The idiom “Get back on the horse” is as much about facing and overcoming your problems as it is about “keep trying until you get it right”. This was especially applicable to men’s gymnastic training since you make mistakes and fall more frequently than not when you start to try a new trick. Also there […]

Less than two months after my heart attack, many visits to cardiac rehab, and many shorter practice runs, I was ready for my first half marathon in the new year. Race time wasn’t my best, but I completed it. I’m back on the proverbial horse again. I’m wiser and more balanced. Race events are no […]

great climbs and great falls – successes and failures hard challenges and high risks – achievements and mistakes joys and sorrows – abundant life Over 6 years ago, a close friend and I decided to climb Deseret Peak which is on the west side of the Tooele Valley over 11,000 feet high in the Stansbury […]