Great Canadian Run
I cant sleep. I am going to Germany tomorrow to start TransAlps race and I am having a hard time shutting my brain. I had a fantastic run yesterday at the Sears Great Canadian Run. the run benefits BC Children's Hospital Foundation, specifically research and care for kids cancer.
I have been training hard for TransAlps than when I first heard about the run i was hesitant to run it being so close to the race, i was determined to get better, the last year and a half my times haven't been so good. As much as I enjoy running, you can only finish last for so long.
It was an amazing treat to arrive to the run. hearing from the parents of the children who are at the hospital with leukemia, or there in remembrance of a lost child. i feel that i am exactly where I am suppose to be. I am not sure Nick's mom will remember me, but she touched my soul that morning when she told us her story., I will never forget her. I will never dare to compared my suffering with hers, the contrary, it made me incredibly grateful that my own kids are OK. But I could relate with her completely, the hope and determination she and her family feel, that no matter what they were there to fight and not to give up.
Cancer sucks
The runs was spectacular, very well organized and incredibly beaustiful, the trails form Squamish to Whistler had me stop several times because i had to take it all in. the color of the lakes, the beautiful face of the Big Chief, we certainly live in one of the most beautiful places in the world.
I hope more people join next year's run, is a fun even and because it's run as a relay anybody over the age of 15 can do it.
I want my life to continue the way is going, to have the deep meaning that i has. I want to wake up every day with a sense of deeper purpose.
I keep close things that reminds me of why i am here, a post card from somebody who just finished his first ultra and is thanking me, my fulani guide stick from Operation Eyesight that reminds me that someone just got their eyesight back and doesn't need it anymore thanks to funds I help raised, the picture of my kids when they met Wayne Gretzky's dad at a cnib event, a t-shirt from the run for sight in Calgary that raised funds for Foundation Fighting blindness, these are some of the things that remind me everyday that my life is so much more than just waking up everyday, i have to live my life with purpose and meaning.
I am excited to go to my race, at this point is hard to know if the training is working and if it will improve my running, one thing i do know is that I am going healthy and in distance running thats about 90% of the battle, I am not worry about it anymore, if I am to be last again i will remind myself that is the journey after all.
