Canuck Place Adventure Race
The 2nd annual Canuck Place Adventure Challenge went off on September 8 2007. The nerves were setting in as the teams and individual races gathered their equipment, set up their bikes, and made sure they had plenty of water.
The sun was shinning as John Henry and I made a splash in the first leg of the adventure race with KAYAKING! We started off with the rest of the racers and soon found ourselves at the back of the pack paddling along. However, we made it around Jug Island and victoriously back to the beach. With the help of our race support team, Jay Irwin pulled us to shore and rid us of our lifejackets and paddles.
With our hearts pounding we made our way to our most feared portion of the race; the BIKING. I know, why are we afraid of the biking portion when we are obviously professionals? Well it's the intense pressure of having to succeed. Well we did succeed and "lightening thighs Cromack" aka John Henry the Bicycle Man lead the way up the hills beating me every step of the way. We climbed and climbed and climbed our way out of Deep Cove and up Seymour Mountain to Old Buck (finally time to go down!).
Well as we made our way back to Deep Cove we found ourselves smiling and laughing again as we passed fellow racers and knew we were onto our third and final leg of the race: TREKKING. John Henry and I laced up our running shoes and set out to climb up to Quarry Rock. This root infested, rocky climb could not scare us away. We "trekked" our way along the course, chatting to fellow races and having a great time.
As we ran across the finish line we felt a sense of pride as we had completed the event!! We completed something that we were afraid of; we crossed the line and smiled the entire way. The event raised $170, 000!! Thank you to everyone who donated and supported Canuck Place Children's Hospice.
A very special thank you goes out to my fearless partner John Henry. I don't think there is anything this man can not do. If you ever get the chance to ride with him, or just have a coffee with him at the store you will realize what an amazing person he is. Thank you for being my team mate, and for allowing me to be a part of the exceptional JH family!
Emily Cross
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