Thanks to Michelle, Dave and Lleyton, I was turned onto the Tom Longboat run. What a great experience.
TIME: 45:08
DISTANCE: 9.2 Kilometres
FEELING: Tired. It was a tough course; gradual hills really took a toll on me. "Oh my body." I guess it didn't help that I ran a fast 10 k the night before. I usually give myself 24 hours between runs, since I only gave myself 12, I felt surprisingly good. Thanks dad on your Advil advice, I popped a few before the run and it helped.
INSPIRATIONAL MOMENT: 11 year kid, who ran the entire course. He was in the lead most of the way, and only got passed by people 3 and 4 times his age.
THE MOMENT I FELT LIKE ROLLING IN THE DITCH: 38 minutes in, we turned onto 5th line and the sun was shining right on my face. It really hit me, I was wiped baby.
HOW IT FELT LIKE TO GET PASSED? Pretty good, only three people passed me. Although it wasn't a race, I wanted to fair well so I stayed in the front of the pack.
SPECIAL RECOGNITION MOMENT: This is a big moment in the Six Nations community, it celebrates the accomplishments of Tom Longboat, a world class runner, and it also celebrates the great athletes within the Six Nations community. Chief David General made special mention to me, being a Cree from up north. He wanted to make mention of that people are travelling long distances to join in the 8th annual run.
Here's my friend Joon and I right after we finished. Way to go Joon!!
Michelle, Lleyton, Dave, Bruce, Shaley, Joon and Pancho. We are standing with the many tropheys brought home by Tom Longboat.
Dave and Lleyton chilling out after the event. Lleyton and Dave biked the course. Lleyton did awesome. Look at him, he didn't even brake a sweat.
Dave Davey and I after he crossed the finish line. Check him out, he's all set for a wet t-shirt contest. Dave ran the whole course, I am impressed with his level of fitness.
Dave is a good friend to my mother an father. So mom and dad, this one's for you.
Have a great day everyone.
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