Young Artists for Haiti

This weekend Reid Coolsaet ran 2:11:23 at the Scotiabank Marathon in Toronto……6 seconds under the Canadian standard for the Olympics in 2012.  Alot of years went into that……pretty dam impressive.  Another speed river runner Eric Gillis was close behind in 2:12:07…..not too shabby either! Here’s his blog post…..definitely worth a read. While I’m here I’d…

My neighbors do an Easter Seals fundraiser carwash in victoria- May 8th- here is a sneak peak- go get your car washed by a care bear!  It’s for the kids man.

A few nights ago I had one of the most unforgetable experiences of my life.  I was invited by my host, Loay Nazer, to the downtown center of Jeddah to observe the daily “call to prayer”.  The call to prayer happens numerous times throughout the day and is broadcast over loud speakers from all the…

I’m not really a reliable blogger I’ve realized- partly due to the fact that when i’m at home there quite literally is not enough time in the day.  But when i’m traveling it is not quite as nuts.  So here are some pics from Regensburg- one of the most beautiful spots for an Ironman on…

Just arrived.  Love it here….warm, warm and warm.  Tropical storm blowing through, warm wind, fresh fruit, big ocean. Long flight with Finn.  Poor little man, up at 4 and was in hyper crazy mode half way into the flight, past the threshold of normal tired and on fire, never seen a human wiggle and squirm…

A wise man once told me that the end goal of parenting is to give all of your essence to your children.  The man who told me this lost his twenty-five year old son in a tragic accident four years ago. For some reason the brief conversation we had about kids stuck with me.  I’m…