My first patient today was a nice gentleman who stormed the beaches of Normandy..when he was just 18 years old. You just sometimes never know who your going to meet on any given day. A lot of Paramedic's don't enjoy the geriatric calls, and I must say that it gets a tad boring doing these myself, however I always take the time to ask some unrelated questions from their medical history, like "what did you do in your younger days" , "where did you grow up".
I've met some pretty interesting characters in my time with the ambulance service, a Nobel Peace Prize winner, a lady who worked for Churchill decoding secret messages from the Nazi party, a guy who ran from the east coast of Canada to the west coast...too many to remember. It's a joy meeting different people and learning 'their story'.

I feel I am getting a bit fitter, slowly building up my running endurance, 3-4 hours of solid trail running is feeling good. I would like to get up to about 6 hours of continous running ability, then i will able to add some long walk/run trips into the mountains with some good climbs and descents. I feel my mental strength is there, I just need to get the legs turning over. My feet have plagued me with a variety of issues, if I could get them 100% then I know could perform a lot better. Keep givin'er!!