A little video blog entry today. A lot of people have been encouraging me to do these, so you may start to see more of these as time allows. Todays started off as a good day, but went somewhat downhill. Enjoying the town of Glovertown though and the beautiful trails it has to offer! Glovertown […]
Yesterday after running from Port Blandford, we arrived at Terra Nova National Park and settled in ready to enjoy a day off! Terra Nova is the most easterly National Park in Canada. The Park was established in 1957 and protects 402 square kilometres of the unique ecology of the island boreal forest of eastern Newfoundland. […]
Before the ran began, nearly two weeks ago, Bill Roach, one of the hosts of Mainstreet on CBC Radio 1 was kind enough to bring me into the studio to interview me for the upcoming Take Me Outside Run Across Canada. People have been requesting this interview, so we’ve embedded a copy below. We’ve also […]
Last night we were parked in the back of an Iriving gas station in Port Blandford. Today was supposed to be a day off from running, but my legs felt good and Terra Nova National Park was so close, so I decided to run as far as I could so we could get into the […]
Last night, we got that phone call we had been anticipating for a couple of months. Aviva called to say we were not one of the projects that would receive funding. To be honest, both Sarah and I felt it most deeply because of all the time and effort that all of our friends […]
We’ve officially started our 2nd week and in some ways we feel like we’re establishing some routines… in other ways, not so much! Last night in Clarenville, we were parked at the back of Canadian Tire gas station. Snow turned to freezing rain and our propane ran out at midnight. Both Sarah and I have […]
Today’s happenings in point form! woke up at 7:30 and walked Koona ran 15 km from Southern Harbour popped into RV at 15 km… stretched and ate some orange slices, chocolate milk and bananas ran about 10 more k’s stopped at the Orange store for some lunch – chips and guacamole and turkey sandwich (thanks […]
[blockquote size=”full” align=”left|right” byline=””]“What if you hooked up a tv to a treadmill outside and if you stopped running , the tv would shut off!”[/blockquote] Walking, running, walking dogs, swimming in summer, peddle-biking… Why is getting outside important? To be healthy To get fit To get sunshine To get a tan! To lose that last […]
Today is my mom’s birthday… happy birthday Mom! My mom and dad worked in Drumheller, Alberta when I was born in December, way back in the 70’s! As with any new mom, she was given loads of advice as to how to parent. Everyone has their two cents when it comes to raising a child! […]