Step Into Action

What a difference a day makesI tried to sleep in as long as possible but I only managed to stay in bed until 8:30am. I went almost immediately into the lake and the water temperature was perfect.After my short polar bear swim I walked up to the main ca…

We were up early and ready to go, when we went to pull in the extensions on our RV and they refused to slide in.  The battery was dead.  The RV has 2 batteries, the first to start the engine and the second to start the generator and run the l…

Atlas ShruggedI finally finished Atlas Shrugged, which I have been listening to for a little over a week now. It’s been much longer than most of the other audio books that I’ve listened to. It was 61 hours vs the standard 6-12 hours. I’m not sure…

Groundhog DayToday was one of the first times it’s felt like Groundhog Day. I woke up around the same time that I’m always getting up these days. I had breakfast and taped my feet and found myself on the road shortly thereafter. I felt good, and as…

I haven’t been cold in a whileIt rained all day today, like all day. I was cold all day today too, which is something I haven’t experienced in a long time and was a nice change. I’m still cold now that I’m done and writing this blog. I’m lyin…

Time travelingThe Days Inn has a continental breakfast that starts at 5am, which is awesome because that was when we were going to leave to go from breakfast. Instead we sat down for a breakfast that included waffles! I love waffles!The drive back out …

An afternoon with Terry FoxWe arrived at the Terry Fox monument at around 11:30am and found that a number of people from the local Prostate Cancer Canada group were already there. They were all decked out in their Prostate Cancer Canada t-shirt…

I’ve found a new appreciation for Saunas!Turns out we didn’t actually miss the small plaque marking Terry’s end point, it was along the restricted portion of the highway so I didn’t run by it like I thought yesterday.I felt a lot better this mo…

One of the hardest days of running so far on this tripI felt exhausted throughout the entire day today. It was a struggle from around 5km this morning. I had to take a number of breaks just to make it through the day and my pace was about as slow as it…

Terry Fox Courage HighwayI started off on that nice uphill I finished at the bottom of yesterday and it wasn’t long before I was running through Nipigon. It started getting really hot and humid early, and I was wringing out my shirt every 2 or 3km.Ab…