Day 41 – day off (total – 815.5 km)
High winds and blowing snow prevented me from running today. So we tried to have a bit of fun in the snow! We’re 98 km from Port-Aux-Basques.
High winds and blowing snow prevented me from running today. So we tried to have a bit of fun in the snow! We’re 98 km from Port-Aux-Basques.
I’ll fill you in on a little secret… walking over 7 hours a day is way harder than running 4 and a half (at least for me!). Today was one of those damp winter days where the cold gets under your skin and leaves you with the chills all day. Snow was consistent throughout much […]
Yesterday was a tough day. There was a sense of anticipation in starting the day… Corner Brook to Port-Aux-Basques was the homestretch. Granted, a long homestretch of over 200 km, but a homestretch nonetheless. By 15 k, the side of my knee was hurting again. By 25 k, I was in more pain than I […]
One glorious warm spring day, Jasper and I had a play date with our friend Tom. We love Tom. He’s a little bit older than Jasper but he still hangs out with us. Some guys are nice that way. To meet up with Tom, Jasper, Anna Sierra and I rode to school on our Bike […]
Last November, our partner organizations KidActive and The Child and Nature Alliance put on a conference in Ottawa called Healthy Children Healthy Spaces. One of the keynote speakers was Tim Gill. He is one of the leading thinkers in the UK on children and has published a book called No Fear: Growing up in a […]
Today was a day that both Sarah and I were looking forward to. It had felt like awhile since we had been in a school, so we were excited to visit J.J. Curling Elementary this afternoon. This school was one of 6 elementary schools in Corner Brook and again, we were amazed at their commitment […]
Call it karma, call it good luck, call it whatever you want – we feel very fortunate right now. Yesterday morning, I ran a half marathon from Pasadena to Marble Mountain (just outside of Corner Brook) and every step hurt. But my old Sunday School teacher Rob Pollett from many moons ago worked at […]
A place can become home quicker than you realize. Over the last 3 nights, amidst running and our little adventure in the ditch, we have gotten to know the Irving gas station quite well. The restaurant is quite popular in these parts, and because the RV currently doesn’t have heat, we’ve been spending quite a […]
Our family moved around a lot growing up – the nature of my parent’s work. One of the more difficult moves was from Winnipeg to Toronto. I was going into grade 10 but had missed that first year of high school, which in Ontario starts in grade 9. That summer was a tough go […]
Yesterday, I embodied my personal 3 R’s… Rest, Recover and Refuel. A brief snapshot of today: Couldn’t find anywhere in Deer Lake to get our propane refilled. The one place that could do it had plowed all the snow over the tank so it was inaccessible. I suppose that’s indicative of how many RV’s travel […]