Happy Run

New Asia College hosted the Happy Run to fundraise for its scholarships. Dr. Man, the secretary of New Asia and a totally awesome guy, really, really wanted us to run. So Una and I signed up and Kelly, one of the Yale-China teachers in Guangzhou, ran in Rachel's stead. I saw several of my students in the pre-run registration and they seemed quite surprised that I was running. Everyone started off at a dead sprint, even though the route was 7.5k and only the first part was downhill. So I passed my students walking about 5 minutes into the run. I'm not sure what the proper student-teacher ettiquete is in that situation.
Kelly and I ran the whole 7.5k together in the mid-day heat and managed to finish in good time. Dr. Man finished just behind us--he's tough like that. Since Kelly and I registered as staff, I came in 4th and she came in 5th in the staff category. So we won prizes at the awards ceremony. The whole event was hot and tiring, but pretty funny. And I got a free t-shirt. I'm just a sucker for college gear, I guess. I wore my Saybrook shirt: