By Isabelle Privé
That's right!
Only 4 months to go! The time is really flying! Our preparations, fund-raising, volunteer work and training have been going on for 14 months already and we're more motivated than ever to carry on till we reach (we hope) the top of Kilimanjaro.Volunteer work
On Saturday April 28th, six girls from the team met up to participate, with over 1000 runners, in the second edition of the 5 km ARATED-M Autism Marathon. Socializing and raising awareness about autism and PDD (pervasive developmental disorder) were the order of the day. The team is always proud to participate in these activities and to encourage the organizers who are so devoted to their different causes. Our next volunteer activities: Accueil Bonneau on May 6th, the Dystrowalk on May 12th and Relais Pour la Vie in Deux-Montagnes on June 1st.
Training
We are persevering with individual and group training. Some are sticking religiously to their weekly Sunday stair-climbing on Mont-Royal (Keep it up, Richard!). For others, it's jogging, boxing, boot camp, stairs, cycling, kung-fu, ellipticals, mountain trekking - anything goes if it helps to improve fitness and get us up Kilimanjaro! We are at the most intensive stage of our training and we're accomplishing a lot of steps on the way to the summit!
Translated by Pamela Gauvin
