Well I went out yesterday and purchased a money order for the entry fee. As it is in US dollars I have been playing the waiting game....how high will the Canadian dollar go? Last week I could have saved 2 cents on the dollar but alas yesterday I ended up paying 1.08 CD for 1 US...still an amazing deal when compared to the exchange rate at this time last year.
I am blessed that I have such abundance in my life...that I can release so it flows to other sources.
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I have been a teacher for 34 years and have come to the point in my life where I am ready to step away from comfort...as is pointed out by David Houghton in his book The EFI Club...comfort leads to complacency and complacency leads to indifference...I also wanted to be able to assist the Get Ahead Project School in Queenstown South Africa by raising funds to assist the development of the school so that the children of the area will continue to receive a quality education that they may not have received in the post apartheid system...this is about my journey.
. . . a 2006 Specialized Stumpjumper
12000km . . 120 Days...10 Countries....Jan.12-May10, 2008
The faces say it all!
Read one man's epic journey in the 2004 Tour d'Afrique at www.theeficlub.com
A must read of Neil's bicycle ride through West Africa
A must read!
Melissa Fay Greene's story of hope
The linnk below will take you to all the action.
My name is Jamie MacRae and my personal mission statement is...to be of service and make a difference in the world through my act of contribution. This blog, entitled Ride for the Get Ahead Project School, is for you the reader to be able to follow my contribution to The Get Ahead Project School in Queenstown South Africa as I prepare and ride in the 2008 Tour d'Afrique.
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Donations to Date
- As of December 24, 2008....it is 47,262.50:-)
With Gratitude to the following donors...names will be updated as I am notified:-)
- Naomi Bean
- Erlor Dean
- Brent Hawkes
- Peter and Maureen Kolassa
- Anne Kaye
- Harold Hunt (
- Bailey Metal Products
- Steffany and Patrick Francey
- Tammy Felts
- Richard Davidson
- Crescent School
- Julainne Brent
- Jennifer Blake
- Jack, Margo & Stuart Pulkinen
- Peter and Leanne Steger
- Andrea Fanjoy
- Carole MacDonald
- Fiona Macfarlane
- Anonymous
- Mac Donley
- Tai Ming Lai
- Dick and Barbara Smeelen
- Valleau Family
- Marianne Bulger
- Harvey Diamond
- Chris and Elizabeth Galt and family
- Louise Temerty
- Elizabeth Galt
- Anonymous #6
- Kelly Bannister
- Rudy Fritsch
- Sharon Fielding
- Lois and Taylor Rowe
- Douglas and Gigi Kong
- Herta Parks
- Marita and Roland Francis
- Louise Temerty
- Fredrick Thompson
- Laurence Metrick
- Jasmin Herlt
- Lynda and Greg Coutts
- Carl Winckler
- Carolyn Watson
- Ann Vanstone
- Terese Pagnutti
- Carla Martin
- Lynda Visosky
- Stepen and Patti Bunston-Gunn
- Gillian Cockburn
- Donna Plester
- Randi Williams
- Rebecca Parkes
- Jo-Anne Kuchmak
- Steve Dulmage
- Catherine Hobart
- The Pagnutti Family
- Calay van Groll
- Mr. and Mrs. & Eric Cheng
- Mr. Budden's Mentor Group
- Nihad Mehmedovic
- Karrie and Michael Weinstock
- Rosemary Evans
- Agnieszka, Maksimowska
- Elizabeth Brookes
- Jeff Mitz
- Tyler and Kristin MacRae
- Sheryl Murray
- Kelly Shillabeer
- Mehernosh Pestonji
- Rob, Nancy, Matt & Dave Wright
- Patrica Hektor
- Stuart Cumner
- Cynthia Bruce
- Jeffron de Savoye
- Peter Oliver
- Mark Suckling
- The Meisner Family
- Joanne, Mike, John and Marianne Bulgur
- Iris Tucker
- Catherine Hobart
- AISL Planning Group
- Pat and Bob Martin
- Mark Hord
- Jane Fleetwod-Morrow
- Dana Colson
- Penny Parker
- Carol Budden
- Dave Budden
- Aaron Choi
- Sheldon Kwok
- Steve Overholt
- Dorothy and Eric Holden
- George Briggs
- Kimberly Carroll
- Carla Salzman
- Barbara Young
- Dale Stohn and Robert Shaw
- John Haig
- Don Haag
- David Mallery
- Mike Jackson
- James and Deborah Ware
- James and Janet Williamson
- Harriet Wynne-Jones
- The Merrithew Family
- Andrew Milne
- Antoinette Sorbara
- David Dickinson
- Douglas Buchanan
- Andrew Moor
- The Murray Family
- Fred and Rhonda Myers
- Lillian Adamakis
- Shelley Gaudet
- Sheryl, Eric, Jeremy and Aron Berke
- Margaret Donnelly
- Barbara Burke
- Diane Svazas
- Dale Denunzio
- Stephen Leacock Foundation for Children - anonymous donor
- Jo-Anne Kuchmak
Websites of Interest
Countdown To Cape Town Arrival
Mileage on Trip
- Day 95 Livingstone Zambia
- Day 94 Livingstone Zambia
- Day 93 Livingstone Zambia
- Day 92 Livingstone Zambia
- Day 91 Rest Day Lusaka Zambia
- Day 90 105k
- Day 89 130k
- Day 88 195k
- Day 87 145k
- Day 86 Lilongwe Rest Day
- Day 85 - 125k
- Day 84 - 125k
- Day 83 - 108k
- Day 82 - 125k
- Day 81 - 135k
- Day 80 - Chitimba Rest Day
- Day 79 - 120k
- Day 78 - 126k
- Day 77 - 95k
- Day 76 - 130k
- Day 75 - 105k
- Day 74 - Iringa Rest Day
- Day 73 - 77k
- Day 72 - 100k
- Day 71 - 90k
- DAy 70 - 120k
- Day 69 - 103k
- Day 68 - 117k
- Day 67 - 105k
- Day 65 - -66 Arusha Rest Days
- Day 54 - 64 - Zanzibar
- Day 53 Addis
- Day 52 Addis
- Day 51- 6 hour bus ride
- Day 50 -13 hour bus ride:-)
- Day 49 90k
- Day 48 130k
- Day 47 110k
- Day 46 100k
- Day 45 Rest day
- Day 39 -44 Lalibella
- Day 38 Rest
- Day 37 Rest
- Day 38 96k
- Day 37 90k
- Day 36 95k
- Day 35 120k
- Day 34 152k
- Day 33 Rest
- Day 32 60k
- Day31 115k
- Day 30 Rest
- Day 29 108k
- Day 28 100k
- Day 27 150k
- Day 26 140km
- Day 25 140k
- Day24 - 145k
- Day 23- rest day
- Day 22 - rest day
- Day 21 100....arrival in Khartoum
- Day 20 - 160k
- Day 19- 140k
- Day 18 - 140k
- Day 17 rest day Dongola Sudan
- Day 16 - 93k
- Day 15 - 120k
- Day 14 - 120k
- Day 13 - 120k
- Day 12 - rest day
- Day 11 -Arrival Sudan
- Day 10 - 22 hour ferry ride to Sudan
- Day 9 - 120km Aswan Egypt
- Day 8 120k
- Day 7 Rest Day Luxor
- Day 6 -95k
- Day 5 -148k
- Day 4 - 110k
- Day 3 - 138k
- Day 2 - 178k
- Day 1 - 128k
- Day 91 Rest Day Lusaka Zambia
- Day 90 105k
- Day 89 130k
- Day 88 195k
- Day 87 145k
Why I Am Doing This Ride:-)
Get Ahead Project Children
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Please Donate Now
Donations in support of my ride can now be made -
Please go to
Click on the donation information link. Once there all you need to do is follow the directions.
All donations will receive a tax reciept for income tax purposes.
CHEQUE - Please write on your check in the memo section - Ride for Get Ahead Project School
MAIL IN FORM FOR CREDIT CARDS - Please fill out the form and mail, email or fax the form to the address on the link. Remember to write on the form - For Jamie's Ride.
ONLINE CREDIT CARD - To use online credit card donations you must go to the Canada Helps link and enter Stephen Leacock Foundation for Children in the search engine and then choose the Leacock Foundation and you will then be able to enter the amount of your donation. Please write- Jamie's RIDE- in the comment box
Your donation will make a difference no matter the amount. My intention is to raise $50,000 dollars for the Bridge Gap Endowment Fund. This fund will cover school fees for the neediest of GAP families until a sponosor can be found for the child.
Please give what you can....it will be returned to you many times over:-)
Please go to
Click on the donation information link. Once there all you need to do is follow the directions.
All donations will receive a tax reciept for income tax purposes.
CHEQUE - Please write on your check in the memo section - Ride for Get Ahead Project School
MAIL IN FORM FOR CREDIT CARDS - Please fill out the form and mail, email or fax the form to the address on the link. Remember to write on the form - For Jamie's Ride.
ONLINE CREDIT CARD - To use online credit card donations you must go to the Canada Helps link and enter Stephen Leacock Foundation for Children in the search engine and then choose the Leacock Foundation and you will then be able to enter the amount of your donation. Please write- Jamie's RIDE- in the comment box
Your donation will make a difference no matter the amount. My intention is to raise $50,000 dollars for the Bridge Gap Endowment Fund. This fund will cover school fees for the neediest of GAP families until a sponosor can be found for the child.
Please give what you can....it will be returned to you many times over:-)
Please contribute...DONATE NOW:-) http://www.leacockfoundation.org/donation_information/index.
With Gratitude to all Donors
Who is Jamie MacRae?
I have been a teacher for 34 years and have come to the point in my life where I am ready to step away from comfort...as is pointed out by David Houghton in his book The EFI Club...comfort leads to complacency and complacency leads to indifference...I also wanted to be able to assist the Get Ahead Project School in Queenstown South Africa by raising funds to assist the development of the school so that the children of the area will continue to receive a quality education that they may not have received in the post apartheid system...this is about my journey.
Weekly Distance of Traning
- Deaprture Day
- Monday Jan.07 - 50km
- Sunday Jan.06 - 50km
- Saturday Jan.05 - 50km
- Friday Jan.04 - 50km
- Thursday Jan.3 - 50km
- Wednesday Jan.1 -08 - 50km
- Tuesday Dec.31 - 50km
- Monday Dec.30 - 100km
- Sunday Dec.29 - 50km
- Saturday Dec.28 - 100km
- Fridat Dec.27 - Mexico :-)
- Thursday Dec.26 - Mexico :-)
- Wednesday Dec.25 - Mexico :-) Merry Christmas!
- Tuesday Dec. 24 - Mexico :-)
- Monday Dec.23 - Mexico :-)
- Sunday Dec.22 - Mexico :-)
- Saturday Dec 21 - Mexico :-)
- Week ending Dec.20 - 325km
- Friday Rest Day
- Thursday Dec.20 - 50km
- Wednesday Dec.19 25km
- Tuesday Dec.18 - 50km
- Monday Dec.17 - 50km
- Sunday Dec.16. - 100km
- Saturday Dec.15 - 50km
- Friday Dec 14 - Rest day
- Week ending Dec.14 - 375km
- Thursday Dec. 13 - 25km
- Wednesday Dec.12 - 50km
- Tuesday Dec.11 - 50km
- Monday Dec.10 -- 100km
- Sunday Dec.9 - 50km
- Saturday Dec. 8 - 100km
- Week ending Dec. 7 - 400km
- Friday Dec 7. - rest day
- Thursday Dec 6. - 50km
- Wednesday Dec.5 - 50km
- Tuesday Dec. 4 -50km
- Monday Dec.3 - 100km
- Sunday Dec.2 - 50km
- Saturday Dec.1 - 100km
- Weekly ending Nov 30 500km
- Friday Nov.30 - rest day
- Thursday Nov.29 - 50km
- Wednesday Nov.27 - 50km
- Tuesday Nov.27 - 100km
- Monday Nov 26. 100km
- Sunday Nov.24 - 100km
- Saturday Nov.23 - 100km
- Week ending Nov.22 - 495
- Friday Nov 22 - rest day
- Thursday Nov.21 - 100km
- Wednesday Nov.21 - 50km
- Tuesday Nov.20 - 100km
- Monday Nov.19 - 110
- Sunday Nov.18 - 100km
- Saturday Nov.17 - 35km
- Week ending Nov.16 - 335km
- Friday Nov.16 - 95km
- Thursday Nov.15 - 60km
- Wednesday Nov.14 - 95km
- Tuesday Nov13. - 85km
- Monday Nov.12 New York
- Sunday Nov.11-New York
- Saturday Nov.10 - New York
- Week Ending Nov.9 - 621km
- Friday Nov.9 -100km
- Thursday Nov 8. - 95km
- Wednesday Nov.7 - 95km
- Tuesday Nov.6 - 50km
- Monday Nov.5 - 55km
- Sunday Nov 4. - 114km
- Saturday Nov.3rd - 112km
- Week Ending Nov. 2 - 520km
- Friday Nov. 2 -Rest Day
- Thursday Nov.1 - 55km
- Wednesday Oct.31 - 95km
- Tuesday Oct.30 - 95km
- Monday Oct29 - 75km
- Sunday Oct 28 - 100km
- Saturday Oct.27 - 100km
- Week Ending Oct.26 - 520 km
- Friday Oct.26 - Rest Day
- Thursday Oct 25 - 95km
- Wedensday Oct 24 - 55km
- Tuesday Oct 23 -75km
- Monday Oct 22 - 95km
- Sunday Oct.21 - 100km
- Saturday Oct.20 - 100km
- Week Ending Oct.19 - 590km
- Friday Oct.19 - 30km
- Thursday Oct.18 - 75km
- Wednesday Oct 17. - 95km
- Tuesday Oct.16 - 95km
- Monday Oct.15 - 95km
- Sunday Oct.14 - 75km
- Saturday Oct.13 - 125km
- Friday Oct. 12- Rest Day
- Week ending Oct.11 - 515km
- Thursday Oct.11 - 95km
- Wednesday Oct.10 - 95km
- Tuesday Oct.9 - 75km
- Monday Oct.8 -100km
- Sunday Oct.7 - 75km
- Saturday Oct.6 - 75km
- Week ending Oct.5 - 565km
- Friday Oct.5 - 55km
- Thursday Oct.4 - 95km
- Wednesday Oct.3 - 95km
- Tuesday Oct.2 - 75km
- Monday Oct.1 - 95km
- Sunday Sept.30 - 75km
- Saturday Sept. 29 - 75km
- Week Total - 490Km
- Friday Sept. 28 - Rest Day
- Thursday Sept.27 - 70km
- Wednesday Sept.26 - 70km
- Tuesday Sept. 25 - 70km
- Monday Sept. 24 - 70km
- Sunday Sept. 23 - 50km
- Saturday Sept. 22 - 160km
- Week Total - 466KM - YES!!!
- Friday Sept. 21 - 20km
- Thursday Sept. 20 - 45km
- Wednesday Sept. 19 - 70km
- Tuesday Sept. 18 - 70km
- Monday September 17 - 55km
- Sunday September 16 - 56km
- Saturday Sept 15 - 150km
- Week ending Sept 14th - 300km
Me and My Bike:-)
The bike I will be riding . . .
. . . a 2006 Specialized Stumpjumper
The Route
12000km . . 120 Days...10 Countries....Jan.12-May10, 2008
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Get Ahead Project School in Queenstown South Africa
The faces say it all!
EFI Club of Tour d'Afrique
Read one man's epic journey in the 2004 Tour d'Afrique at www.theeficlub.com
The Masked Rider by Neil Peart
A must read of Neil's bicycle ride through West Africa
28: Stories of AIDS in Africa by Stephanie Nolen
A must read!
There Is No Me Without You: One Woman's Odyssey To Rescue Africa's Children
Melissa Fay Greene's story of hope
Tour d'Afrique
The linnk below will take you to all the action.
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