Day 107 August 21, 2011 The Forks to Assiniboine Park 9.4km

We got tot the Forks at about 915am to get ready for our 10am run to Assiniboine Park. There were tons of familiar faces that showed up and it was great to see everyone after 3 months.

We started off in the parking lot across from the Human Rights museum and as we started we were escorted by a 5 police cars. As we came around and turned to run under the train overpass and out of the Forks I heard a huge scraping sound. I turned around in time to see our RV try to unsuccessfully sneak under the overpass. There was an equally loud scraping sound as the MCC was reversed out from under the overpass. That turned out to be the end of our A/C units!

The run to Assiniboine Park was a lot of fun and I got a chance to catch up with a number of people who had come out to run. It ended up being a little over 9km and we all made it there in under an hour which is pretty impressive! When we arrived at the park we were greeted by a number of other family and friends as well as water and oranges!

CTV and CBC had come out to film us and while CBC snuck around gathering footage of the event CTV interviewed me and then asked if we could all reenact our run into the park. So pretty much all of us gathered a short way down the path and ran back to the finish. We had to do it twice to get all the right angles.

Members of the Winnipeg prostate cancer support group as well as prostate paddles who race a dragon boat were there to say hi as well. I think I may try out dragon boating once I’m back in Winnipeg; it’s something I’ve always wanted to try.

After everyone had left we walked the short distance back to my house and I finally got to take a swim in my pool, something I’ve wanted to do since I’ve been home but haven’t had the chance yet.

I still had a number of errands to do, included switching my iPhone for one with a working home button, as well as stocking up on electrolyte replacements from the Running Room.

For dinner Sarah made my favourite meal of hers, lasagne. She makes it with a white sauce and puts it in its own individual dish. Delicious. I was planning on leaving tomorrow but it turns out based on my schedule I’m not actually scheduled to leave until Tuesday, which is news to me. Turns out I got to Winnipeg a day earlier than planned thanks to my increased mileage. So we’re going to take advantage of the extra day and I’m going to work on my research and try to catch up on my blogs.

An extra night in my own bed…awesome!