Day 11: BPR June 11, 2007
- Runner: Jason Terauchi-Loutitt
- Birthplace: Trail, British Columbia, Canada
- Currently Resides: Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada
- Language(s): English
- Family:
- Statement: "We can come together as many nations and start to collectively make all the difference.” – Jason Loutitt, 2007
Our day began at 1:00 AM with our departure from the city of Antwerpen, Belgium. As one of the biggest industrial dock cities in Europe and the number one diamond port, the sense of production pervades the mind. After running the 6 am to 7:30 10 mile shift with my team mate Simon, we entered Terneuzen again and passed on the Baton to Rudy who is from the Nederlands. Rudy then ran in to the Dow Plant with local Dow employee runners who like the workers and managers who attended the exchange ceremony ? were very nice people to talk to and express our appreciation for Dow supporting our run and enabling the foundation to put 100% of fundraising towards safe clean drinking water projects.
Poem of the Day:
Weaving through moments of time
Borders of ignorance being left behind
Sometimes not knowing exactly
Releasing a pressure
Together
In such a way, managers, workers, the unemployed, the forgotten
Step out of dark alleys, into a wave of air that forever
Carries anguish, despair, regret, ego and the importance of thought
To be
A moment then grows with the trees
As we run with a song sung in the notes carried
Through the air between the leaves
From the birds in our minds
Which all hear the sound as one
September 27, 2007... and still on the run!
When I think about all the great times and places that I visited this past summer, I am also reminded of all the great people.
September 2 - Flying team colours!
With the last few days of our run looming and the month changing, emotions are swelling like I mentioned in my previous blog.
August 25 - 'Our home and Native land...'
My return to Canada sends a current of emotion flowing through my channels of hope and inspiration.
August 17 - The Wedding
In Kansas running in the 99 degree heat, I ended up getting attacked by two dogs but was able to yell at them enough to keep them at bay until our exchange point vehicle came by.
August 13 - From Camp Hale to Vail
24 Miles of altitude above 8000', mountains, fresh air, an incredible team and a run to my training grounds for the last two summers combined to make it one of the best 2007 Blue Planet Run days for m
August 10th - 'In the company of our elders and our future generations!'
On the 9th we started our running from Zion National Park in Utah at 3 am. I was up last and ran the last shift from 7:45 - 8:55.
August 8 -'Cali through Death Valley to the Red Sandstone Cliffs'
Poem of the day:
Water is sacred
Simple and powerful
An essence makes life
And is life itself.
Any form of life
Is a justification of a celebration
August 2 – BPR Fremont through San Jose ending at San Simeon
The California sun is screaming hello even though the temperatures are staying cool. I love it!
August 1st - The Blue Planet Run in Japan.
'The vending machines on the top of Mount Fuji.'
Notes Version:
-It is a big day today... I am meeting Taeko's Parents in Tokyo.
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