Step Into Action

This morning was another early and difficult morning. We had been up late chatting to the neighbours then working on our own stuff, which made this morning extra difficult. As we pulled out of the parking lot, Jacob came running outside and waved goo…

It’s amazing how quickly your day can change. I was woken up this morning by the sound of Riley banging around in his room, and I immediately wanted to roll back over and sleep longer in this very comfortable bed. Anne, Riley’s aunt, had made us a de…

We got an early start on the morning as I was hoping to make up some distance for not making it to 50km yesterday, and I was anticipating similar heat to the past couple of days.The humidity wasn’t nearly as bad, though it was still hot out. I manage…

A nice and early wake-up (as usual), and I found it difficult to get out of the big and comfy bed at the Holiday-Inn Express. First thing was a quick shower then downstairs for a hearty breakfast of eggs, sausages, bacon, pancakes, a cinnamon bun and …

(Jean Grant contributed to this blog)Another early morning wake up and another big breakfastWe had a long drive back out to the start point. It was hot early, already 27C at 9:30am. Derek and Mike ran with me in the morning, Mike ran 15km and Derek ran…

Today’s blog is a guest blog from Riley’s brother, Derek! Entitled: Heroes.Today was my first day out on the road with the Step Into Action Run. Our sister, Lauren, and I flew to Toronto yesterday to join up with the crew and join in on the fun. We kic…

We had breakfast at the Prostate Cancer Canada office downtown. When we arrived all the people at PCC gathered in the conference room and I spoke about why I was doing the run after which they asked me questions. They had a number of ideas of ways th…

Mike and I arrived at the set of BT Toronto at the City TV building at 7:30am. It was pretty cool, with people walking around in sort of controlled chaos. Also on BT that morning was Robert Herjavec from the show Dragon’s Den. He had brought his Ferr…

Personal bests!My cousins Jean and Chris decided last night that they wanted to come with me and run into Toronto. So the four of us started out early and stopped at Tim Horton’s for multiple breakfast sandwiches on the way out to Whitby.As we start…

Aggressive driversThe morning was a bit delayed despite an early morning wake up by the need to find gas. It isn’t always the easiest thing to find, especially in these small towns. The first place our GPS suggested looks as though it hasn’t been f…