Given last year’s bike ride across Canada was a once in a lifetime experience, I had no choice but to do something different this year. The question was what would that be?

After some debate, I decided to challenge myself on foot by attempting to walk from Toronto (where I now live) to Ottawa (where I was born), a distance of over 380KM with an option to participate in the Ottawa Marathon (another 42KM) if I was able to muster the energy.

It turns out that this was a much more difficult feat than I had anticipated; but I made it in one piece and was able to cross the line in Ottawa with my family in an unforgettable experience.