Saturday 19th September 2009……The Great Lake Walk

For these little girls….I DID IT!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Well I am very happy to say that I completed the Great Lake Walk today…..

The following is a brief outline of the day.

It started out at 5am this   morning

when about 400 people gathered at the start line, we were led in the singing of Oh Canada and away we went.

After about 1 km the group thinned out and this is the site I saw most of the day.

 

 

 

 

 

 

There is great camaraderie amongst the walkers and whilst it was still dark I tagged up with a lady who had a torch.  My next group were 4 funny ladies from Victoria who I walked with for about 1 hour and we all singing songs which had the word walk in, they were a blast.

I then teamed up with a man called Les from Nanaimo and we stayed together for about 1 hour and the rest of the time I was walking on my own.

Here are some views…

You see I have my own personal escort vehicle, apparently this college is in Victoria.

This looks like a post card!!!

One of the 12 aid and food stations along the route.

The latter stages of the walk were on small country roads.

This group of kids were great!!

This was a most welcome sign almost done!!

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Almost there…

Finished and rang the bell!!!!

It was great to see to Heather and two of her boys waiting for me at the finish line, thank you for all your support.

This was not a race and my expectations were to finish the walk and hopefully complete it in under 11 hours and injury free.  I am quite proud to say that I surpassed my dreams and did finish injury free, although quite tired,  in a time of 9 hours and 30 minutes

On arrival home Heather and Kirby and the boys had decorated my room

Thank you.

 

Now the very best part I was able with the help and support of my incredible group of friends to raise close to 1400 dollars for the home where Paola and Daniela live, how awesome is that?

After a great Epsom salt bath it is time to put this achy body to bed…..Blessings