June update

Here we are into July and I have not posted anything, I guess as a blogger I should try to get to my blog more often and post. Really not much to post until now, so here goes an update to what is new and going on in the life of the diabetic runner.

Aingeal and I just got back this week from our summer vacation; we were in a number of locations across Ontario. We made the drive from Halifax NS to Orillia with stops in Quebec city, Port Perry Area and Ottawa. My daughters Graduation was first up in Orillia on June 26, 2007. She graduated with honours from Georgian college, way to go Tasha. She is now a member of my alumni as I graduated in 1999.

We then went off to Ottawa to the Unisong Festival; this festival is 11 years old and brings choirs from all across Canada. After 3 days of rehearsals and smaller performances we had our concert at the National Arts Centre in Ottawa. While the performances where nice, the overall experience sucked.

It was like going to a kid’s camp. While 90% of the choirs where children it seems that the organizers painted the adults with the same brush. I found this quite condescending and did not really add the experience. Pity I think the potential was there but it was just one big let down.

The real let down was Doreen Rao, a world famous conductor, while she was a good conductor and very passionate about what she does, I cannot forgive her for a remark which called all the choristers racists. I did complain to the Harper’s about the incident, their reply was that sometimes the conductor has to be harsh to the choir in order to motivate. While I guess there goes you catch more honey theory.

However the Highlight of the weekend for me was the HBC run in Ottawa. Three thousand people showed up to support and raise money for our Olympic athletes. This run was a great event, which wound its way around the canal and parliament buildings. I ran a personal best of 53:03 (chip Time), breaking my previous record by over 4 minutes. The medal this year was great, biggest event I have run since I started racing last year.

We are back now the dust has settled. This Saturday I start the LTR clinic this time teaching. Looking forward to that, I want to make it fun and motivational for them.

Well more later.
Harry