Starring at a blank dialogue box is always so inspiring...
So where to start? Oh, yeah, I am going to Australia for a month, and while I am there I will be running in two races; the Coast Airport Marathon and the Hunter Valley Marathon (running the half marathon). My daughter will be joining me in the Hunter Valley race. We're not too competative, but the best time over the first 6KM gets family bragging rights for all eternity....
Now, I figured that I would write a race/travel blog, mainly pictures, of the places that I (we) run during the trip. What's my inspiration for this you may ask. Well, I was hanging around the kitchen while my wife was cooking dinner, apparently being a minor annoyance. She told me to go and do something useful (thats the cleaned-up version), but instead I started this blog.
Where I run Now:
For the sake of comparison, the setup begins with some photos of where I normally run, my home course, if you will.
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| The road that I live on: (I hate running on gravel, I think that this is scheduled to be paved 3 days after hell freezes over, or when the Leafs win the cup) |
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| Yes this is still the city of Ottawa, just not downtown or the 'burbs. |
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| No, I don't actually run in the river, just over it... |
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| Trees, shade - GOOD! |
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| All those large hydro towores were destroyed during the Ice Storm (its OK, I'm over not having power in January for 3 weeks, I hardly even mention it any more) |
I will be posting more pics as we travel to OZ, so stay tuned!
Running for Charity:
I am doing all my runs this year, starting with the Run for Reach Half Marathon and the Ottawa Capital Marathon to raise funds for a local charity called Mood Disorders Ottawa (MDO). MDO is a smal but vibrant, volunteer run organization (100% of donnations go to programs for our members) the that supports people with mood disorders and their loved ones. To these ends, MDO provides resources, programs, support groups, social and recreational activities for our members and their families and friends.
For anyone wishing to do the right thing and pledge/donnate to MDO through my runs may do so here:
Coast Airport Marathon - Gold Coast, NSW, Austalia - July 3, 2011 -Marathon -Andrew Goodwin
Hunter Valley Marathon - Hunter Valley, NSW Australia - July 17, 2011 - Half Marathon - Andrew Goodwin
The pledges are handled through the Running Room pledge site, and tax receipts are issued automatically. Anybody pledges will mentioned in is this blog (if they so choose) , for what thats worth....
Information on Mood Disorders Ottawa can be found at: www.mooddisordersottawa.ca
More Information of the MDO and the races can be found at: http://www.northbridgetech.com/Charity.html
Ads on this Blog: All the profits from any ads on this blog go directly to Mood Disorders Ottawa.
