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Day 25 May 31, 2011 Middle of Nowhere to Middle of Nowhere (83km from Plaster Rock) 44km

31 May

I had to get up a number of times in the middle of the night to use the washroom. This is starting to look less like food poisoning and more like straight gastro.I got up at 5:30, thanks again to my numerous alarm clocks. I had decided over the past co…

Day 24 May 30, 2011 Day off in Fredericton

30 May

As if my hamstring wasn’t enough, now I’ve got gastro, maybe from food poisoning.9:10am I found myself at Range of Motion physio where I met Stephen. We talked about my run, he told me about his brother in law who was an anaesthesia resident at t…

Day 23 May 29, 2011 Just outside Miramichi 15km

29 May

It worked, I got up early.The day began at 5:30 after almost all my alarm clocks went off. I even had time for pancakes and eggs before setting off for my run. Everything was going really well, the weather was great, the road wasn’t busy and I felt…

Day 22 May 28, 2011 Rogersville to Just outside Miramichi NB 30km

28 May

Way too late going to sleep = oversleeping and getting up late.We woke up in the parking lot at 7am, much later than planned. The good news though is that it was good excuse to do laundry before leaving Miramichi, as I had about one day worth of runn…

Day 21 May 27, 2011 Coal Branch to Rogersville 60km

27 May

5:30am alarm goes off…….6:30am get out of bedSo much for my early start. I’m having trouble getting out of bed. It’s making my days very long.I started running around 8am and felt pretty good. The road was fairly flat and the weather was good…

Day 20, May 26, 2011 Just before Moncton to Coal Branch NB 45km

26 May

We left Duncan and Heather’s house early and set out for Moncton. I started on the highway for the first 9km before turning off onto Route 126, my road for the next few days. It looked like a quiet road, with two lanes, a small gravel shoulder, lined…

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 Dal…

Day 18 May 24, 2011 Day off – Halifax

24 May

I woke up at 9am to Mike creepily standing over my bed holding out his phone playing music from the Contender.We were one the road to Halifax by 11am after having done our own version of Cribs for the Mobile Command Centre.  I drove the RV for t…

Day 17, May 23, 2011 Near Shediac to just before Moncton 32.43km

23 May

Soooooo tired.I need to sleep more, 6 hours in not enough after 60km. I could barely get out of bed this Victoria Day. Duncan and Heather had gotten up early to make us breakfast; scrambled eggs, ham, toast and orange juice. Delicious! We left late, ar…

Day 16, May 22 2011 Confederation Bridge NB to Near Shediac 60km

22 May

Just the two of us.Serge left us this morning for the drive back to Quebec City leaving Mike and I to fend for ourselves with the RV. After breakfast I took a quick spin around the parking lot, just to see what it was like as I had yet to drive our Mob…