Kris (Comma) All About: Run

Actual sports day post. The day before the sports day I asked a student how the weather was going to be (typical question for students) to which he responded with 'cloud and rainy... but sunny in our hearts' which is a good outlook for the day I think. Turns out it did not rain but stayed consistently cloudy all day. The teachers all said that it was a good thing it was cloudy because it wasn't so hot but let's face it - sunny weather is the best kind of weather. So mediocre weather aside the day went off without a hitch. Last year it was a first for me so this year didn't hold the same level of thrill but this year I felt more at home with everything. I had absolutely no responsibilities but this year I felt more comfortable with that. I now know most of the students' names, I can speak more Japanese and I've done it all before so this time around I knew what to expect - meaning I could enjoy the day a lot more than I could last year.

(kids trying to grab sweet bread with their mouths. unsuccessfully.)

Watching the kids participate was fun because it looked like they were having a great time. It was great to watch them run in the races with huge smiles on their face. A far cry from the sports days at Beaconhills. 100m, 200m, 400m, 800m in sprints, hurdles, and relays; long jump, high jump, triple jump; discus, shotput and javelin. I don't remember having a smile on my face during any of these ... does anyone else? No.

(Wait, he's not at a Beaconhills sports day - why does he look dead?)

I ran in the relay like I did last year against the third year students. There were three teams, class 1 + class 2 + teachers/parents. This year I was the second runner. Upon starting the race it became immediately obvious we would lose as our first runner handed me the baton about half a field behind the students. Meaning from the second runner we were already half a lap behind. So we lost hideously as expected but it was still fun. Tell you what wasn't fun? The pain in my legs the next day.