Step Into Action

Today was 37 degreesI felt great after four days and only a 10km run. During the run today I was stopped twice by CBC. The first time CBC drove out to film me running and do a quick interview, mostly because of Jack Layton’s recent death. Then CBC ra…

Today wasn’t very excitingI spent most of the day on my computer, and I was actually a little restless. I haven’t had more than two days off in a row since the start of my run and today was day four.Mike spent a lot of the day sleepi…

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 museu…

I hadn’t slept that late in a long time.This morning was the first time I had been able to sleep in for a while.  Even though we weren’t running yesterday, we were still up at 5am to be on Breakfast Television for 6am.  I took …

Waking up early this morning was made worse by the fact that my bed was so comfortable I really hated rising.We got the City TV building at the Forks at just before 6am and Courtney interviewed me at 6:15am during the health segment. It lasted about 2 …

Welcome home and Happy Birthday Dad!There isn’t much to write about today’s run other than to say it was long. I started where we left off last night and ran in front of the RV on the shoulder the entire way. I was a little wary throughout the day …

Not quite the day I was expectingWhen Derek and I started running at around 8am there was already a fierce headwind; welcome to the prairies. The headwind would continue for the entire day, my new nemesis now that I’ve left the hills behind. I was ru…

Goodbye Ontario!I had two interviews before I began running this morning. The first was with Good Morning Kenora hosted by Deb Crookshank, whom I met Sunday night when she sat at my table at the fudraiser, as well as her co-host Jack. It was a fun morn…

Officially in KenoraBack to early mornings as we awoke just before sunrise and boated over to the mainland and the MCC. The drive back to Bee Lake was quick, only about 40 minutes and I was soon running again.It was a beautiful morning and having two d…

A day is measured in seconds, minutes and hours but today was a day like never before. The time seemed to flow effortlessly as though one was holding onto each moment to ensure it was ingrained into memory for a lifetime. One of tho…