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Wodak was thrilled for Elmore, and excited and proud to be the first Canadian woman to go sub-70 minutes in the half. She will cherish that accomplishment forever, but knows that the record is almost certainly going to change hands sooner than later.

“I have no doubt that Rachel is hungry and she’s going to come back and get those records again,” continued Wodak.

“With this record, my boyfriend and I said (Sunday) let’s celebrate this and really enjoy it today but know that it can be broken at any time and it’s very likely to be taken back within the year. I’m pretty confident that Andrea Secaffien and Rachel Cliff are going to run sub-70, they’re going to take it back.

“And you know, I’ll come back for it too, but celebrate it while you have it now, it’s pretty cool, and nobody can ever take away from me that I’m the first (Canadian) woman to run under 70. I’m going to enjoy that, celebrate with my parents and coach this week, but you don’t let the highs get too high or the lows get too low, so back to training, back to normal, and know that records are meant to be broken and when it is broken, be happy for that person and celebrate.”

She was scrolling through about 100 congratulatory messages herself on Monday. She heard from Bishop, DeBues-Stafford, Secaffien, O’Connell, Marchant, Kate Van Buskirk and Lyndsay Tessier.

They are all doing great things, inspiring one another to do even greater things.

“Watching Gabriella continue to just crush every race she did this year is incredible,” said Wodak. “We’re like ‘wow can a Canadian woman run under four minutes in the 1,500?’ Not only does she do that, she smashes that by almost five seconds.

“We are capable of so much more. Watching Rachel run two Canadian records this year and then make the (World Championships) team in the 5,000, it’s all very inspiring. We can do it, you know.

“I don’t think I would have ever thought I could run sub-70 if Rachel hadn’t taken it down to where she did. I don’t think I would have been like ‘oh yeah I can do this too.’ So I’m thankful for all these women who are just crushing it. It’s really cool to be a part of the women’s distance running era right now.”

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