Olympics 101: The torch is on its way

November 1, 11:14 AMNew England Fitness ExaminerJo Levy

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A statue of Ilanaaq, mascot of the 2010 Olympics, located at the top of the Whistler Village Gondola
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On October 31, 2009 it was reported that In spite of protests against the money spent on the Olympics, torchbearers ran, rode and rolled through Vancouver Island towns Saturday in the journey across Canada.

The flame got to Canada on Friday, October 30, 2009, after it traveled in Greece for a week. It was handed to Canadians in Athens. The relay route is almost 28,000 miles which is the longest in Olympic history.

The relay will take 106-days visiting over 1,000 areas across Canada and will get to the opening ceremonies for the Vancouver Olympic Games on February 12, 2010.

The torch was paddled across a lake by a team of Olympic rowers on its first day. Today, November 1, 2009,  it will be carried on a skateboard and logging truck. In northern Canada, it will be pulled by dogsled and transported on an Inuit kayak.

Annie Ewart, a 16-year-old aspiring road racer, is one of several cyclists to carry the torch.

Please go to my table of contents to read all my Olympic articles

such as Olympics 101: How to become an Olympic champion