Saturday, May 18th
In the pursuit
of any venture, disaster strikes at least once. For me, it happened today.
I went to a
sushi restaurant with friends in Georgetown. It was an all you can eat buffet and I
ate far too much. Somehow I ate the excess food I’d ordered and left. My
friends dropped me off at 10th Sideroad and Trafalgar road, a long
way from where I usually end my run. But since I hadn’t run that day, I figured
I go in a straight line from Georgetown to Guelph, a distance of only a little
farther than a typical Inspire Halton day. I was inspired.
That was until I started running. I
used the washroom at Metro, perhaps a couple kilometres from my start, but was
completely dead by the time I reached Christ the King, the midpoint of my run.
I stopped in McDonalds, bought a drink and waited.
I don’t know what I did but man I
was in pain. I’d pulled something in my shoulders and no matter how I stretched
or moved, I couldn’t fix it. Disheartened, I swear I was one decision away from
making a phone call home and getting a ride back. Inspire Halton was nearly
finished.
But I promised to myself that I’d
wait just a little longer. I fell asleep at my table. A couple drinks later, I
felt fine.
I left the restaurant, wondering
what the time was. A large billboard answered my question: it was 12:01 am. It’d been four and half hours since my
friends dropped me off and I’d gone no where.
I headed back to Acton through Limehouse, and it was darn
scary. Dark and some people were partying. I didn’t know if I’d make it back
alive.
Finally, I arrived at my house. I
picked up dinner (guess what − more sushi) and continued on. The sun was
beginning to rise.
Eric, an Inspiree, was one of the
people who’d dropped me off. I had to get to his house because he was meant to
be taking pictures of me on Sunday. If I didn’t get there, he probably wouldn’t
show up and a huge opportunity would’ve been missed.
At 10 am, 14 ½ hours after I started
(terribly time), I made it to Guelph. That was one of the closest shaves
I’ve ever had. Holy cow.
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