I was extremely excited about knowing that in about 2 days, we would be getting to Campbell River from Sayward. The reason why Campbell River is so exciting is because it means that I will have ran just slightly past the halfway point. There is a sense of personal accomplishment that comes with knowing you are actually over halfway to your goal.
In addition, we would have two rest days in Campbell River. This time though, when I say “rest day”, I actually mean that 0km would be run on those days. The thought of rest days felt weird to me and I truly didn’t believe I genuinely needed them, but we had other business to take care of, such as going door-to-door in Campbell River selling raffle tickets to help support the SPCA.
The distance between Sayward and Campbell River is approximately 74km. Since I had already covered 10k of that distance the same day I got to Sayward, I had 64k to go before reaching the “bigger city”.
Above: Just doing what I love. Photo by IMS FotoGrafix, clothing Public Myth.
At that point, 64k is something that I would definitely cover in 2 days of running. After a while, it became apparent that my “normal” day started with an upwards of 30k run followed by eating a huge amount of complex carbohydrates for the rest of the day, drinking tons of water and Muscle Milk (review coming soon!), so that the next day I could get up and do it all over again.
Above: Climbing the RV while stopped for a short break, showing some of the sponsor signs.
Photo: IMS FotoGrafix, clothing: Public Myth
I also want to mention that I really fell in love with the delicious Cytomax Energy Drops 
The first day towards Campbell River was 36k. My goal that day was to get as close to Campbell River as possible.
Therefore, the next day after that was only 28km. For the first 20k, I was going very fast because I knew there are two rest days coming up and I wanted to see how close I could get to a half-marathon personal best without actually racing one. It was me against my Garmin . I ultimately ended up having to slow down because as we got closer to Campbell River, there were more cars and intersections that we had to watch out for. In addition, the weather got hot and there was a long hill that I had to conquer.
It was fantastic to get to Campbell River!
We also met up with the editor of Campbell River Mirror, a local Black Press Newspaper and did a quick shoot! I was also interviewed on The River 99.7 FM about the run.
