Dancing!!

I am enjoying what I can watch of Dancing With The Stars which right now is just the results show. Last week there was an amazing guest singer/dancer, Wade Robson. He is actually the choreographer for when the professionals dance on the show. I have attached a link to his dance, absolutely amazing and definitely kept my attention. Check it out when you get a chance.

http://youtube.com/watch?v=OLJASCTZ3z0

Gatineau

Yesterday was one of the most beautiful days of fall we have had yet. So my sister and I drove out to one of the most beautiful places for such a day, the Gatineau Hills. It is this huge forest full of different trails throughout it. As we were driving, we passed many people either walking or biking.

We ended up driving to the Mackenzie King Estate. A place where our 10th Prime Minister, William Lyon Mackenzie King, would go to and fell in love with all the beautiful scenery. He ended up buying some of the land and built a cottage there to spend his summers. Over the years he invested more and more into the land. During his last few years he made it so that the public could come and enjoy everything that he enjoyed about the Gatineau Hills.

We took one of his paths down to a waterfall. The hike was nice with stopping stops telling us a little bit more of King's personal likes. We hiked all the way down to find there was no water for the waterfall. So we hiked backed up to the estate and made our way home. Everything was so beautiful though and it was great to see it.

Thanksgiving Half Marathon

Today was the day of my Half Marathon (21.1km). I had a turkey dinner the night before because I didn't really know how willing I would be to eat any turkey afterwards.

I got out to Cumberland, where the race was taking place, at about 8 am. My race didn't start until 9:40 but I wanted to make sure I was there and knew where to go. The had a nice Tim Hortons booth set up with coffee and timbits, so I had a little bit of coffee to help me wake up and keep warm. It was a cold, crisp morning. This race was at the Cumberland Village Museum, it kind of reminded me of a smaller version of Upper Canada Village. They had a lot of pioneer buildings and lots of farm animals. Since I had some time before the start of my race, I visited the animals. My favourite to watch were the roosters. I had some nice conversations with them (hee hee). Choo Choo and Nugley were also coming to the race, they were participating in the Turkey Trot, a 1 km race, and

Dad was going to run it with them. I was able to cheer them on before my race started they did awesome, I was so proud of them.

Next it was time for my race to begin. I wasn't sure how I would do, how much I would walk, but I just started out and was going to play it by ear. I started off well and felt great at the beginning. I knew there were going to be hills, but I didn't realize how many and how steep they would be. At about the 14km mark I started to feel some pain in my knees and shins, so I slowed it down a bit and took in more water, I didn't want to push myself too much. I felt better afterwards, then as I was coming back towards the Museum I felt all this adrenaline hit me and I got some more speed knowing that I only had about 1 km left to run. So I finished my race with a time of 2:01:28, I guess finishing in under 3 hours was a good guess I had no idea I would finish that much under. I am feeling some pain now but I can still walk and I think I'll be ok. I am looking forward to doing it again.

The pictures are of the Cumberland Museum and I am the runner with the orange shirt on.