Climbing and Running
7 marathons. 7 continents. 7 years.
SeaFair 2009
August 5, 2009 by Mitch Lewis · Leave a Comment
Every year here in Seattle they have an event called SeaFair which is a multi-day affair culminating with the Blue Angels airshow and hydroplane races on Lake Washington. The big thing is to experience this on a boat, any boat, in the middle of the lake in what turns out to be a day-long party. [...]
Mitch 5.2
July 27, 2009 by Mitch Lewis · 2 Comments
After getting through this first 90 days at Microsoft and culminating in the successful WPC and MGX days in New Orleans and Atlanta, it is now time for phase 2. One of the areas I have had a hard time getting into a rythm is around running and training. Though I did a half-marathon and [...]
"I Love This Company" part one … and other thoughts
July 25, 2009 by Mitch Lewis · Leave a Comment
This past week was the annual sales conference of Microsoft, which was held this year in Atlanta. Around 12,000 sales and marketing professionals, developers, and executives descend on the city for a series of keynotes, breakout tracks and events. The “conference” goes back many years and is the highlight of the year coming after the [...]
A Mother's Day Tribute – A Personal Post
May 10, 2009 by Mitch Lewis · 2 Comments
Today is Mother’s Day, and during the half-marathon, I thought about my mom after seeing people with their own mothers. My mom passed away in August of 2004 when I was living in Jakarta. I had seen her in March for the LA Marathon and she was fine. Less than a month later, I got [...]
First Week at Microsoft
April 24, 2009 by Mitch Lewis · Leave a Comment
I woke up this morning in my hotel room in Bellvue, Washington and looked out and could clearly see Mount Rainier – and I thought about summiting there in July 2007 and I could not have imagined moving to Seattle less than two years later.
Moving to Seattle and Microsoft – The Transition
April 19, 2009 by Mitch Lewis · 1 Comment
I recently accepted a new position at Microsoft in Redmond, Washington and my first official day is tomorrow Monday (April 20th) while my last day was this past Friday (the 17th). I have had the weekend as “transition time”, though in the past several weeks I worked hard to both wrap things up at Dilithium [...]
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