Defining Champions

There are some great ideas from Canada’s top 50 small to medium employers – how they keep their employees happy, healthy and satisfied!  Read on….

James Lawrence has coined the phrase, and the website, Tri and Give a Dam (www.triandgiveadam.com)  Lawrence is undertaking 30 half Ironman races over the next 2 years, followed by 20 full Ironman competitions in 2012, all the while raising money towards Kenyan dam-buillding efforts.

James is a family man with 5 children trying to make a difference in the world – read more of the Calgary Herald article

Getty Images Archive

here.

I always find it amusing to see myself and others portrayed by a character artist!  Kelly Gannon of Kel Studios did a fabulous job at a recent event which I presented at.  Here is a link to his site – thanks for the smiles Kelly!  http://kelstudio.blogspot.com/ Here is a sample  of his work (this isn’t his rendition of me, though on certain days it could be

…..for runners when the yearly Running Issue of Impact Magazine hits the streets.  This year I’m especially intrigued by Sight Night – Calgary’s premier night run.  Check out the magazine at http://www.impactmagazine.ca/ and pick your races for 2010!

Lucille de Beaudrap of Edmonton wrote down the idea of climbing Mount Everest when she was 10…….fast forward 32 years – and she is set to tackle the highest mountain on earth!  Read about how she finds “sheer joy” in her EXTREME challenge….http://bit.ly/dyW1SN

Photograph by: Brian Gavriloff, edmontonjournal.com

Katie Spotz  (22) has become the youngest person to successfully row alone over the Atlantic.    The journey which covered 4,500 kilometers, took over 70 days and smashed through her original goal of raising $60,000 for Blue Planet Run.  The mission of this cause is to provide safe drinking water globally. There is still time to donate on her website, www.rowforwater.com.

Here is a great article by Trent Edwards about how to take lessons learned from our Olympic athletes and apply it to your life; in business, in sport, in life!  http://bit.ly/aJrFTX