Extracurricular Activities

The original title of this post is preparing a spartan or tough mudder or triathlon participant yadeeyada...

I was a very active child.   Prior to coming to Canada,  I was part of the school swim team and also went to (hardcore) summer swimming training.   My new school in Canada did not have a swim team.  As such, my teachers suggested and encouraged that I try cross country and I did.  Just a reminder, I still don't like running so I don't know how I managed to place 8th at the cross country minor meet or why I kept doing cross country until grade 9.  Anyways, out of all the cross country events I participated in as part of the school team in 1998, the 1998 minor meet course was the longest one.  As I was running, I kept wondering is it over yet.  Anyhow, I'm pretty sure two of my teamates finished way earlier than me so I don't know what ribbons they got.   No ribbon, no problem, we all got McFlurry after!  That's how I discovered McFlurry Oreo.  Everyone shouted for McFlurry Oreo so I was like... "same".  Truth be told,  I had no idea what they were shouting for at all.  I just knew from their excitement that whatever they are shouting for must be good.  Otherwise I would have whispered "cone,  vanilla" or "vanilla cone" repeatedly for gosh knows how many times in a big hard to understand accent.

Sometimes while running an obstacle race event,  I'm reminded of my training and participations in cross country as a child.  I guess,  secretly I've always enjoyed cross country because it's an outdoor event!  The training was brutal.  Wake up early,  run in the cold.   Years later I have to wake up even earlier for some other stupid training just so that the second string team can participate.   You see I was the missing number they needed to compose a team.  They successfully suckered me in!  They even pushed me into a freezing Lake Ontario twice.

Anyways,  all these memories are fun to look back at so remember to sign up for extra-curricular activites!