Did I say how lucky I am?

Although running itself is a great pleasure, it is something that becomes almost exquisite when you share it with special people. Just because you are part of a running clinic does not mean you are going to find a special group of people to run with. I remember this was the case for my first running clinic. Everyone was nice, do not take me wrong, but there was not a special connection between its members. I think the first step to have a great group is to have a great leader. I have met a couple of leaders and, again, they all seem nice, but you need something more that niceness. You need to have a special charisma, you need to care about people, and you need to be lovable. We do have the best leader in the Running Room. I just don’t want people knowing about it because then everyone would like to join his clinics and we do not like sharing him! LOL! Today, my friends and I ran 18k. The weather was great, finally a long run without rain! The run was full of stories and by the time I looked at my watch it was already 15k and I, really, had not felt it at all. I love the feeling you get when you finish a long run. I feel empowerment, happiness, pride, and strength. I feel so lucky that I found my running buddies, and they should feel lucky that they found me! We are so lucky that we found each other.

My animal lover note: yesterday was the fifth annual worldwide vegan bake sale. This is a project of A Well-Fed World, a U.S.A. non-profit organization that promotes these activities to help raise funds locally for various causes. There was a vegan bake sale in Vancouver and Langley. We went to the one in Langley, which was held at the IGA market Place, and bought lots of delicious things. The funds of this bake sale were to benefit the Bandaids for Bunnies Society. They rescue rabbits from, among others, those unconscious people that buy cute, little rabbits for their kids during Easter time and once the novelty of the new pet has worn out, and the children do not care about it anymore, they just throw them away, literally! if you want to rescue a bunny or help with their cause please go to http://bandaidsforbunnies.wordpress.com/