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 4th 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! ❤️
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- North America
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- Banff Marathon
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- Europe
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- Moscow Marathon
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- Australia/NZ
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- Kirikiriroa Marathon
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- South America
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- Maratona de São Paulo
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- Knysna Forest Marathon
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- Africa
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- White Continent 50k
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- Antarctica
7th continent REALITY, my lottery name pulled.
Tradin’ turkey for sushi this year. Passing on the free entry to Abu Dhabi.
Path laid out; my globe now COMPLETE 🌏
Thanksgiving 2019 – JAPAN!
Moscow ⇨ Hamilton NZ ⇨ Toronto ⇨ São Paulo ⇨ Knysna SA ⇨ Antarctica ⇨ Osaka
OUT LOUD voice, speak it to the universe – PRAY. Stay faithful. Don’t get overwhelmed, DREAMS can’t always be planned. When/how. Pray to stay strong, that HIS will be done. ANYTHING is possible.
SEVEN continent REALITY!
Gettin’ my holiday SUSHI on – Osaka JAPAN, December 1st – whoop, whoop!
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- my last CONTINENT
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- Asia Plan B (sorry, Abu Dhabi)
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- Europe, Australia, N America
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- Antarctica, Africa, S America
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- holiday SUSHI 🐟
Dreams don’t die. It’s not a Stop ‘n Done action, no Finish Line, no goal ribbon. Old dreams feed the next Adventure. Open mind. Meditate, be prayerful. Answer doesn’t seem plausible/completely impossible, OK. OK to be scared, but – it’s never NO.
Call it out to the universe, an out-loud YES. Important to hear yourself audibly, positively respond YES.
GROW, DREAM, EXPAND, ADVENTURE.
2 schools, a podcast & a radio interview – 2 weeks of fame. Same for other runners who made the White Continent trek but…the Family’s moving on. My Maniac brother Seth completed another marathon. Next, Jorge. A half by Emilio. Life forward.
Personally, found myself stuck. Not depressed, more stagnant – the ‘what’s next’ lull. Guy caught between dreams. Work. Treadmill run. Walk the dog. Laundry. Treadmill run. Work. Walk the dog. Wednesday, trash day. Antarctica was more than a ‘destination’ location. Put a lotta energy into the journey. Now that adventure, history.
Penguins vs Polar Bears. Question came up in all 4 interviews: was I scared in my tent, in Antarctica. Of polar bears? Respectfully, I’d say no – wrong Pole. Penguins at the South Pole, polar bears in the North. Silly question, short laugh…but seed planted. What if?
What if... all 7 continents AND both Poles, both ends of the Globe. Another ultra, another xtreme adventure. Travel to Yellowknife (Canada’s Northwest Territories). Day later, 3-hour charter to Somerset Island in Nunavut’s Arctic North.
Northwest Passage Marathon. Email & 2 calls to a guy named Tessum (currently, wintering in Quebec), trip-deposit wired (balance due next March). Check, done ✅
August 2020. Penguins vs polar Bears. BOTH Arctics, crazy EXCITED!
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- PS Audio Newsletter
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- dashing, bold adventure
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- 2 weeks of fame
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- August 2020
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- Nunavut’s Arctic North
Weber Arctic: The Arctic Beyond
The Northwest Passage Marathon is the Canada’s northernmost marathon and Nunavut’s only marathon! The race course covers 42 kilometres over the tundra of the high Arctic, and with the possibility of seeing muskoxen, polar bears, arctic foxes and more, the Northwest Passage Marathon is unlike any other. As part of a week-long adventure at Arctic Watch, this adventure welcomes runners from across the globe to experience the best of the High Arctic while completing a truly unique marathon. At 74° north, Arctic Watch is not only an incredible location for wildlife viewing but is also a unique and stunning landscape to enjoy on foot.
Located 800 km north of the Arctic Circle on the shores of the Northwest Passage in Cunningham Inlet, Somerset Island, Nunavut, is the most northerly fly-in lodge on earth – Arctic Watch Wilderness Lodge. Situated at 74° North and being a marine environment means the weather can change quickly – as much as 10°C in an hour. Normal daytime temperatures range from 8° to 14°C, and warm days can go as high as 21°C.
