Category Archives: Journeys
Number 40 – Crossed Off – Take a Duck Boat Tour
Do you find that you rarely take advantage of all the fun, cheesy things to do in your own city? Do you only do the touristy things in your city when you have out of town guests visiting? Have you dropped your guests off at … Continue reading
Number 18 – Re-Worked – Spend Two Weeks with the Orangutans in Indonesia
I originally thought it would be a great experience to spend time being able to assist in the rehabilitation of the orangutans on Borneo Island. As I did my planning and research, I found that spending two weeks doing this … Continue reading
Number 3 – Rock n Roll Half Marathon – Been Sidelined
As the Rock n Roll Half Marathon got closer, I began experiencing more problems with my orthotics or so, I thought… Our training started to include running more hills and sometimes, steeper ones. Some days, the runs were easy. Others, it … Continue reading
Getting there!
Today, I ran in the Seattle Seahawks 5K at The Landing with Donna Cantera and Cindy Bingham. It was the first time I’ve been able to see how my very sketchy running and strength training has helped me run faster. For me … Continue reading
Yoga–The Hot Way!
Yoga is one of those meditation, slow move, stretch my muscles that I always feel energized afterwards. So today, I decided to try the “hot” yoga. There were several reasons for this: My back has been stiff for the last … Continue reading
Updating….
I do hope this new year is treating everyone well. I ended the year with clearing out a lot of “stuff” from the house that has just been collecting dust. I’m still not done with all of that but it … Continue reading
Setbacks
“A journey of a thousand miles must begin with the first step.” -Lao Tzu We all want to achieve our goals. But it is the setbacks along the way that can make it hard to achieve them. No one sees all … Continue reading
42 Years of Friendship and Counting
My best girlfriend, Candice Kranz Busch, called me on my birthday to wish me a Happy Birthday. She mentioned that when we become best friends neither of us even imagined we would be this age, much less imagined our relationship would span 42 years … Continue reading
My 59th Year Starts Today…
And my list is now finished. But as I try to write this post, I find myself struggling on what I want to say. So instead of continuing to struggle, I’m going to wish myself a very Happy Birthday, take the … Continue reading
(Running) + Setbacks = Life
Setbacks can be very frustrating. And it doesn’t make any difference whether those setbacks are when you are training for a race or striving towards a goal in your personal and/or business life. My newest setback in my training has been … Continue reading