As the New Year approaches and everyone looks at their personal version of “out with the old and in with the new” we naturally begin to consider resolutions. I can’t explain the craving for change at this time of the year, but concepts like Father Time being replaced with the New Year’s baby are symbolic [...]
Cold Water Surfing Tips
December 28, 2011 By 4 Comments
Let’s face it — warm water is ideal for any surfer. Unfortunately, many surf spots only have warmer water temps for a few months out of the year. One good thing about the weather getting colder is that there are usually better waves in the fall and winter months, and most surf spots are less [...]
What I Brought Home from Bhutan
December 26, 2011 By 23 Comments
While meeting with His Royal Highness, Prince Jigyel Ugyen Wangchuck, prior to leaving Bhutan, I shared that we came to his country with a naive and vague concept of documented Gross National Happiness. And that what I now peruse after seven weeks of immersion, is a vastly-layered, multi-colored view of happiness. Bhutan showed me that [...]
Reset Your Mindset
December 21, 2011 By 15 Comments
Do you believe the things people tell you about yourself? Do you believe the things you tell you about yourself? A reader of my Shut Up and Run blog emailed me recently. She had been through a tough time and had gained some weight. Feeling out of sorts and depressed, she decided to go for [...]
Honoring Our 2011 Athletes
December 19, 2011 By 127 Comments
As another year sprints toward the finish line and we gear up to announce the 2012 sponsored athletes in mid-January, we had to hit the brakes and pause for a tribute to our 2011 sponsored athletes… Amy Becker Williams, Beth Risdon, Harriet Anderson, Jessica Bellofatto, Kristen Ulmer, Melissa Bowman Li, Michelle Sommers, Okiima Pickett, Tina [...]
Healthy Holidaze: 5 Simple Tips
December 16, 2011 By 3 Comments
Wouldn’t it be nice to start 2012 feeling great? The holidays are a time for friends, family, food and fun. Of course, we love all these things, but sometimes the things we love are also what drive us crazy! The holiday parties, social obligations and endless parade of irresistible goodies that the holidays bring leave [...]
There’s a Better Path
December 14, 2011 By 12 Comments
This may surprise you, but discipline, perseverance, setting an intention, drive, the will; all those celebrated states usually taught by sports coaches, are completely outdated. Same with goal setting. Here’s why. I remember having to perform a difficult ski photo shoot while still recovering from an injury. I wanted to maintain status and sponsors so [...]
“My People, My Country”
December 12, 2011 By 28 Comments
Festival Love: My mind lingered on the twirling colors, still enamored of the captivating Buddhist Festival staged in the spacious courtyard of the Tashigang Dzong. As we prepared to set out on two more days of biking and several more days of hiking to our final eastern destination, Sakteng, I was giddy remembering this elaborate [...]
Healing Journey
December 9, 2011 By 3 Comments
Even though December just started, I’m beginning to feel it is going to be gone in the blink of an eye and before I know it, it will be time to embark on a new year setting new objectives in motion. For me, my 2012 goal is to make the U.S. adaptive rowing team and [...]
Heart Health
December 7, 2011 By 10 Comments
I began thinking about this Chi entry several weeks ago while sitting in the Cardiac Critical Care Unit in Albuquerque after my mother-in-law’s unexpected, emergency triple bypass surgery. This particular weekend I was supposed to be signing my name in the log at the top of another Colorado 14er with my sister-in-law, Tammy, a celebration [...]
