Day 19 May 25 2011 Research Day at Dalhousie
25 May
I woke up at 530am to what I thought was a special tow truck come to tow us out of the park. After clearing the sleep from my eyes I realised it was just a street cleaner. Back to bed.
10am came quickly and I got ready for my first research day at Dalhousie. Having not being able to get in touch with Memorial University in St John’s, Dalhousie was going to be the first time I would be able to recruit people for the research study I’m doing along with the run. I walked to the Halifax Infirmary, which was only about 400 metres from where we had parked. I had been in contact with another one of the anaesthesia residents at Dalhousie and thought that I was only going to be able to recruit one, maybe two people to participate. I brought five pedometers though, just in case I got lucky and could get more people to participate. Thanks to Lauren though, I was able to get eight! Outstanding! It was also fun to meet anaesthesia residents from another school.
The afternoon was spent exploring downtown Halifax on our scooter. It was definitely entertaining driving around, Mike and I, on a scooter that struggled to reach 15km/hr on the hills. Parking was a breeze though and we explored the wharf discovering, among other things, Theodore the Tugboat.
A little while later I found myself in the Running Room, while Mike went to LuluLemon. While in the Running Room I stocked up on carbohydrate gel, and got a blindingly bright yellow running jacket to better enjoy all the rain. There wasn’t much small talk between the cashier, and myself and Mike wasn’t there for the blatantly obvious segue, so I didn’t mention my run, instead just paid quietly and left. I then walked to LuluLemon to meet Mike. I had been in there for about 15 seconds when four girls came up to me to ask if I was the runner. They even gave me a free pair of shorts. Mike was just standing in the corner smiling. He was not impressed with my story from the Running Room.
It was getting late and we had a long drive back but we wanted to stop at Peggy’s Cove. Though I couldn’t remember having heard of it before I had certainly seen pictures of it and immediately recognized the lighthouse. It was really quite stunning and we explored the area with our giant foam hands in tow.
On the drive back we stopped at a Tim Horton’s near Halifax airport so I could do a radio interview. I’m starting to get more comfortable doing them, fewer ‘ah’ and ‘um’ moments.
I’m now back at Duncan and Heather’s house in Aulac NB. Tomorrow I start up again, and the plan is for 60km.
