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QUOTE OF THE DAY
‘These instant judgments are related to intuition. This ability to quickly grasp the essence of a situation – whether it involves meeting someone new, selecting a television program or surfing the Internet – comes from that higher part of the Indigo Child’s mind that’s involved with intuition.
Many Indigo Children are “holographic learners.” When someone is talking, the Indigo Child “scans” the other person and receives their information, like a computer file being downloaded. The Indigo child must then wait for the person to stop talking about the information that has already been downloaded and digested.’

QUOTE OF THE DAY
‘GPSs blunt the way traditional Inuit carry land in their collective memories. The anthropologist Edmund Carpenter believes that Inuit perceive space more from auditory cues than from the visual and measured cues that we apply to geography. While Kabloona eyes pinpoint a place specifically within a space and next to a background, Inuit ears can perceive sound coming from any direction.
More precisely, Carpenter believes that Kabloona sensory traditions mirror the first sentence of Aristotle’s Metaphysics, telling us that sight, not sound, is “above all others.” Our traditions continue with the Bible’s “Seeing is believing” and on to modern physics, measuring light waves. Yet the parts of our brains that process sound or intuition are little used – unlike those of traditional Inuit.’

TRAINING – SCIENCE RANT
13.2 miles of trail running in sub-10 minute miles. Sunny and hot (for me) – much solar radiation helping me work on my cancer-tan.

A few days ago, Jo emailed me a Sound Science Initiative Alert – which is something from the Union of Concerned Scientists. Frankly I didn’t know what to make of it – and spent some time reading about the issues. Basically it points to data that threatens the habitat and existence of Polar Bears.

Maybe its a bad thing for a species at the TOP OF THE FOOD CHAIN to die off?

What kind of cascading effect will this have on our gorgeous planet and the oh so delicate balance of nature? What is this teaching us?

G’day – G’Saturday!

TRAINING – Coyote Tale
6.6 miles of trail running today…..in the freshies. Waking to a gloomy sky and big puffy snowflakes I procrastinated my run until early afternoon. At which point the sky cleared and the sun came out.

Enroute to the trailhead I encountered a coyote. He was moving quickly – then suddenly stopped, turned, and looked directly at me. Coyote often comes to me – he is the keeper of wisdom and folly. Coyote teaches us not to take ourselves so seriously and that anything is possible.

During my run I mulled over coyote and what he was teaching me. Then, while heading back home – I was pleasantly surprised to see this coyote AGAIN – he was running along my left side in the direction of my house – then he stopped and looked directly at me.

Happy Friday all!

QUOTE OF THE DAY
“He understood that modeling the incoherent and vertiginous matter of which dreams are composed was the most difficult task that a man could undertake, even though he should penetrate all the enigmas of a superior and inferior order; much more difficult than weaving a rope out of sand or coining the faceless wind.”
~Jorge Luis Borges, The Circular Ruins

TRAINING
Feeling rather squirrelly after a day in the office……I head out to the Sanitas trail – headlamp switched on – tunes blaring….loud, louder, freakin’ L-O-U-D. Preferring always to FEEL rather than hear the music, I crank up the volume until my eyes bleed.

Good morning all –

WHAT’S IN A NAME?
Some know me as “Standing White Bear”. Those who work with animal medicine understand that bears awaken the power of the unconscious.

“Like birds, the bear is often considered among Native American peoples as kin to humans because, like birds, it can stand and walk upon two legs. For many, the bear and the wolf are the last true symbols of the primal, natural world, and many ecologists believe that how humans respond and protect their lands and their future will be the most honest depiction of how serious humanity is about preservation of our environment and the natural resources within it.”

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QUOTE OF THE DAY
“Like all seekers of the Pole, the team members discovered nothing tangible – only what was within themselves.”
~”North to the Pole” Pg 316
National Geographic, Vol. 170, No 3

TODAY
Today is a day to go within – to surrender. It is a CorePower Yoga day.

TRAINING - EXCITEMENT BUILDS
It has been many years since I summitted Illimani (21,122 ft) and Condoriri (18,531 ft) in Bolivia. Yes I am feeling the same SENSE OF WONDER and EXCITEMENT as I prepare for Ecuador and the North Pole!

With a mere 9 days until departure for Ecuador – I added a second workout yesterday. The gym was overly crowed and smelled like ass. Donning a 30 lb pack, I hit the stair-blaster for 60 minutes, sporting sexy Frankenstein-esque double boots.

Yesterday was a late night. Having worked an evening clinic in Denver, arriving home at 10 pm with child in tow. No afternoon workout yesterday….grrrr….

QUOTE OF THE DAY
“I started to see how women think, how they have an artistic way of forming things,
like carvings, sewing, any female art… That’s what I started realizing:
that women have real important roles… I realized that women can do a lot.
Women are very capable. They have been very capable for a long time,
But it is just now that their capabilities are coming out in the open.”
~Oopik Pitsiulak
Inuit Women Artists: Voices from Cape Dorset

Listening carefully to my inner voice I choose to remain in my cross-training phase. Two training sessions today: a ride this morning and weight lifting/climbing this afternoon.

THE RIDE
rise before dawn
at 3:00 am
slip out for the brisk morning ride
let the rhythmic pedaling begin
soothing, yet powerful steady breaths
rhythmic breathing
my mind moves into “the zone”
an altered state of only “nowness”
only the presence of the task at hand

rhythmic up – up – up – up – up – up pedaling
peaceful-stillness envelops me

rhythmic up – up – up – up – up – up pedaling

Goooooood morning readers.

Here’s my first crack at blogging – covering my life and training adventures leading up to the North Pole Marathon. Tell me what you think. See my North Pole Application at:

http://www.yourrunning.com/
story-athlete_mountaineer_river_guide_and_mompreneuer

TRAINING
Managed to get in a long hard bike ride yesterday. It's snowing this morning - our snowshoes are chattering in the basement. Just saw some kids using cardboard for snowshoes and string for their bindings! Clever and perfect floatation.