Today's dedicated run is a very special one! It's for Julie, a fellow camp counselor and friend of Ty Taylor. He's the reason I'm raising money this year - read more about him here.
It's an appropriate donation for today's run, because there are a lot of parallels between camp life and the way we international school teachers live life "over here."
1. We make strong friendships quickly and work hard to maximize time with each other.
2. We cherish time spent together.
3. We push our boundaries and try new things.
4. We have to say goodbye to friends that we may never see again.
Over the three school years that I've been running actively in Delhi, we've formed a great group of running friends. We've covered a lot of ground together, pushed each others' limits and enjoyed hours and hours of oxygen deprived conversations!
Being the second to last weekend before the end of the school year, this was one of the last two chances to run with members of the group that are leaving us this year. Advertised as such on our Google group, I was expecting a good turn out. But I wasn't expecting the final tally. As we were waiting for Lee and Tara (two of those leavers), runners just kept showing up. By the time we left, there were eleven of us! This is by far the biggest group run that I can remember in a long time.
A ten miler was planned through some of the usual scenic spots in the neighborhood. Lee wanted another chance to see the familiar sites that have propelled us through the miles over the last few years-I can't blame him. It's like the last lap around camp before we headed home at the end of each summer. Goodbye Paddle Shack, Goodbye Initiative Course, Goodbye Dining Hall...Goodbye Lodi Garden, Goodbye India Gate...
I'll refrain from getting too mushy (it's that time of year again) and I'll write my goodbyes next week.
The run itself was a good one. After the 18 miler from last week, this was a surprisingly easy-going run. Nothing too crazy happened on the run, lest one small monkey-rich street. This run was all about spending some time together, having a few last conversations and beginning the inevitable countdown.
At the same time we were focused on finishing the run.
Finishing, because we had planned breakfast and pool time at the club. Is that the same thing as a kitchen raid? ;)
Good times friends, good times. More to come next week-weepy goodbyes and all that.
It's an appropriate donation for today's run, because there are a lot of parallels between camp life and the way we international school teachers live life "over here."
1. We make strong friendships quickly and work hard to maximize time with each other.
2. We cherish time spent together.
3. We push our boundaries and try new things.
4. We have to say goodbye to friends that we may never see again.
Over the three school years that I've been running actively in Delhi, we've formed a great group of running friends. We've covered a lot of ground together, pushed each others' limits and enjoyed hours and hours of oxygen deprived conversations!
Being the second to last weekend before the end of the school year, this was one of the last two chances to run with members of the group that are leaving us this year. Advertised as such on our Google group, I was expecting a good turn out. But I wasn't expecting the final tally. As we were waiting for Lee and Tara (two of those leavers), runners just kept showing up. By the time we left, there were eleven of us! This is by far the biggest group run that I can remember in a long time.
A ten miler was planned through some of the usual scenic spots in the neighborhood. Lee wanted another chance to see the familiar sites that have propelled us through the miles over the last few years-I can't blame him. It's like the last lap around camp before we headed home at the end of each summer. Goodbye Paddle Shack, Goodbye Initiative Course, Goodbye Dining Hall...Goodbye Lodi Garden, Goodbye India Gate...
I'll refrain from getting too mushy (it's that time of year again) and I'll write my goodbyes next week.
The run itself was a good one. After the 18 miler from last week, this was a surprisingly easy-going run. Nothing too crazy happened on the run, lest one small monkey-rich street. This run was all about spending some time together, having a few last conversations and beginning the inevitable countdown.
At the same time we were focused on finishing the run.
Finishing, because we had planned breakfast and pool time at the club. Is that the same thing as a kitchen raid? ;)
Good times friends, good times. More to come next week-weepy goodbyes and all that.
This run belongs to Julie!
I'm dedicating runs to raise money for a campship in memory of our friend Ty Taylor at YMCA Camp Miller. Click here or here to donate. Please make sure you choose the Ty Taylor Campship option. And please let me know if you've made a donation so I can thank you!
RUN STATS:
Distance - 10.05 miles
Time - 1:28:31
Soundtrack - Wu-Tang Clan
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