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Day 143 September 26, 2011 Revelstoke to Sicamous 71km – Guest Blog Tyler Senft

30 Sep

Welcome to SIA Tyler

So, I drove out to meet up with Riley and Mike today. I found them running along the #1 hwy just outside Sicamous, BC. I threw my gear in the MCC and after a quick hello and a quick switch out of my jeans and into my shorts we were off running. 
The weather was not fantastic. In fact it was raining and cold but it was great to start running.  To my surprise after only a couple of kilometres Mike informed us that we were going to get a fire truck escort through Sicamous.  I am not sure how many of you out there have had a fire truck escort but it is pretty AWESOME!!  We got lots of honks and waves from passing cars. It was great!!  The fire escort took us just outside town. We still had about another 10 or so km to run so we just kept going.
This is where I started to really feel the burn.  My goal was 20km and I had just completed the 20km and started walking when I realized I was probably close to a half marathon distance and asked Riley as he was running away “how far is a half marathon?”  He replied “21 km” and I started going again. That was probably the longest 1km of my life.  Riley had another 4km to go which he did like a champ.  He is a machine!!!
After we were done running we headed back to the gas station where Mike and I played guess which car will be Clayton’s. Clayton was the firefighter who was going to take us to the fire station where we were going to spend the night.  Huge shout out to the Sicamous fire department, they were fantastic!!  After a quick shower and a quick first to three game of foosball, which I dominated (even though Riley might tell you different) it was off to the MCC for the night.
Nighttime consisted of lots of updating blogs, facebook, twitter, and checking messages. I informed Mike that I had made my first tweet when they first started and he was curious so he checked it out. Apparently, with one tweet I got one follower. I must apologise to that follower because I have not tweeted a thing since. I now have about six or so followers. I should probably figure out this twitter thing!!!  It was time for bed and I got the G.I. Joe blankets with the transformer pillow cover and sheets. I knew my dreams where safe!! 
It was a great first night with Mike and Riley.
(Editor’s note – If by “dominated” Tyler means he lost in foosball 0-3…)

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Day 143 September 26, 2011 Revelstoke to Sicamous 71km – Guest Blog Tyler Senft

30 Sep

Welcome to SIA TylerSo, I drove out to meet up with Riley and Mike today. I found them running along the #1 hwy just outside Sicamous, BC. I threw my gear in the MCC and after a quick hello and a quick switch out of my jeans and into my shorts we were …

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Day 143 September 26, 2011 Revelstoke to Sicamous 71km – Guest Blog Tyler Senft

30 Sep

Welcome to SIA TylerSo, I drove out to meet up with Riley and Mike today. I found them running along the #1 hwy just outside Sicamous, BC. I threw my gear in the MCC and after a quick hello and a quick switch out of my jeans and into my shorts we were …

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Day 143 September 26, 2011 Revelstoke to Sicamous 71km – Guest Blog Tyler Senft

30 Sep

Welcome to SIA TylerSo, I drove out to meet up with Riley and Mike today. I found them running along the #1 hwy just outside Sicamous, BC. I threw my gear in the MCC and after a quick hello and a quick switch out of my jeans and into my shorts we were …

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Day 142 September 25, 2011 Day Off in Revelstoke 30km

26 Sep

So much for a day off

I didn’t set my alarm this morning, hoping to be able to sleep in until at least 9am, but the rain woke me up around 8am and I watched the video replay of Ireland’s domination of Russia at the Rugby World Cup. Dave got up and made breakfast tortillas while Mike and I puttered around the RV.
It was around 11:30am by the time we started to get ready to run, and the rain had decreased to a light drizzle. I started running, but only made it about 8km before my cousin Tyler showed up. Tyler lives in Kelowna and is scheduled to be joining us for the next week or so. He had initially planned to drive out today and have Dave drive his car back to Kelowna, but something came up and he’s not going to be able to join us until tomorrow. He still drove the 2 hours from Kelowna though to drop off my warm weather gear from Firstar and to pick up Dave to take him back to Kelowna so he can catch a ride back to Vancouver.
It was only 15km to the turn off to Revelstoke where two fire trucks and an RCMP escort met me. I love escorts! They took me through the town of Revelstoke, the police leading, followed by their fire engine, myself, the MCC and the 2nd fire truck. I love seeing the confused looks on peoples faces as they try to figure out whether they should be stopping or not and the general confusion a runner surrounded by emergency vehicles and a big blue RV seems to cause.
Our escort said goodbye on the western side of the city limits and I continued on to 30km before heading back into town. The rest of the day was decidedly non-exciting, consisting of dumping, grocery shopping, laundry and dinner. Back at the fire hall, Gary was no longer on shift and it was now Jim who was looking after us. He gave Mike a tour of the fire trucks as I showered and even gave us some Revelstoke Fire Rescue shirts. I love staying at fire halls; they’re way better than snowplow pullouts!
Tomorrow it’s back to the mountains and hopefully to Sicamous

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Day 142 September 25, 2011 Day Off in Revelstoke 30km

26 Sep

So much for a day offI didn’t set my alarm this morning, hoping to be able to sleep in until at least 9am, but the rain woke me up around 8am and I watched the video replay of Ireland’s domination of Russia at the Rugby World Cup. Dave got up and made …

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Day 142 September 25, 2011 Day Off in Revelstoke 30km

26 Sep

So much for a day offI didn’t set my alarm this morning, hoping to be able to sleep in until at least 9am, but the rain woke me up around 8am and I watched the video replay of Ireland’s domination of Russia at the Rugby World Cup. Dave got up and m…

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Day 141 September 24, 2011 Roger’s Pass to Revelstoke 51km

26 Sep

Downhill hurts
It was cold at the top of Roger’s Pass this morning, but not nearly as cold as those mornings back in Banff. Mike and I started running and it quickly became apparent that my quads were going to be harassing me most of the day, my left one especially. It was really awkward running down the steep western side of the pass not being able to favour one leg over the other as they both hurt. My progress was slow and anything but steady and I quickly found myself losing time.
By the time I got to the bottom of the steepest part it was 10km later and my quads were really sore. I took a quick break but the pain was the same when I started up again so I essentially limped through the rest of the day. I’m scheduled to have a day off tomorrow but I decided that it might be better if I had a shorter day today and then run a bit tomorrow, giving my legs some time to recover yet still getting ahead of schedule.
Dave has been slowly increasing his mileage each day he’s been out here, and he’s gotten a number of people to agree to sponsor him per km if he can do a minimum of 30km. When he started he had trouble running 3km, today he ran 10km total and I think he totaled around 39km and raised some money for Step Into Action at the same time.
We drove the 15km from my finish point into Revelstoke to the fire hall and were met by Gary, one of the firefighters. Gary was awesome and gave us warm showers, fresh water and even got one of his own attachments from home to help us plug into their electricity after ours started smoking (no better place than at a fire station).
We had dinner at the Village Idiot with two of Dave’s friends, Michelle and Aaron. After telling Aaron my story about my busted iPod he immediately ran to his car and got me his iPod to use for the rest of my run. Amazing! Not only that but Michelle made a generous donation to SIA. The icing on the cake was the dinner I ordered, a huge burger called The Kitchen Sink, which included in addition to the usual fillings a beef patty, cheese, bacon, chicken breast, corn, and a fried egg, with a side of perogies. I’m enjoying being able to eat like this while I can because in 10 days I’m going to have to cut my intake by about half, actually probably more.
Tomorrow I’m only running 30km so we get to sleep in!

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Day 141 September 24, 2011 Roger’s Pass to Revelstoke 51km

26 Sep

Downhill hurtsIt was cold at the top of Roger’s Pass this morning, but not nearly as cold as those mornings back in Banff. Mike and I started running and it quickly became apparent that my quads were going to be harassing me most of the day, my left on…

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Day 141 September 24, 2011 Roger’s Pass to Revelstoke 51km

26 Sep

Downhill hurtsIt was cold at the top of Roger’s Pass this morning, but not nearly as cold as those mornings back in Banff. Mike and I started running and it quickly became apparent that my quads were going to be harassing me most of the day, my left on…

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