Sometimes the best way to get yourself out of an awkward situation isn’t to glance at your watch and say, look at the time, gotta go. The best way is to see the humour in it.
I wrote about my friend from work, whose son was running as a pace bunny at the recent Around the Bay Road Race. I was thrilled to know someone who knows someone who is a pace bunny. I have no desire to be one, I am happy with how I’m running now, but this was a thrilling thing for me.
Ah but I digress and delay the awkward moment. I got back to Copps Coliseum before anyone I know was due to cross the finish line. So I settled in a took a bunch of pictures and just really enjoyed the atmosphere.
I was thrilled when I saw the 2:15 bunny running down the shute. I knew it was my friend’s son. I yelled for Dan. And took his picture too.
I went into work on Monday and told my friend about how I had waited for his son to cross the finish line. And how thrilling it was that Dan had crossed the line a couple minutes early. And how I took his picture a couple times and couldn’t wait to post the picture and story.
Then awkward came to visit. My friend said that his son had actually scratched from the race. He was just too sick. Opps awkward. Followed by what the heck, I had a great time anyway.
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