Extremely Nervous!!

Oh my goodness, I am very nervous about tonight. My brother and I have signed up to do our first ever 5K run on 16May and we are running the route tonight~~FOR THE FIRST TIME!!

It seems so easy on the treadmill and I have heard other people say it is much better outside but I am NOT A RUNNER and it is seriously one thing in my life that I have never ever ever ever, did I say ever, have strived to do. You have heard a friend, a colleague, a relative, someone tell you that I want to accomplish "that" in my life time. Well that is not me!!!

Here's a background to why I am doing this run.

My best friend Dave Mounsey, an OPP Constable here in my smalltown Ontario, was responding to an accident call while on duty and lost control of the cruiser and was critically injured that day in October of 2006. I see it every day when I think of my friend Dave. His partner Brenda, my dear dear friend, had to make the most horrible decision anyone has to do for their loved one, and turned off the life support a month to the day of the accident, later.

Dave died and so did a big part of me. I was on that buggy that day and was sent to that call and was devastated but did my job and got Dave into the helicopter and knew he would never return to his job, Brenda, his family, his friends, his colleagues, ever again.

He used to bug me constantly to learn how to run for various reasons and I would baulk him at every turn. Two weeks before his accident, Brenda and Dave ran a marathon in BC to raise funds for a defibrillator to place in our local theatre. It never happened. Then, but it has now....

I am a proud member of the DMMF (Dave Mounsey Memorial Fund) and our mission is to raise funds to be able to carry on Dave's dream and to keep his legacy out there~~those defibs are donated in honour and memory of all Law Enforcement Officers, all Firefighter, all Military Personnel, all Paramedics who have lost their lives in the line of duty.

We have organized a 5K and 10K May 16 here in my little town and well, Dave is most likely rolling over in his place in heaven giggling hysterically at the fact that I have taken up the hardship of running and am going to complete my first ever 5K run in exactly 10 more sleeps..OMG!!

So this blog is dedicated to Mounsey, my friend, my colleague and my hero.

Will post later as to how we made out!! I am not out to win any race, just to complete and maybe actually learn to like this addiction that runners get!!!

Nurseypoo...this is for you as well!!

Cheers Lizzie

Pls feel free to check out the DMMF and what we stand for!!

www.davemounsey.com