David Goggins Challenge to raise awareness for domestic violence during COVID-19
I was honored to have the opportunity to speak to Ryan Jesperson on Friday about the Goggins Challenge I undertook to raise awareness about domestic…
Category: Running
Building Resiliency
One of the most valuable characteristics a person can hold, in my opinion, is resiliency. re·sil·ience /rəˈzilyÉ™ns/ noun noun: resiliency the capacity to recover quickly from…
Sometimes you have to be an energy vampire part II
Hopefully, you read Part I of my Summit experience which gives you a little bit of context on how I ended up here. In my…
November Project: Sometimes you have to be an energy vampire Part I
It’s Thursday morning, July 14, 2016. When I say morning, I mean EARLY morning. I mean 3:05am kinda morning. Usually for me this means that…
2015 Vancouver Marathon
Eighteen weeks of training all comes down to one day.  For the last two years I have run the Vancouver half  marathon with a variety of…
Episode 19: Heather Cole: Diabetes, Ultra Marathons and Ironman Oh My!
This episode is a little bit different than the usual business interviews I do. Â This week I have the privilege of interviewing an inspiring young…
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…
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…
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…
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. Â I’ll admit that…
Challenge 2013, what was I thinking??
Why would I want to do a race that consists of 3.8km of swimming, 180 km bike ride and then a 42.2 km run? Â Does…
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…
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, 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). Â What exactly does that mean you…