A Great Start

Wow, thank you everyone who has been donating over the last few days! You know who you are ;-) This is wonderful but we have a long way to go to reach our goal of $5895 and we've just begun. Scott and I will be heading to Lake Placid, NY this weekend for some conditioning on Mt. Algonquin. We'll keep working hard and hope more donations come in to support cancer research. Asante sana!!!

Fall hike in Gatineau Park

Off for a training hike in the Fall colors of Gatineau Park...

Doe, a Beer...

This past weekend was Thanksgiving and Scott says it will be his last beer before we head to Africa in January. So we go out for a hike, but instead of water, he brings *beer*! On a Hike! Ya, that's what I thought!!

Training Setback for Scott

OUCH! One day after booking our flights, Scott Day suffered compression fractures in his spine after taking a 15ft fall while paragliding in Ottawa! After some crazy fumbles by the Emergency Clinic, he finally got treatment a week later and is finally back on his feet. Scott will resume training slowly and build back into more strenuous training in late October. Stay tuned.

Training Update

Training started in May, 2011 and continues today. My Nike+ App shows 350km logged as of today from walking, running and hiking, building up leg and lung strength. Ottawa is only 230ft above sea level and Kilimanjaro is 19,895ft a.s.l. so the altitude will be a major concern. Jamie is in a better position as Canmore, AB is a far better training ground for altitude than Ontario! I've now started Hill Training, running Blair Hill in Ottawa and hiking other hills with a 40lb pack on my back. Feeling great...