins at the start of this year, and now I’m out here running for an hour?!
〰️ the actual race day itself. the vibes were immaculate and everyone was so cute cheering each other on 🥹
〰️ the way we said if it rained on race day we literally could not do it... and it actually poured rain almost the whole race and we DID do it (and had so much fun)
There were a lot of parallels between my years training to be a highland dance competitor vs training for an individual race, and I’m so glad I did
BONUS we hit our PB, doing 10K in 1:14!!! As two girlies who at one point thought it would take us 1:40… we crushed it
Sub 60 min next????