Hello fans of the World Run,
My name is Kevin Thomson and I am helping with Jesper Olsen's route from
Vancouver to Toronto which will take him about 90 days.
I am enclosing the route (on MS Excel) from Vancouver to Calgary for the
purposes of soliciting support for Jesper along the way. If you know of
anyone in any of these areas that may want to put Jesper and his travelling
companion for BC, Peter Rietveld, it would be very appreciated.
If they are able to provide support through the running part of their day,
that would be even better!
These are approximate dates and distances, but Jesper and Peter are in great
shape and we expect them to meet or beat these dates.
The ideal type of support for them would be a place to stay (so they don't
have to camp) and someone to meet them every 5 or 10km along the way (so
they don't have to push their baby strollers). The ideal support vehicle
will carry two baby strollers and two tired bodies back to some sort of
shelter with plenty of enthusiasm.
They presently have the good folks at Kw'o:kw'e:hala eco-retreat
[www.eco-retreat.com] taking good care of them yesterday, today and
tomorrow. So we're now hoping for someone in the Merritt area to jump in on
Saturday to welcome them. Once they get close to Kamloops, Wayne Richardson
and the gang at Runners Sole have offered to help find some support.
If you know of anyone interested along the way, please direct them to me and
I will handle the details (kevin@...). Those of you who
have met Jesper and Peter, will agree that anyone taking them in will have a
wonderful memory of the experience.
Thanks!
Kevin Thomson