Day 58 July 3, 2011 Madoc to Hastings 51km
3 Jul
Hills, Headwind, Heat, Humidity, Hunger, the five H’s
There was quite the storm last night and it was kind enough to clean off the MCC and scooter, which was sorely needed.
We dropped Sarah off at the Greyhound station so she could catch a bus to Toronto for her flight back to Winnipeg. It will be Sarah’s first time ever in Toronto, and she’s a little excited about it.
We then drove around looking for a place to dump and fill with water, eventually finding one at a campsite. We emptied and filled and handed out the Steps to some of the people there. This took quite a while though so it was going to be a late start, and likely a late finish today.
It was 11am by the time I started running, so I had the pleasure of starting just as it was getting really hot. By really hot, I mean I felt like I was running inside a sauna. Mike decided to see how much I ended up drinking over the course of my run. I ended up drinking 10.5 litres of fluid (over 23 pounds). I was 6 pounds lighter too at the end of the run so I lost over 29 pounds just on the run!
As a result my pace was slow, about a minute slower per km than normal. But the good news is, thanks to our new wrap, we’re getting a lot more attention than we had previously.
This morning George Mitchell pulled over and gave me $20 as he passed the MCC and saw me running. He had prostate cancer and surgery in 2004 and is doing well now. Then a local reporter, Richard Turtle stopped me on the side of the road and we did a quick interview for EMC newspaper. After lunch as I ran along Friendly Acres Rd I was stopped by 11 people who were having a BBQ and talked to them and handed out the Steps. Then about 400m later three ladies pulled up and asked if I could stop so they could have their picture taken with me. Not to mention the dramatic increase in the number of people honking at me. I feel like we’re doing a way better job of raising awareness with this new wrap.
I ended in Hastings, a small quaint town by a river/lake and we spent the night by the water.
I hope tomorrow isn’t as hot.
There was quite the storm last night and it was kind enough to clean off the MCC and scooter, which was sorely needed.
We dropped Sarah off at the Greyhound station so she could catch a bus to Toronto for her flight back to Winnipeg. It will be Sarah’s first time ever in Toronto, and she’s a little excited about it.
We then drove around looking for a place to dump and fill with water, eventually finding one at a campsite. We emptied and filled and handed out the Steps to some of the people there. This took quite a while though so it was going to be a late start, and likely a late finish today.
It was 11am by the time I started running, so I had the pleasure of starting just as it was getting really hot. By really hot, I mean I felt like I was running inside a sauna. Mike decided to see how much I ended up drinking over the course of my run. I ended up drinking 10.5 litres of fluid (over 23 pounds). I was 6 pounds lighter too at the end of the run so I lost over 29 pounds just on the run!
As a result my pace was slow, about a minute slower per km than normal. But the good news is, thanks to our new wrap, we’re getting a lot more attention than we had previously.
This morning George Mitchell pulled over and gave me $20 as he passed the MCC and saw me running. He had prostate cancer and surgery in 2004 and is doing well now. Then a local reporter, Richard Turtle stopped me on the side of the road and we did a quick interview for EMC newspaper. After lunch as I ran along Friendly Acres Rd I was stopped by 11 people who were having a BBQ and talked to them and handed out the Steps. Then about 400m later three ladies pulled up and asked if I could stop so they could have their picture taken with me. Not to mention the dramatic increase in the number of people honking at me. I feel like we’re doing a way better job of raising awareness with this new wrap.
I ended in Hastings, a small quaint town by a river/lake and we spent the night by the water.
I hope tomorrow isn’t as hot.
