To be perfectly honest, the resolution was an absolute no-brainer.
In her tenth-grade English elegance at Sudbury High School years ago, Liz Schweyer (then Taillefer) thought, for a second, of the proposal of her teacher, Mr Crawford.
“It gave us the choice to run a 10-kilometer race and keep a diary of the experience, or just write a wonderful essay,” the 39-year-old mother of two said.
election? What choice?
“From that moment on, I became addicted to long-distance racing. He taught me a lot about myself.
Of course, run, then run, as explained through those who compare Schweyer’s broader technique with his passion.
While many young athletes are driven by the motivation for success, regardless of this success, the Montrealer who moved to Sudbury at the age of one year temporarily identified the differentiator residing in it.
“I can’t get through as fast as a lot of people, there’s no doubt about that,” Schweyer said. “But I know I can spend more than them for a long time. That’s where I was the most powerful, and I think I learned it very early on. No matter what game he played, if he chose longer distances, he was better at it.
So by the time of the consecutive summer, with quite a few popular trail races postponed or canceled, this long era of time was concerned with at most a full weekend while raising funds for the Northern Cancer Foundation a few weeks ago.
It is out of place at all.
For Schweyer, the game has been much more than numbers, translating his love of dance into a variety of play activities.
“I love people, so I enjoyed being part of the teams, just hanging out with my friends,” he suggested, football being the summer to spend, the race, of course.
Racking up many more miles than the upper secondary school runner, Schweyer competed with the cambrian school cross country team. While he has never been a serious risk to the podium, he has joined a base of riders who can seamlessly diverge in parallel challenges.
“I’ve done cross country and track and field, so I guess I was competitive at the time, but it was actually after school when I started doing the Running Room clinics, that I actually started running,” he said. kids, I did a lot of triathlons. “
Schweyer ruled nine triathlons in a summer period without marrying, adding a pair of Ironman in part. The distance was higher as it incorporated full marathons and partial marathons.
“We were a team at Sudbury that trained all together,” he said. “Every weekend we were somewhere, running. “
And then the kids came.
“After the kids, I started biking and swimming, just because I couldn’t go out enough to train,” he explained. “But it’s simple to run with the kids in the stroller. It’s been my thing ever since. “
Whether it’s triathlons that are transforming into the realm of Ironman or partial marathons that end up making their way to an ultramarathon, there’s a constant and overriding desire to be aware of the tribute that education can have on your body. The mindset was at the origin of Schweyer’s shift to off-road education, aggressively following that path about a decade ago.
“I started to appreciate the 50-kilometer mark and I need to go further,” he recalls. “There’s a difference with trails. Your time is much slower, which means you have more free time. But it’s much less difficult. for your knees, much less difficult for your joints and your body, that’s for sure.
It’s not that Liz Schweyer has become the bloodless turkey in road races; she remains as committed to the Rocks Marathon as she has been, participating in the occasion each and every year since its inception. His first full marathon, finished in Dublin as a component. of Team Diabetes in 2006, it will occupy a special place in your heart.
Still, that’s not true for the fundraiser he first introduced in 2020, a company that can proudly boast donations of about $7,000 in the inaugural summer.
“These races last year and this year are the closest to my center, they were my idea,” said Schweyer, who works with the Northern Cancer Foundation.
“It’s kind of my honoring. “
In a sense, shortly after everything collapsed last summer, everything temporarily returned to its place. The calendar Schweyer had designed, built around the festival at the Mad Trapper Back Yard Ultra in Denholm, Que. , With the goal of a hundred miles traveled, has fallen victim to the pandemic.
Things were just as complicated with the Cancer Foundation, as fundraising efforts were nearly reduced throughout the teams assembled.
“I knew I had to do something special if I was looking to raise money, and the only thing I could do for the foundation,” Schweyer said.
Although it is a solo career, it is a solo effort. In addition to the team that helped in the parking lot of Kivi Park, dealing with the need for refreshment and nutrition, as well as the need for shoes and clothing on a rainy weekend, Schweyer had no shortage of fellow racers.
“Our network of runners is amazing, it’s helping me create this event,” he said. “Everyone was looking to be a component of it. I wasn’t running all the time, but the most of the problems, kept me going and staying motivated. »
Where her first effort in this effort took her around 35 hours, the 2021 edition saw her cross the final line at 27:53:13, which is her “standing, it’s time to move”. “
“I’m definitely faster than last year, a lot faster than last year,” Schweyer said. In total, this requires a commitment of approximately 35 hours on site, not to mention learning from past experiences.
“I struggle with my feet and bulbs, so I made sure to bring more socks, more pairs of shoes and bigger sizes by the end. “
Having surpassed $10,500 in donations in the round at the time, Schweyer noted that those who might have missed it a few weeks ago can still make a stop on NCF’s website, www. ncfsudbury. com, and look for them at Do-It-Yourself Fundraiser, like Liz. Taillefer.
In the meantime, he put his attractions on even longer hikes, promising to complete a full ironman and a 200-mile ultra throughout his life.
It may not be fast, but there is a clever possibility that it will be.
Randy Pascal’s That Sudbury Sports Guy column is featured in The Sudbury Star.
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