Here's my week

It's great to back to training with everyone. It is so much better training when you can go to class and hang out with like minded people. I helped with the Black Dragons this week and it was a lot of fun. They sure do work hard. It is cool to look around the kwoon and see what you helped with, the painting, the scrubbing, the putting back together. It is a good feeling to be a part of our place.

I also participated in the Rotary Run this week. I had started out (for most of the year) training to run the 1/2 marathon with my partner, and then I hurt myself and had to have a rest and then switch from running to power walking. I learned a great deal in the process, first of all, I love walking. I think that I forgot that, in my push to improve my fitness and get better. So I think that I am going to stick to power walking and keep my injuries down to a dull roar. The second thing that I learned is that I enjoy training for the run much more than actually doing the run, I thoroughly enjoyed walking 10 km on Sunday. I invited my mom to walk with me and we had a great time together. We raised money and awareness for Suicide Prevention and it really had a strong impact on my this year. I was more aware of the lives that are touched by suicide and over-whelmed by the support I received. In the past, when I have participated in the run, I have always miss all the announcements and awards afterward ( I take too long), this year because I walked the 10 km, I witnessed the ceremony at the end of the race. The most powerful part of the entire experience was the piping in (bag pipes) and honoring the families that lost someone to suicide. I could really feel their pain and was hit with a desire to do more, raise more money and awareness to prevent any more families from going through this struggle. I think that with more people talking about how they are feeling and what is happening for them, we can help prevent suicide and the pain that it causes by those left behind.

That was my week......

350 days to grading

Sihing Kichko