Nobody Said It Was Going To Be Easy

I guess I should have checked with Kristi Gordon. If you saw my earlier post I talk about how my 45 minute run was glorious and invigorating. Not so much today. Today I took refuge under a tree in gale force winds and driving rain. Nevertheless, it was rewarding to actually make it home alive. As I pouted about my wet, cold ordeal, I thought about why I was doing this and I am quite sure any one of those sick kids would change places with me at any time. Suck it up princess. For any of you out there feeling sorry for yourself, go to www.canuckplace.org, then see if you have anything to complain about.

The picture on the right was my encounter with a wolf in poodle's clothing. I guess I invaded his body bubble. Am contemplating legal action.

CANUCK PLACE

So why Canuck Place?

Whether a life is measured in days, weeks, or months, children deserve the opportunity to learn, develop and grow.

Canuck Place encourages each child to ‘embrace life’ and believes in enhancing the quality of whatever time a child may have left by empowering them to live fully and joyfully

Canuck Place is open to all British Columbia children up to and including the age of 19 with a progressive, life-threatening illness

Life-threatening illnesses include, for example, children with cardiac anomalies, various forms of neurodegenerative diseases, cancer, metabolic diseases or other diseases

Care is available at any stage of a child’s illness

For More information on Canuck Place go to: www.canuckplace.org

How Blessed Are We

I get up every morning and this is what I see. No, not the sleepy, sassy, lazy dog but the beautiful view from my window down the Columbia River. The River is my happy place. It makes me think about sick kids and where their happy place is, maybe Canuck Place.

I went to spinning class the other day, absolutely loved it. I have been doing some of my own interval training on a bike but this workout showed me how much harder I need to work. Thanks Lorene for taking me there. Hopefully spinning tonight and a workout in the gym. Today, 184, but it's the morning.

Thanks for my second donation from my daughter Nikole in Kenya, you are never too poor to contribute to a good cause. I am so excited about training and look forward to dropping the kayak in the water soon.

Well this is it, day one of my journey to raise money for Canuck Place and train for the Adventure Challenge. I hope you will support me over the next few months and your donations are greatly appreciate. By the way, I can see who donated on the Adventure Challenge site, which also means i can see who "didn't" donate. If everyone chips in a little, the goal will be reached in no time at all. I even donated today.

Today I ran for 45 minutes, it was a beautiful day and I enjoyed every minute of it. I weighed in at 186 lbs.