My Journey With Health And Fitness – Celebrating My Community

Yesterday I did a really hard 8k run (more about that next week). This morning I went out early to do my 10k run and my legs were tired. Usually when this happens within a kilometer or so they are feeling better. Not today so I decided to do an easy 10k (seriously, what kind of oxymoron is that?). It wasn’t until I hit about the 6k mark that I finally was feeling better. Good thing tomorrow is my full recovery day and I won’t be doing any workouts.

This is our BC Day long weekend and after a bit of an absence our Sea Festival celebration is back. Ok, it is not quite at the level it used to be (i.e. no parade or waiter races) but there is still a lot going on. My husband and I decided we needed to get out and celebrate our community as normally we are at our trailer for all summer long weekends but we had opted to head up there next week instead. So, this is the first time in about 2 decades that we have been home for our civic holiday.

We had originally thought we would walk down to the beach where the celebrations were going on but I admit my legs were tired after my run/walk this morning so we got a ride there. Unfortunately the activities at the park didn’t start until 11:30am so we opted to walk to the other end of the beach where there were all sorts of vendors/organizations with displays. This is when I learned that my husband really likes to collect swag. The highlight was our discussion with a local search and rescue organization that my husband actually help found. We then went for lunch at one of our favourite places down at the beach before deciding to walk the 1.5k back to the park (yes, this is how I opt to take it easy when my legs are worn out).

Now the park is important, it is the Semiahmoo Park which is owned by the Semiahmoo First Nation (I want to acknowledge that we live on their unceded territory). This, I believe, is the first time our city has done their Sea Festival in conjunction with the Semiahmoo Days. What a fabulous celebration the Semiahmoo were putting on. It was geared towards kids an families and was based on a pirate theme including having a pirate bouncy castle. They had clowns (including my friend Mr Bubbles doing balloon animals), stories, pirate competitions, giant bubbles and a traditional first nation salmon bbq. What a fantastic way for us to celebrate an indigenous community that is so important to us. And I have to say, they did an amazing job. The celebrations will continue tomorrow and we hope to get back to the park to see what else they have in store.

So this weekend is about celebrating our community whether that be our city or the Semiahmoo First Nation. It is great to see both working together to spread some fun and happiness after everything the world has seen in the past couple of years. A special thanks goes to SFN for welcoming our community back into their beautiful park.