‘You’ve got to find what you love’

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 [...]

Sometimes you have to perservere …

“His name is Bob. But he’s friendly …”
Thus said the hiker we ran into in Strathcona Park on Vancouver Island. He was talking about a bear!
We were then left to wonder whether Bob was a known bear or if that was a joke, we never would find out ….
As Kim and I pulled [...]

Fabulous to Great – What’s in a name?

Since I have been going to the Pro Club gym here in Redmond, I’ve seen a guy working the locker room who just seems perpetually happy. Yesterday, after I finished running 3 miles and doing a pretty good upper body workout, I heard and saw him talking to another guy in the shower area. [...]

Running Food

Since I am a creature of habit, I tend to eat a lot of the same thing a lot of the time. It makes shopping and preparation easy and tends to condition the body to process the same food on a weekly basis. Every week that I am not traveling, I like to [...]

Turn off the cigarettes on the dashboard

Indonesians are – on the whole – some of the nicest people in the world, but good English is not always their specialty. I played golf on Saturday in Jakarta with our local salesperson and local partner and this was the sign that greeted us in our golf cart.

This is another sign you never [...]

Climbing and Running: songs of 2008

Songs that were new or at least New To Me during 2008 and have kept me company during Denali and Aconcagua climbs and Napa, STTC, Raleigh, Muir, Stinson and Rodeo marathons & runs, some long car rides and airplane flights ….
The rule was to pick the top 25 and only one from each artist allowed.

Beautiful [...]

Start slow – Finish fast

Yesterday I competed in the Stinson Beach 30k race, organized by Pacific Coast Train Runs (PCTR) – they are also the ones that organized Skyline to the Sea 50k race.   As usual there were funny and great stories along the way – but overall a fantastic day.
Kim and I carpooled down to Stinson and it [...]

Soundtracks of our Lives – Meaningful Songs

We all have songs that remind us of important moments in our lives, even though they are painful.  But they are always Personal – what means one thing to one, means something else to another.  These are mine- what about yours?
1. James Taylor – You’ve got a Friend
Hey, aint it good to know that youve [...]

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