April 8th finds our runners 30 km south of Port McNeill, heading for Woss, and running alongside the Nimpkish Lake with fabulous panoramic views that remind them of why it is wonderful to live and run on Vancouver Island. The weather has been lovely this morning but starting to cloud over with rain in the forecast.
Although the Easter Bunny had not left anything in the ditches for them, the runners were delighted with the first "roadside stop and donate". Thank you to the kind donors who stopped and handed their donation over to the driver of the escort vehicle.
Despite their early start, Terry was happy to catch the news that Canada's Glenn Howard had won his fourth world curling championship and excited to share this news with the KidStart team. That news gave the runners a boost when they set out for the morning run at 7:30 am. Each 15 km run takes approximately 1 hr 40 mins. The afternoon run starts at 2:30 pm, so if you are on the road north of Woss today, that's the time to look out for them.
One more fun story from Terry: he had saved his last pair of training shoes to use for the first part of the run, trekking through the mud from Cape Scott. At the end of that phase, the shoes were ready to go so he retired them onto the landmark shoe tree near Holberg - the place for "Lost Soles". What a perfect resting place for the first pair of running shoes from the KidStart Run.
Here's a link to images of the tree for those who haven't seen it:
Holberg Shoe Tree - scroll down to see images
Happy Easter to Terry and Shane! We're rooting for you!
Very inspiring! See you all in Campbell River. I'll buy Terry a salmon burger!
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