Words to Live By: “Responsive”
Quite some time ago I wrote an article entitled “Words to Live By” where I talked about looking at the words with which you think people use to describe you and contrasting them with the words you would like them to use to describe you. I still use this as a barometer to try and […]
Happy New Day!!
It is New Years day and as I sit back and reflect on the past year and watch others do the same, I can’t help but think that there has got to be a better way to do the whole “Out with the old, in with the new” thing. Striving to make big changes, new […]
Brain Food: What do you eat?
2013 was a year in which I really focused on my physical fitness and it certainly paid dividends. I am in better physical shape then I have ever been in my life. As I sit and reflect and look forward to my 2014 goals I feel compelled to put the emphasis on intellectual development. We […]
Goal Setting to Goal Achieving: The ‘not so secret’ ingredients
Inevitably, this time of year, we start reflecting on what we accomplished last year and look forward to what we might like to accomplish in the next. This post may be nothing more than stating the obvious but I thought it is a concept that might sometimes go overlooked. I was on the treadmill the […]
All I want for Christmas…
Well, it’s that time of year again. The requests from the family to get your Christmas lists in has begun. This year all I want for Christmas is: A goat 2 Chickens A sheep a donkey and Fresh Water For many of us the real joy at Christmas time is in the giving not the […]
Thirteen years ago
Thirteen years ago today my life changed forever. While you often hear that having kids will change your life, I am not sure you ever really understand the full impact of that statement. Christopher you have made an enormous impact on my life and likely more than you will understand until you too have a […]
What was hard becomes easy
So here we are less than two weeks away from the most challenging physical thing I have ever done in my life. In 12 days I will swim 3.8km, bike 180km and then run a marathon. This is a feat that 18 months ago I would have thought impossible. Now don’t get me wrong or […]
My Half Ironman Experience
So here it is, 32 weeks of training all comes down to one day. On Sunday July 7, 2013 I raced the Great White North Half Ironman Triathlon and I have to tell you that after my swim experience at the ITU I was a little nervous leading up to this event. I made extra […]
Race day: I fought the Suck, and the Suck won!
So today I did my first sprint triathlon. It was the 2013 Edmonton ITU Triathlon World Cup and man was it well run. This was a big event and a qualifier for worlds for 2014 which will be hosted in Edmonton. To qualify for Worlds you needed to place in the top 8 in your age […]
Thank You: Amy Holden
Recently I came across a blog titled 365 days of “Thank You”. The author has made a point of writing a blog post daily of thanking someone in his life that has made an impact on him. As I read some of the posts I was struck by what a brilliant, simple idea that was. […]
To be coached, or not to be coached, that is the question
If you look at any of the great performers out there you will find a common thread…. they all have a coach. I’ll admit that I wasn’t sure if I needed a coach as there are so many resources online and, after all, it’s not like I’m training to win. I’m training to finish. Well, […]
It must have been the sea air!
So last week I was in Vancouver for our annual Canadian Association of Accredited Mortgage Professionals Mortgage Conference. Like a good little athlete I brought my running gear intent on making sure that I got out for a few runs while there. Historically where the intent has always been great the execution has been lackluster at best. My […]
I can’t swim!! How am I gonna do a triathlon
One of the first things I recognized I would need to do to reach my goal of completing an iron distance race was to improve (OK maybe ‘learn to’ would be more accurate) swim. I was referred to a local fitness trainer/triathlon coach whom I contacted in September. His suggestion was to sign up for […]
OK, I guess it’s time to make it official
Alright, I guess it is time I admit it. I have signed up for Challenge Penticton (formerly Ironman Canada). What exactly does that mean you say? Well, it means I need to get my butt in shape. Challenge Penticton is an Iron distance triathlon set in the Okanagan on August 25, 2013. We begin our […]
Reflection: What do you see in the mirror?
This week at our Toastmasters club our theme was “Being Reflective”. As the Toastmaster for the meeting I had the privilege of leading the meeting and keeping it on track with the theme. In my preamble I talked about what “Being Reflective” meant to me. I talked about the fact that I felt being reflective meant taking […]