7.27 MRC Weekly Schedule + The Next Small Decision
A little vulnerable this Monday morning and I'm so grateful for this space!!
Oh boy team, lately my anxiety has been loud (and quite unreasonable I might add…)
This feels strange to admit because, truthfully, life is really good right now.
I’m surrounded by people I love. Our community is growing into something I could have only hoped for… a place where people find belonging, build friendships and remind each other that they’re capable of so much. I have so much to be grateful for.
And yet, almost every day lately, my brain finds a new “what if.”
What if this doesn’t last?
What if I should be doing something different?
What if I’m on the wrong path?
What if I’m wasting time?
What if I’m not good enough?
I don’t know exactly where these thoughts are coming from. Maybe they’re old fears resurfacing. Or maybe the more we care about something, the more afraid we become of losing it?
A year ago, my uncertainty felt a little different. I was only a few months into the deepest heartbreak of my life. Most days, I wasn’t thinking about who I wanted to become, lol … I was just trying to make it through the day.
That grief hasn’t gone anywhere. But now, life is asking me different questions.
Who am I becoming?
Where is all of this going?
What am I actually building?
What do I want?
I’ve caught myself wishing someone could just hand me the five-year plan. Tell me where I’m supposed to end up. Tell me this all works out. Tell me I’m making the right decisions!
But life doesn’t work like that, ugh.
We don’t get the whole plan. We don’t get guarantees. We get today. We get the choices we make, the way we respond, and the opportunity to take one more small step forward!
When I look back on my life, almost everything good has come from a series of really small decisions. Signing up for one race. Saying yes to something that scared me. Meeting a new friend for coffee. Starting a conversation with a stranger. Learning to pause before reacting. Learning to trust myself a little more than my fear.
None of those moments felt life-changing at the time. But stacked together, they completely changed the direction of my life.
Maybe that’s the reminder I needed this week.
I don’t need to know where I’ll be in five years and I don’t need to have every answer. I just need to make the next small decision that moves me toward the person I want to become.
Sometimes it’s having the hard conversation. Sometimes it’s asking for help. Sometimes it’s resting. Sometimes it’s choosing not to let fear make the decision for you.
Maybe that’s all any of us are really doing… not following some perfectly mapped-out plan.
Just making enough small decisions that, one day, we look back and realize they changed everything!
So if your brain has been throwing “what ifs” at you lately, I’m with ya!
Maybe this is our reminder that you don’t have to solve your whole life today!!
We can just decide what we’re going to do with today…
XO V
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Three Ways to Run With Us This Week
Mondays Run Club x Magic Scoop
Monday July 27 | 5:30 pm |📍 Hinge Park
We’re kicking off the week with our friends from Magic Scoop, and you’ll be among the first to try their brand-new electrolytes + creatine! I’ve been using it over the past couple of weeks and genuinely love it, so I’m excited to hear what you think!
As always, we’ll have all five pace groups:
The Ocho (8K)
Spicy Six (6K)
Chill Six (6K)
V Chill (4K)
Walking Club <3
Come for the run, stick around afterward, meet some new people and hang out with the Magic Scoop crew!
MRC x Tality Mount Pleasant
Wednesday July 29 | 5:30 pm |📍Tality Mount Pleasant
Looking for the perfect midweek reset?
Join us Wednesday evening at Tality for one of our favourite runs of the week! These spots have been filling up quickly, so if you’re planning to come, make sure you book ahead before you end up on the waitlist.
Book your spot here!
MRC x TurF Run Club
Friday | 7:30 am |📍 TurF Kitsilano
A relaxed 5–6K to kick off your Friday. Grab a coffee + smoothie afterward, ease into the weekend and start your morning with some good people!
No registration required, just meet us at 730!
Trail Mix Update
Our Saturday trail run is still TBD while we sort out leader availability for this weekend!
If you’re not already in the TRAIL MIX group chat, send us a DM on the Mondays Run Club Instagram with “TRAIL MIX” and we’ll send you the link to the GC and this week’s plan once it’s confirmed!
Look forward to seeing you this week!
XO V