The Grass has never been Greener

The Grass has never been Greener

@Rejoov

By Chris Truscott - co-founder & coach, Saturday 20/2/21

Early morning start - long runs & time trials at the bay saturday 20/2/21 with coaches Chris & Greta Truscott

I have just arrived back home from a time trial / long run at the Bay where I had my rear end handed to me by Tony & Josh – and I feel great. Strange I know but as I sit here completely depleted and sipping my 3rd coffee of the day, I know I tried my best for as long as I could this morning amongst friends. What a double that is!

So what’s the purpose of this Rejoov-Blog? Nothing more than a little insight into my history of running, being coached, coaching others and yes – with running in training groups.

And I have done a lot when it comes to my training. Short of any top tier AIS type programs, I have been coached online by a South African Olympic coach who trained elite marathoners in the 80’s, coached 1:1 by a city to surf winner, have chased a group of Aust and NZ representatives (all sub 30min 10km runners) around Centennial Park and The Bay for a few years, and Greta & I have been part of a running group who used to be active for many years in the Park (SWEAT). I am also a 27year member of Sydney Striders (just not a very active one in the last few years).

Looking back, I trained extremely hard to achieve what I could, but when I think about what made running enjoyable, rewarding and purposeful, it was when I was training amongst a group of runners who quickly became mates. We all shared that purpose as individual as these were. We all had the same start time for training, the same warm up routine and the same cool down. We split briefly for the fast stuff but we came back together for the debrief and banter that followed.

This is what Rejoov has become. A place for us all to congregate, catch up, train as hard or easy as you wish, then socialize. Some of us socialize a little too much these days but all in all, we have built what we feel is a fantastic community of runners. Is it the way Greta facilitates the training? She certainly puts in a lot more time than any coach I have ever met. Is it the sessions themselves? The locations? The photos? The race prep? The travel planning? The online & in person attention? The camaraderie? The feeling of sitting at your desk afterwards zonked but feeling accomplished?

It’s all of the above and from what I have seen develop and play out over the years, we have all of this in abundance at Rejoov. More so than any other running group in the country I would say. That’s why we love seeing you all at the regular training sessions.

Your mates at Rejoov provide you with that extra push to get you to the sessions, that additional push doing the sessions and the encouragement to plot and plan the year’s running events. No matter what you feel is going on across the river in that ‘other group’, believe me, nothing ground breaking is happening over there. From what I have experienced and seen and bias aside, you have everything you need right now to progress your running and enjoy your running. The fact there are so many varied pace groups within Rejoov means you won’t be caught alone that often.

So guys we hope you are enjoying your Rejoov journey and we ask that you encourage anyone who may start to ponder that grass on the other side to think about the many many positive and rewarding aspects that Rejoov offers them right now.

Happy running