“We’ll Never See These People Again….”

Senior Athletic Adventure Canada was a brilliant idea. There was, however, a minor glitch…..Kerri just couldn’t remember the name. (If you are a member of a group, it’s important to know the name of said group). We tried using just the initials SAAC and even “S double A C”, to no avail. It became painfully obvious that a name change was in order…..hence, The Sisterhood of the Travelling Shoes was born.

This was not a “loose”, incoherent coming together of free spirited individuals. No siree…. we have a motto, a variety of theme songs, depending on the occasion, and finally, strict, never to be deviated from, guidelines. We contemplated a password and secret handshake, but decided that was overkill.

Our Motto:

“We’ll Never See These People Again“

It is universally acknowledged that there are a lot of negatives about growing older.The obvious ones are potential physical and mental losses, not to mention the loss of “relevance” to society…(there is that invisibility issue popping up again) The one glaring positive about aging, however, is the freedom it affords one. You don’t necessarily care what others think and you feel free to be spontaneous and appreciate the here and now.

“We’ll Never See These People Again”, gives us the freedom to pretty much do whatever comes to mind, in the spur of the moment, and to act as silly as we want. It is easy to do just that, when you know you will never see these people again! Case in point: the two pictures below……

**Really?? Who visits the Krispy Kreme factory, puts their head through a donut hole and says “take my picture??”**

**Really?? Who visits Alcatraz, pretends they are in a jail cell and says “take my picture??**“

Our Theme Song(s):

Girls Just Wanna Have Fun
Can’t Stop This Thing We Started
Nothing’s Gonna Stop Us Now
Walking on Sunshine
Walking in the Rain
Walk on By
Sole(Soul) Sisters is currently under consideration

We like the idea of being adaptable, particularly since we will be walking no matter what the weather, and different walks require different levels of inspiration and motivation.

Our Guidelines:

Every year, going from West to East, we will walk a 5K in one Province.
We will always stay in a nice hotel (preferably really upscale)
Said hotel must have a nice lounge with at least a 4-6 pm Happy Hour
Mag will always have the roll away cot
Financial issues as an excuse to opt out will not be tolerated (this means you Mag)
Lack of holiday time as an excuse to opt out will not be tolerated (this means you Mag)
Preparatory training is mandatory (this means you Mag)

**Practicing balance and flexibility as part of our pre race warm up**

We cannot finish last. We are obligated to pick “targets’ who are ahead of us and who we think we can pass, and then speed walk past them.
Speaking to complete strangers is encouraged
Minor falsehoods (ie. don’t cause any long term harm) are acceptable and in certain cases, if they are particularly original, are indeed encouraged. You can look forward to a few minor falsehood stories in upcoming posts.

Just to be clear, we are quite aware that in the Marathon World, we are considered the bottom of the pecking order. We finish only when the smarty pants 5 and 10K runners have received their medals, done their post race refuelling, had their pictures taken and are prancing around like they own the world….. and we’re okay with that, humble beings that we are.

We completed BC ( 2016, with Mom) and Alberta (2018 without Mom) so….. next up was Saskatchewan! We’re pretty sure that Mom had never visited Saskatchewan so we made the trip in her honor.