day 14 - I didn't give 100% effort

Today I didn't give 100% effort. I took the 6:15 pm class with a kind teacher. I wasn't feeling very strong. What I learned is that I need more than 3 hours to digest a large meal. I have to keep that in mind, and eat less at the meal (I finished my plate of fettucine pescatore). I still left class feeling good having done the postures only about once on each side. I noticed that my vision was clearer after class.... that might be a new benefit :)

This morning I walked/ran in the SunRun (a 10 km run that is popular in Vancouver) with my mom and 11 year old cousin. My mom is a good runner and wanted to run. My cousin and I kept her walking because she wanted to stay with us as a group and we didn't feel like running too much. We had a nice time on the run - my cousin and I played a game stealing each other's hat or headband and chasing after each other. Then afterwards my family traditionally gets together for lunch at a restaurant which is where I had the fettucine and some birthday cake. My grandma from my mom's side was there with her husband (they had walked the 10 k). Two of my aunts were there: one of my aunts had walked the 10 k with her husband, my second aunt likes to meet us somewhere along the route and cheer. I am not sure why she likes to do that, but it's still nice to search for her every year as we run/walk. Another of my cousins ran and said that she completed the route in about 54 minutes. The SunRun is more of a fun run than a serious race for the majority of us because there are a lot of participants and it gets tricky for the people running to have to weave around the masses of walkers. Some runners do take the SunRun seriously and are seeded into the first group of competitors.

I really love the SunRun because I love to see the huge crowds and I love the actual route that goes through downtown along the water and close to Granville Island. I like Vancouver very much. I really like to see people being active and kind of united.

There was one grumpy woman today who got mad at me. The rule is that you should walk on the right and run on the left. A lot of walkers spread out and it really is difficult for the people running. I did my best to stay to the right when I was walking... but a woman said something snarky to me about "walkers should stay on the right." It makes me happy to hear her because I think it's cute, kind of ironic that someone would be miserable and rude during something so fun and unifying. I really do like these kinds of moments, there are all kinds of people and we all can be a hero or awful. It's ok to sometimes be awful :)