Sun Run and Work

Today I ran in the 25th Annual Vancouver Sun Run. Myself and 50, 234 others! It was amazing to be in such a huge crowd, and to run 10km elbow to elbow with people the whole way. The route took me from West Georgia St. downtown out to Stanley Park, through the south tip of the park, around to English Bay and then across the Burrard Street bridge. We then ran East along W. 4th street for two km and then crossed the Cambie Street bridge for a big finish at BC Place Stadium. I'm glad I did it - though dodging walkers and slow joggers the whole way was a nuisance (and I'm not a fast runner!), and the crowd after the finish line was so crazy I couldn't even get near a free banana or juice! I walked all the way home and was happy to discover Chris had made a huge brunch of French Toast, bacon and eggs.

I placed 16095th (!!!) with a time of 1hr 4min and 6 sec...

Last week I adjudicated Speech and Drama at the Port Coquitlam Festival and I really enjoyed my time there. It is a friendly festival; well organized and with some strong work being done by young performers. It is nice to be 'home' with Chris, Emma and Nathan for a few days. It seemed like Nathan had grown an inch while I was away! There will be lots of reading and cuddling together tomorrow because I fly up to Terrace, BC on Tuesday for another week of adjudicating work. Chris will stay home with the kids again. He enjoyed the homeschooling/stay-at-home-father days this past week; took the kids on lots of trips around and about. One thing they did was go cycling in Stanley Park. He and Nathan shared a rented tandem bike. It took some convincing and a lot of patience until Nathan felt safe on the bike, but once they got rolling everyone had a great time. I missed out! And would also have liked to see the Black Bear at Lynn Canyon... a taste of what Chris must feel most weeks!

Juleta