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  • Peace and War

    “Those of us who participate in triathlons are unusual people. Most all the participants have jobs and families, and top of taking care of these, they swim and bike and run, training very hard,…

  • Zen and the Art of Consciousness – Book review

    What’s this book about? Zen and Art of Consciousness (2011) is a short, non-fiction book about the nature of mind, or rather, the nature of Susan Blackmore’s mind. To investigate her own consciousness, Blackmore…

  • Animal immersion

    Gradually, over millions of years, humans have separated from animals. Not only have we hunted apex predators into near extinction, we have co-opted their likeness for Snapchat filters. We have transcended the animal kingdom.…

  • Eat first with your stomach

    Since we are social, feeling creatures, humans especially suck at sticking to a diet. Friends laugh at our attempts to fast or eat clean and shove plates of fries under our noses. Swirling sadness…

  • The Art of Sighting

    During the triathlon swim leg, it can be challenging to maintain a straight course. There are no lane markers or painted lines below you. Most of the time, the water is murky, opaque and…

  • Excuses

    When a 12 year old Carl Jung banged his head in a scuffle with a bully, he heard his inner voice telling him ‘this would be a good excuse not to go to school…

  • The presenting of intent

    Think about the project you’re working on. It’s likely focused on helping our customers achieve some sort of goal effectively. Maybe it’s surfacing a mistake in a pay run, or finding an old bill…

  • Fighting the Water

    Why is it difficult to relax? Let’s look at how relaxing might help you swim more easily. I finally relaxed…I actually started to listen to my hands, to what’s going on in the water…

  • Pain face

    “Make friends with pain, and you’ll never be alone,” Ken Chlouber, creator of the Leadville Trail 100 When you first start cycling, the pain you feel in your body appears to be binary. Lungs…