Climbing and Running
7 marathons. 7 continents. 7 years.
Soweto 2010
March 21, 2010 by Mitch Lewis · 2 Comments
“Are you happy sir?” … I heard in what seemed to be a far off voice. I said, “What do you mean?”. I’m walking through the slums of Soweto with my tour guide Life and this seems like a random question. He says, “Are you happy with South Africa so far?”. In a nano-second with [...]
‘You’ve got to find what you love’
March 9, 2010 by Mitch Lewis · 1 Comment
Thank you for all the birthday wishes from such great friends. It was a memorable birthday weekend for me and consider myself a lucky guy. One of the mails I got was from my former colleague David. Him and I had a great catch up on the last night of MWC in Barcelona where we [...]
Welcome to the new ClimbingandRunning.com!
February 17, 2010 by Mitch Lewis · 1 Comment
Welcome to the new ClimbingandRunning.com site! Today marks the official start of fund raising and sponsorship for the Everest 2011 expedition and the near completion of marathons on seven continents and summiting the highest mountains on the same seven continents. While work on this site has been going on for the last couple [...]
19 Cent Half-Marathon
February 2, 2010 by Mitch Lewis · 1 Comment
Have you ever had to beg for a quarter to run 13 miles? Ever had to flag down a car for the privilege of running? I never had to…until Sunday.
After separately climbing Mt Si on Saturday, Kim (who had not climbed) and I set out for a long run on Sunday from Marymoor Park. [...]
New year. New Goals
January 3, 2010 by Mitch Lewis · Leave a Comment
As in every other year since around 1987, I made up my list of goals and objectives for the coming year and revisited the list I made last year around New Years Eve. I’ve made it a personal habit not to share the list but wanted to reflect on some areas.
I am generally pleased with [...]
On Being a Father
December 20, 2009 by Mitch Lewis · 1 Comment
As these things go, several incidents came together in the past week that gave me some moments to reflect on being a father and what that means as we head into the holidays. All of this came together for me today while on a splendid (is there any other kind?) 7mile run in the cool [...]
Thanks-Giving
November 27, 2009 by Mitch Lewis · Leave a Comment
After another Thanksgiving, I thought it would be relevant to write about Giving Thanks and what I am thankful for this year. How can another year have gone by????
1. I am thankful for my health. To be able to run 5 miles today and see the green hills of Petaluma is a really good thing. [...]
On Buying a House
November 21, 2009 by Mitch Lewis · Leave a Comment
Yesterday at 5pm, I officially closed on the house here in Redmond. Only about 6 minutes from Microsoft campus and great views of the Cascades and Lake Sammamish in a very quiet neighborhood. The process was neither easy or straightforward and due to the complexities of new lending rules following the mortgage meltdown, I had [...]
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