Category: Archives
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Like a Fish out of Water …
I felt like I couldn’t breathe, move, swim. Yet this is how I was feeling in the water. Sure, I’ve had the occasional “bad” swim before, but I don’t think I’ve ever had such a long dry spell (so to speak). The only way I can describe it is that I felt like I just…
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You CAN Teach an Old Dog New Tricks!
A couple of weeks ago I was at my pool for an easy morning swim. It was a Saturday, and I don’t usually swim until the afternoon on Saturdays but since I was heading out of town for the evening, I decided to go early. I was surprised to see a couple of swimmers I…
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Why I do what I do
If you were to lose everything right now – your home, car, job, savings, clothes, food, EVERYTHING – would you end up on the street tonight? Chances are you would not, and neither would I. And why is that? Why, with no place to live, no clean clothes to wear, no food to eat and…
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Brick Walls
If you’ve never had the chance to watch, or have never heard of Randy Pausch’s Last Lecture, watch it. (10,689,701 views; 34,207 ratings, average rating – 5). I’m not going to get into details about it, because I simply wouldn’t be able to do it justice. One of the recurring themes in the lecture really…
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St Croix, USVI
Finally – a little bit about the rest of my time on St Croix. More photos on my Picasa Web Album, updated as I get around to it. Getting there – This was a long journey. 4 flights, 141/2 hours in the air, 22 hours travel time. FRIDAY – I spent my first full day…
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Coral Reef 2 Mile Swim Race Report
I’ve had my eye on this race for some time now although I can’t really remember when / how I found out about it. This race has been running for 14 years and has been a popular event since day one. Last December I decided that 2009 would be the year for me to do…
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Destination 2010
I have been thinking about this for some time now, but it was only relatively recently that I solidified my goal for 2010. Here it is (the opening montage gives me goosebumps every time I open it) The event in particular will be the Open Water 3km on August 7. In the past, I have…
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Sunday Morning Swim
When I lived in Whistler, the first thing I’d do on ski days would be to stick my head out the window (from my bed) to assess the conditions. Was it snowing? cold? sunny? Could I hear the snow makers? avalanche bombs? Next, phone the Ski Patrol forecast line. It was so great to have…
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Happy New Year!
Last post I was Spring Cleaning in August, now it’s New Year’s in September. No I haven’t slipped into some parallel universe or hit my head. As I get ready to head back to work, September always feels like a “new year”. First of all, a shout out to all my friends (and I hope…
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Spring Cleaning
Things in life tend to fall into one of two categories: what we can control and what we can’t. While one of these categories is pretty narrow (things that we can’t control), the other is really quite broad; some things we have just a little control over and some things we have much control over.…
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