By Carrie Burrows
These are some exciting times for the Toronto Blue Jays and the #ComeTogether nation. Just when all of the bandwagon jumpers were ready to jump off said bandwagon, the Blue Jays won game 5—they live to play another game tonight at 8 p.m.
Runners and the Blue Jays have a lot in common…what?! As runners, we train just like baseball players, but our world series is a race–5km, 10 km, half marathon or full marathon. The Blue Jays marathon began in April and they are in the twenty fifth mile right now.
Just like the Blue Jays, we go through our ups and downs. Some runs are great and our time is on point and other days it seems like we didn’t even show up.
Just like the Blue Jays we have seasons of falling off the race pace. We end up hanging up our running shoes and need to re-group. But just like the Blue Jays, runners have a way of getting back on track and going just one more mile!
Just like the Blue Jays we have our fans. Those people who support us and cheer for us. The ones that give us the nudge to get out of bed when the alarm goes off at 4 a.m. The ones that will be on a race route cheering us along the way–we never want to disappoint our fans.
Just like the Blue Jays we do it for the bling. Our Toronto Blue Jays want that World Series trophy just like we want our PR, the medal and the bragging rights to say, “Mission accomplished!”
The rise of Blue Jay nation should be a reminder that we all can go through some valleys (a middle infielder pitching, anyone?), but we can always run our way back to the top of any hill when we prepare, train and keep the goal in mind.
Our fans never give up on us and cheer for us louder when we get closer to the finish line.
Never give up. Don’t Stop Believing!
Your running might have gotten side tracked but just like our Jays–there is always time for a comeback! Sadly, I don’t think I can draw any similarities to the “beloved” Toronto Maple Leafs and the winning runner mindset. . .
World Series Workout
- Single base hit 10 burpees
- Double 20 push ups
- Triple 30 mountin climbers
- Home Run 60 sec plank hold
- Pop Fly 20 alternating jump lunges
- Grounder 30 bicycle crunches
- Walk 20 squats
- Strike out 20 lying leg lifts
- Base Steal 30 jumping jack squats
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