A LG4CF Reflection

During the 10 days of the Longest Game for CF, we had a video crew on site at all hours to capture the experience of the players and volunteers. Beyond Your Eye Productions is busy working through all the footage to create a documentary. I am looking forward to seeing the finished product as I have already been touched and moved by the 'teaser' videos that they have released so far.

I would like to thank Sharron and Carmen for being committed to this project;  to help us tell our story and re-live our experience. As a player, the footage brings back so many memories and gives me some insight to what happened with my teammates when I was back at the RV attempting to sleep and rest my aches and pains.

Being involved in the Longest Game 4 CF has been a life changing experience for me. It has opened my eyes and my heart to the CF community. I will always have a  'family' connection to the women who spent those 10 days with me, challenging ourselves, and looking out for each other.

A big thanks to all our volunteers who were there day and night, ensuring we were safe, providing us meals, first aid and support. Thank you to our volunteer refs, timers/air horn blowers, Zamboni drivers, silent auction monitors and greeters. It was comforting to see so many of my friends come out to help and cheers us on.

Thank you to my family who came out and/or sent me encouraging text messages, even at 4 in the morning after watching my evening shift on the live stream . A big Thank you to my husband who not only came out every day to see me (and sometimes brought our dogs) but for also doing my hockey laundry every day.Now that is LOVE!

The Longest Game 4 CF was an opportunity to challenge myself, and to believe in myself enough to do the impossible. The first 3 days were pure Hell! I prepared myself for the aches and pains in my feet and legs but I did not think about the impact that the lack of sleep would have, especially when dehydrated. By day 4, I relied less on the sports drinks and drank more water.  I also abstained from diet coke during the 10 days as I did not want to experience dehydration again. Sleep remained a challenge throughout the 10 days, and many of us tried to get it anytime, and anywhere that we could.

While I still have the scars on 3 of my ankles, and a slightly temperamental groin muscle, the persistent pain that I have is in both my wrists and the ring finger tendon on my left hand. I have a great physiotherapist who has been helping me get them back to normal.

The LG4CF was a mental and physical challenge but the end product was well worth it. We accomplished our 3 goals: We broke the world record by 65 minutes,  Raised awareness for CF, and raised money towards Research and a Cure for CF. To date, we raised $185,500.  Thank you to all our supporters and I would like to Thank all those who donated to my fundraising page, bought T-shirts and/or attended our fundraising pub nights.

Please check out the Beyond Your Eye Productions website for more documentary updates. In the meantime, enjoy the 2 recently released trailers below.

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