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Eddy’s Restaurant And Motel, South Brook, Newfoundland Gives A Massive Help Out To The World Jog!

I urge anyone who is looking for an interesting cycle/other type trip to consider Newfoundland in the summer… It’s like Ireland without the rain!

And if you do please check out Eddys.. They gave me a complimentary motel room!

Today November 22/2010. 51.6km Total for 21 days = 910.3km

I had a nice conversation with the Chinese woman Jenny owner of Kellie’s Restaurant and motel over breakfast before leaving this morning.

Jenny tells me she came to Canada 15 years ago with her family and there is no way she is going back now.

She tells me she is from the south and the weather is so mild all year that no heating is ever required.

My own information from one of my friends who has walked across most of China for over a year is that the central part is cold,cold,cold with no heating in the hotels in the evenings. Christolph Rehage is very much into photography so please check out his award winning site for excellent stories and photos of his journey through China www.thelongestway.com Anyway that will be about two years time and I will be a great supporter of global warming if thing change by the time I get there!

It is only in the last couple of months that I have realised the reason I have not been able to get the idea of a world run out of my system is because I have been subconsciously feeding this monster by my involvement with about a dozen such adventurers.

After my rest period in Badger the running seemed easy today. It was bitterly cold for about 3 of the almost 7 hours on the road. I just kept plugging away at a nice steady pace. It seems that in the cold every small niggle comes out to play. I took a couple of Ibuprofen as such things helps with the cold. A couple of times I felt slight pains in my ankles and just switched shoes. This also gave me the opportunity to break in a new pair of shoes.

I saw a sign for Eddy’s restaurant and motel around 4pm. It’s funny that sometime I get a hunch as to where I will be spending the night. Almost an hour later I stopped my gps watch for the day. I read 51.9km but I usually subtract a little each day, so rolled this back to 51.6 even though they are extremely accurate I still like to do this. At the end of each day I usually run past the entrance to my nightspot and leave the road at the exit to that location as it is a tad bit easier to continue on from the exact same spot the next morning.

So I do what I always do… I made a high profile arrival wheeling Nirvana right into the restaurant! If I can’t do that I generally have her parked in an equally high profile spot like a passageway. I ensure all my logos are in place and then the conversation usually begins along the usual lines of…..

”Hi There I saw you on the television a couple of weeks ago and on the road today. ”
” So where are you off to? ”

” Oh just running around the world!…. ”

Questions…

Then I am in auto-mode…

So I tell Lisa the very friendly lady behind the attached gift store counter that I am going inside to have a bite to eat.

” So where you going to stay tonight Tony? ”

” I was just wondering if the owner would let me camp around the back please? ”

” Walace is the owner and he is very nice, I am sure he would give you one of those empty motel rooms as we are not busy now. ”

” Here Lisa can you please show Wallace my Magic Letter… I just happen to have it here in my hand and it explains things better? ”

I went inside and had a lovely shrimp,mash and veg dinner.

When I return Lisa hands me key number 4.

” There you go Tony… Number 4 has a wheelchair ramp and you might find it easier to get the buggy in!

” I am sure you will enjoy a hot bath? ”

” Hey Lisa great idea! Please thank Wallace for me. ”

So they say cold icy baths are better for recoveries?

To hell with convention…. I had a very hot two hour bath listening to my music on the computer

Later I turn on the television for the news and weather. It seems everywhere is about 2 degrees in the day with windchill factor making that minus 15.

Nights are usually around minus 5.

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Thanks very much Eddy’s Restaurant and motel for your incredible act of kindness.

Many Thanks To Eddy's Restaurant And Motel, South Brook, Newfoundland For A Sponsored Night.

Coffee on the guardrails

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About Tony

I have always considered myself to be an average runner. In school, I was even bullied for I was a sports wimp. Through hard work, dedication, perseverance, self-belief and a strong mind I succeeded in not only running around the world but breaking four ultra running world records during my competitive career. Having previously cycled around the world I didn't start running until I was almost 30. Then I had a dream of running around the world. For many reasons, I waited for over 20 years. One reason was to establish my pedigree as an endurance athlete. I started and finished my world run as the current World Record-Holder for 48 Hours Indoor Track 426 kilometres (265 miles), a record I have held since 2007. I also broke and still hold the World Record for 48 hours on a Treadmill 405 kilometres (251 miles) in 2008. When I retired from competition, more pleasing than any of my world, European or Irish records I had the respect of my fellow athletes from all over the world - in my opinion, sports greatest reward - an achievement I am most proud of. Then I finally put myself out to pasture, to live my ultimate dream to run around the world! This blog was written on the road while I struggled to find places to sleep and to recover from running an average of 43.3 kilometres or 27 miles per day for 1,165 road days. There were many nights I typed this blog on a smart phone, so fatigued my eyes closed. Many journalists and endurance athletes have referred to my world run as the most difficult endurance challenge ever attempted. During my expedition I rarely had any support vehicles, running mostly with a backpack. In the more desolate areas I pushed my gear, food and water in a cart which I called Nirvana, then I sent her on ahead to run with my backpack once again over altitudes of almost 5,000 metres in the Andes. I stayed in remote villages where many people had never seen a white person before. I literally met the most wonderful people of this world in their own backyard and share many of those amazing experiences in this blog. My run around the world took 4 years. There were no short cuts, I ran every single metre on the road while seeking out the most comprehensive route across 41 countries, 5 continents, I used 50 pair of running shoes and my final footstep of the run was exactly 50,000 kilometres, (almost 31,000 miles) I eventually finished this tongue in cheek named world jog where I started, at the finish line of my city marathon. I started my global run with the Dublin Marathon on October 25th 2010 and finished with the Dublin Marathon on October 27th 2014 at 3 05pm! Thank you for your support, I hope you can share my unique way of seeing the world, the ultimate endurance challenge! Read more...