Step Into Action

Running homeWe met at the cauldron around 11:45am and prepared for the run into Ambleside. Shortly after we arrived, a school bus pulled up and 40 Collinwood students and a few teachers began spilling out. They had come to run with me across the bridge…

The finishI didn’t sleep all that well last night but I was anything but tired when I woke up this morning. David Bell showed up early dressed in a cowboy outfit, at which point I noticed that Russ was similarly dressed. I changed into my running gea…

I made itIt was cold and wet this morning and I was sure I had only just gone to sleep when my alarm started going off, but as I got up there was a hint of the fun to take place today.The 6km run to Maple Ridge was wet but our pace was swift in anticip…

I can smell the oceanI started off running through the nice Chilliwack countryside and soon I was on the Lougheed highway. It was a much quieter rode than the Trans-Canada but the shoulder was also much smaller. Both Russ and Zimmerman started the morn…

Permits and problemsToday began like every other day on the trip but it ended much differently. Again I was up early and running by 8am. The morning was almost exclusively downhill, a treat compared to the previous days. Unfortunately what I gained in …

Big reunionWe were a little slower getting started this morning. Part of it had to do with the fact that my legs were sore from the past few days of hills and part of it had to do with the fact our battery died again. As happened to us in Dryden, nothi…

Bringing in reinforcementsToday started early for the first time in a long time. Tyler was up early on his last day making eggs and toast. I was running by just after 7am and had done 20km by 9:30am. I stopped to give my legs a quick rest and w…

Holy hill!Tyler was still feeling a little unwell and went home last night and actually went home the night we stayed in Vernon because he wasn’t feeling well and was worried about blowing his nose and waking us up. I could have told him that I can

I love sleeping in!I tried to sleep in until 10am but I was wide awake by 8:45am. Still, that’s about 4 hours more than I usually get to sleep in, and there was nothing that I had to do until 10am so I lay in bed and red my book. Awesome!Ther…

Not everyone tolerates traffic delaysThe weather here is much warmer than it was in Banff and although Firstar has sent me a ton of warm weather gear I haven’t really had much opportunity to wear it. In fact, I think I may have gotten a little sun bu…