While I’ve been taking a forced break from running (hamstring), my mind has wandered to many places, as it is prone to do. One of the places has been the collision between…
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Four Elements of Personal Leadership
A couple of weeks ago, I was able to spend three days with the UNBC Timberwolves Men’s Basketball team as part of their annual team-building retreat (the retreat, by the way, was a…
Life Lessons from a Shoeless Spartan
I completed a Spartan Race Sprint last fall (Sun Peaks), and finished 4th in my age category. I completed another Sprint yesterday (Mt Seymour) and finished 78th in my age category. Why…
Axiom #5: Leaders are Encouragers
Earlier this year I was supposed to run with a five-person team in the Prince George Iceman – an annual multi-sport race (skiing, running, skating, and swimming) in the middle of winter…
Running, leadership and “following the plan”
Last week I ran in my very first road race ever. For some reason, I waited until I was 44 years old to run my first 5K race. While my time of…