So, I drove out to meet up with Riley and Mike today. I found them running along the #1 hwy just outside Sicamous, BC. I threw my gear in the MCC and after a quick hello and a quick switch out of my jeans and into my shorts we were off running. 

The weather was not fantastic. In fact it was raining and cold but it was great to start running.  To my surprise after only a couple of kilometres Mike informed us that we were going to get a fire truck escort through Sicamous.  I am not sure how many of you out there have had a fire truck escort but it is pretty AWESOME!!  We got lots of honks and waves from passing cars. It was great!!  The fire escort took us just outside town. We still had about another 10 or so km to run so we just kept going.

This is where I started to really feel the burn.  My goal was 20km and I had just completed the 20km and started walking when I realized I was probably close to a half marathon distance and asked Riley as he was running away “how far is a half marathon?”  He replied “21 km” and I started going again. That was probably the longest 1km of my life.  Riley had another 4km to go which he did like a champ.  He is a machine!!!

After we were done running we headed back to the gas station where Mike and I played guess which car will be Clayton’s. Clayton was the firefighter who was going to take us to the fire station where we were going to spend the night.  Huge shout out to the Sicamous fire department, they were fantastic!!  After a quick shower and a quick first to three game of foosball, which I dominated (even though Riley might tell you different) it was off to the MCC for the night.

Nighttime consisted of lots of updating blogs, facebook, twitter, and checking messages. I informed Mike that I had made my first tweet when they first started and he was curious so he checked it out. Apparently, with one tweet I got one follower. I must apologise to that follower because I have not tweeted a thing since. I now have about six or so followers. I should probably figure out this twitter thing!!!  It was time for bed and I got the G.I. Joe blankets with the transformer pillow cover and sheets. I knew my dreams where safe!! 

It was a great first night with Mike and Riley.

(Editor’s note – If by “dominated” Tyler means he lost in foosball 0-3…)

So, I drove out to meet up with Riley and Mike today. I found them running along the #1 hwy just outside Sicamous, BC. I threw my gear in the MCC and after a quick hello and a quick switch out of my jeans and into my shorts we were off running. 

The weather was not fantastic. In fact it was raining and cold but it was great to start running.  To my surprise after only a couple of kilometres Mike informed us that we were going to get a fire truck escort through Sicamous.  I am not sure how many of you out there have had a fire truck escort but it is pretty AWESOME!!  We got lots of honks and waves from passing cars. It was great!!  The fire escort took us just outside town. We still had about another 10 or so km to run so we just kept going.

This is where I started to really feel the burn.  My goal was 20km and I had just completed the 20km and started walking when I realized I was probably close to a half marathon distance and asked Riley as he was running away “how far is a half marathon?”  He replied “21 km” and I started going again. That was probably the longest 1km of my life.  Riley had another 4km to go which he did like a champ.  He is a machine!!!

After we were done running we headed back to the gas station where Mike and I played guess which car will be Clayton’s. Clayton was the firefighter who was going to take us to the fire station where we were going to spend the night.  Huge shout out to the Sicamous fire department, they were fantastic!!  After a quick shower and a quick first to three game of foosball, which I dominated (even though Riley might tell you different) it was off to the MCC for the night.

Nighttime consisted of lots of updating blogs, facebook, twitter, and checking messages. I informed Mike that I had made my first tweet when they first started and he was curious so he checked it out. Apparently, with one tweet I got one follower. I must apologise to that follower because I have not tweeted a thing since. I now have about six or so followers. I should probably figure out this twitter thing!!!  It was time for bed and I got the G.I. Joe blankets with the transformer pillow cover and sheets. I knew my dreams where safe!! 

It was a great first night with Mike and Riley.

(Editor’s note – If by “dominated” Tyler means he lost in foosball 0-3…)