Now that we’ve got the past covered, I want to talk about why I’ve decided to take on this challenge and why I’ve decided to write about it.

As anyone who has read my previous posts knows, I went through quite an adventure with my health in April of 2016 ending with 8 days in Hospital 4 of which were in the ICU.  I’d love to say that this was all a surprise and i had no way to know that it was coming but that would be a bold faced lie.  I knew i was unhealthy but i was going to deal with that later.  I guess my body decided later wasn’t good enough.

About 2 months into my recovery I started in earnest to work on my physical conditioning.  I started with walking a kilometer and then 2.  I got onto my bike and started getting comfortable again.  Short rides turned into longer rides,longer rides turned into 30km rides.

I started feeling better and by 3 months out of Hospital I was about 90% back to where i was before.  I was also 50 pounds lighter and actually looking after my body. Fast forward to 5 months after i was set free from Royal Jubilee Hospital and I hiked 13 kilometers over a lava field to see Lava flowing into the Pacific.  It was a bit difficult but i was very happy that I was able to complete it with out issue.