Cross Canada Run

Good old Ron gave me a lift again today but we weren’t measuring exactly how far he drove so he dropped me off somewhere in the town that I wanted to go. I turned on my GPS watch after he dropped me off and started measuring as I ran back. I planned to run about [...]

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I have lost count of the number of hills that I climbed on today’s run but there were many. People asked me if I have enjoyed the scenery of Newfound and I told them that I have only once a while, when I am not busy watching out for cars. I usually run on the [...]

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I ended up in the bar of a motel last night because I went into the motel to borrow their internet access and started talking to the people there. Kelly was the nice Assistant Manger/ Bartender who let me use the internet access and Mike and Justine were the two guys who kept pouring beer [...]

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I woke up this morning feeling tired because I lacked sleep and I didn’t sleep too well either because the wind kept howling and rocking the RV all night long (I think this sounds a little funny;) Anyways, two things that I come to respect about Newfoundland are the hills, their number and their sizes, [...]

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I had to say good-bye to Leann, the nice lady at Pippy Park who let me stay at the RV park for the past two days, this morning so that I can move along. Having access to electricity and water greatly reduced my anxiety level. I was also happy that both my celphone and portable [...]

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I wasn’t going to post anything today since I didn’t run but Muyiwa, my former work partner, told me that people at work follow my blog to see how I am doing so I thought I better let people know that I’m alive and well;) I started the morning with some weight-lifting exercises in my [...]

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I didn’t have much luck finding someone to give me a lift on my second day of running yesterday. I kept knocking on doors along one street and kept getting ‘no’. So I ran to my destination and just ran back to my RV. I was running down a pretty busy street wearing my t-shirt [...]

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My RV was fixed yesterday so I arrived in St. John’s just before midnight and I was feeling pretty good. I planned to do a slow half-marathon today to start the official run so I drove my RV to the 21km point and started knocking on doors. I was looking for people to take me [...]

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I have been talking to people I met in Gander about anxiety and depression ever since I took up temporary residency in this nice Newfoundland town, while waiting for my RV to be fixed. My conversation partners today happened to be all men. I met Derrick at the local Subway restaurant and we started talking [...]

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Alright, The RV is now in the dealership garage and I am spending the night at the local hotel, not what I anticipated but fine with me. So my fear of the RV breaking down actually came true, in more than one ways, but I think I am handling it the best I can. I [...]

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