Blogs from Ottawa, Ontario, Canada, North America - page 21

STARTING LINE-UP: Ted, Davis, Lennon the car, some friendly squirrels PITCH CONDITION: Clear blue skies and glorious sunshine. Again. MATCH OVERVIEW: The team was required to cover a lot of territory which led to a memorable and fulfilling outcome. PLAYER INFO: With Ted pretty much back to full fitness he was able to reclaim the captain's armband, much to Davis' discontent. Lennon's little legs easily carried the team the full distance. HIGHLIGHTS: - Had our breakfast picnic in a lovely little park in the centre of Bracebridge and made friends with some local squirrels. - Set off in search of more waterfalls and found some at the end of a long, quiet road just out of town. Drove past some quaint little houses with fabulous views of the river along the way. - Set off in ... read more

I arrived in Ottawa on January 11th at about 10PM following a 3 hour delay with the connecting flight in Edmonton. Originally, my itinerary had called for a 3 hour layover there. I had made arrangements to meet my brother, Chris for breakfast as I had not seen him over the holidays. When I returned to the airport to catch my flight, I had learned that there was some sort of mechanical issue with it and that we would not be leaving on time. I was also aware that another person from my group was departing for Ottawa from Edmonton on the same flight. Chris, a civilian crime analyst with the RCMP had also signed up for the Afghanistan mission. I would later learn that he along with another analyst would be the first civilian members ... read more

Ten sleeps to go... we're leaving next week... where did all the time go? Well owing to the sub-frigid temperatures this past week, some of it certainly went exactly nowhere... four consecutive days of running for four consecutive hours on a threadmill kinda nowhere, all this untapped heat energy... suffering extensive brain damage when you end up with the one machine directly facing the Cosmo Channel monitor screen ... I mean really, I need to do what with my hair and I never realized there was a mathematical equation to be derived from how high your heels should be in contrast to your cup size... My head still hurts. (Nat writing here). So like Ray (Zahab) predicted, the "plugging the dam holes with all finger" dance has begun as we start making piles of things to ... read more

Hey all, I made it back home in one piece. Start work again tomorrow... ugh. Had an absolutely amazing trip and would highly recommend Peru for any of you who are adventure-minded and are looking for a great travel experience. My last day in Lima I visited the Gold Museum as well as the Archeology and History Museum with Christian. Both museums were impressive and did a great job in solidifying all my learning on the pre-Incan, Incan, and post-Incan civilizations. A great way to end the trip. Flight from Lima to Toronto was good. I am very glad that I had a nice set of headphones with me though. The guy on my left was snoring before we taxied from the gate and the baby off to my left screached for the eight hours of ... read more

Jeff and I agree... the most commonly heard reaction by people who hear about our planned adventure... "you're crazy". Tell you, I wish we were. It might just make the daily reality of our training, the logistical planning, that little thing called your "real day job", the ever omnipresent running of a household and child minding seem a little less daunting at times. Especially at 05:30 a.m. when the alarm sounds and Jeff and I have a lottery going for who gets to circuit train at the gym first as opposed to getting to spend an extra 20 minutes in bed... no one really wanting to draw that short straw since we only ran 18 plus kilometers less than ten hours ago. Honestly though I would not trade this for the world. I get to spend ... read more