July 4, 2011 | Beauty of Beginnings, Endurance Sport, Personal Development
Gold Coast Marathon 2011 I have lost count, but counting is not that important. I am heading to 20 marathons in total, which have included New York (twice), Boston, Chicago, Honolulu, Big Sur, Sydney (pre-Olympic, and on the actual Sydney Olympic Marathon Course), a...
May 12, 2011 | Beauty of Beginnings, Endurance Sport, Personal Sustainability
The Majesty of Morning I have never been a meditator, at least not in the sitting still form of meditation. Running and swimming are my forms of meditation. And these two activities are a habitual part of my morning, rain, hail, or shine. In my running, there is a...
September 21, 2010 | Beauty of Beginnings, Guinea Pig C-personal category, Personal Development, Personal Sustainability
Trusting our guidance Here is the point of my struggle. For many years now, I have followed my inner guidance. Not in all things. (I would be a Saint if this were the case, and I am far from that.) But in the majors. (I now measure success as my ability to follow my...
September 7, 2010 | Beauty of Beginnings, Guinea Pig C-personal category, Personal Development
Beginning of the beginning Well, I made it. It was never really in doubt…but here I am, now in the dawn of my 5th decade. What a journey these last few months have been. On Tuesday, August 31st, 2010, I finally felt like this was the beginning of the beginning....
August 16, 2010 | Beauty of Beginnings, Guinea Pig C-personal category, Personal Development
Becoming a Jedi Knight Following the threads of the last few blogs, in the search to understand and bring to life my feminine, I intuitively picked up one of my reference books, “Goddesses in Everywoman” by Jean Shinoda Bolen. First published in 1984, this book speaks...
July 24, 2009 | Guinea Pig C-personal category, Personal Development, Stewardship, Leadership, Entrepreneurs
Being, Trying and Breaking Through The piece I wrote this week on my experience during the 2009 Kokoda Challenge (a 96km run over one day) created such a significant and overwhelming response from people. I never set out to strategically inspire people or to move them...
