Luke and Joanna Preview Retirement - On Till Sept 2010

In what is becoming all too classic style we rolled into Moncton around 8:30pm quickly set up the tent, stuffed our stuff inside it and headed out on the town looking for some food. We struggled to find anything open after 10pm but we could hear the concerts of the multicultural festival and we figured where there is noise and people there must be food, so we headed that direction. It was a super cool vibe with the multicultural festival combined with all the athletes cruising the downtown streets. There were multiple stages with live music and booths set up everywhere. Being a little tired and awfully hungry we just decided to grab some pizza by the slice and head back for the tent. The following morning Vince and Elaine we headed to saturday market for some fresh food so Joanna and I tagged along. They got fresh veggies and bread and stuff while we had the most heavily iced cinnamon buns I`ve ever seen never mind eaten, kinda wrong but also right at the same time. By the time we got back from the market Joanna and I had to head straight for the track. It was the second last day of competition and there were many finals including the mens 800 and a bunch of others. We baked in the hot sun sucking popsicles and drinking gatorade.

The following morning Vince and Elaine made us a scrumptious omelette breakfast that set us up for another day wa

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r overload of sun the day before the cloud cover was welcomed at least by us. It was the final day of competition and was all finals. The day was fast and furious with multiple events going at all times at all areas of the stadium. We left after the closing ceremonies knowing that we`re both in the best shape we`ve been in in years all the while feeling extreamly out of shape watching these athlete`s. It was an exciting couple of days combined with a reality check all at the same time. Also after being completely out of T&F for almost ten years now some things still haven`t changed, the Kenyans still dominate the distance events and the USA still dominates the relays. The Kenyans were actually spectacular winning the overall medal count. That evening Elaine convinced us to have some Thai Wheat beers, we were suckered into it and chlaked it up to carboloading for the trip towards Halifax.