I love hearing about different Thanksgiving traditions. Jen has informed me that we have to wear lumberjack shirts, listen to the Arthur Awards on the Vinyl Café with Stuart Maclean and go for a swim in a lake somewhere. The only one I’m not in for is the latter! Food is of course a big […]
On Wednesday after the run, Jen and I drove down to Invermere for some school presentations on Thursday. Eli Baker, a friend from school had set up these visits and asked me to speak at CBEEN’s (Columbia Basin Environmental Education Network) AGM in the evening. It was a great day with students! First, we went […]
Since running into the mountains, it’s been a busy few days. My deepest thanks to Rob and Chloe Vance for taking me in and helping me to have a good day off! It was just what the doctor ordered. And thanks to John and Erin Krohe… they took Jen in for the day off. I […]
Running nearly a marathon a day. Every day. From St. John’s Newfoundland to Vancouver, BC. Just typing those words leaves me… amazed? in awe? inspired? … exhausted? Yes, even thought of running each day, let alone running a marathon each day, exhausts me, yet that’s what Colin Harris of Take Me Outside (TMO) has been […]
Yesterday was a side trip up to Red Deer to visit some schools set up by my friend Todd Nivens. It was a busy day… 2 schools in the morning, a radio interview, a trip to the nature centre that Todd works at, and another school in the afternoon. As usual, I drove back to […]
Although the prairies had a brief heatwave last week, fall is definitely in the air here in Calgary. As I was driving back from a school visit this afternoon, I could see the yellows and oranges of autumn making their mark. This afternoon I was at Sherwood School in Calgary visiting some grade 5/6 students. […]
Just a quick update… I am a bit behind on my schedule coming into Calgary. My mind and body are quite fatigued these days, and so today has ended up being a day off which I had hoped would be a running day. After 8 months of running and living in an RV, I am […]
Throughout Canada yesterday, people ran and cycled. They ran and cycled in support of Terry Fox and the continued effort to raise money for cancer research. A new sculpture by Douglas Coupland was unveiled this past weekend near Stanley Park in BC to commemorate Terry Fox’s journey. It is the park where Terry hoped to […]
Did you know that Justin Bieber’s Baby video is the most watched video EVER in the world?! It has over 620 million views on youtube and has been officially recognized by the Guiness Book of World Records. Roger Ebert, the infamous movie critic has half a million followers on Twitter. Companies are spending as much […]
[blockquote size=”full” align=”left|right” ]There is nothing to look at, but everything to look at.[/blockquote] The words above are my friend Audrey’s way of describing the prairies. And over the past couple of weeks, I think I quite agree. My favourite moments have been lying in the tall grasses eating my lunch, looking up into the […]