4 years & a 100 marathons ago.  Just north of the border, my journey began.  First run in kilometers, first outside Team USA.  Alberta, Canada.  Goal: 2 provinces annually & it started in Banff.  Lake Louise hike with Toronto-bestie Sarah, bib pick-up at a local curling club, wedding [not mine], marathon the following day.  Banff National Park, my North America run.  Well… my first North America race in kilometers.  7 Continent goal wouldn’t kick-in ‘til Continent #3.  Like most of us, just didn’t DREAM BIG enough 😊

Destination: Europe.  Italy, Iceland, Austria.  Celebrated marathon #100 w Sis in Dublin.  But my first…that was Moscow.  Red Square, Kremlin.  Past revisited.  4 years outta college, biggest/most influential career/life boost.  Anything is Possible mantra sparked.  Reconnected with Dima, now married.  Language flooded back.  So many memories.  I’d finish Sunday with a first-time marathoner.  Life’s moments best when shared.

Continent 3: Australia/New Zealand.  On-the-left/self-drive two weeks with my bestie Dawn, both North & South Islands.  Longest flight EVER, L.A. to Auckland.  Rotorua.  Christchurch.  Franz Josef Glacier.  Queenstown.  Oamaru.  Hobbiton.  And… a marathon.

São Paulo Brazil.  Largest city in South America.  First-time I felt completely foreign.  Hot & balmy.  Brought home more than my 4^th continent medal.  Sis named him Pepe.  6 months of Colorado doc visits, before folks realized I harbored home a parasite – whole nest of ’em.

Elephant, lion, hippo, cheetah, giraffe – Africa’s Big 5 – and my fifth Continent.  Knysna South Africa.  After an initial fender-bender (sorry Hertz), had the most FANTASTICAL life adventure.  Yes, elephants DO snore.  WOW destination.  I’ll come back to Africa 🐘

ANTARCTICA.  Journey to the bottom of the World.  NEVER EVER did I dream I’d be snow-tenting on Earth’s most remote continent.  Crazy cold sleep even in… summer?  Penguins.  frigid Antarctic water.  Place & time I’ll never forget.  Forever LIFE IMPRINT.

6 down, one to go…  Sunday’s 42k in Osaka, Japan will complete the set.  Absolutely ANYTHING is POSSIBLE! ❤️