7 marathons. 7 continents. 7 years.
April 10, 2010 by Mitch Lewis · 1 Comment
It’s Wednesday morning in Singapore and I’m lacing up my running shoes getting ready for an early morning run with Ludvig before starting the day’s series of customer and partner meetings. As I switch on CNN in my hotel room, the headlines state, “Breaking News: 7.8 Earthquake in Indonesia – Tsunami Watch in Effect”. After [...]
March 3, 2009 by Mitch Lewis · 1 Comment
This was definitely a unique marathon for me. The end result was the same – crossing the finish line and keeping my perfect record intact (16 for 16 for this distance). I ended up having a completely different pre-marathon routine. There were a number of things that made this race different
The first is [...]
March 8, 2005 by Mitch Lewis · Leave a Comment
The Antarctica Marathon was the most amazing experience of all the marathons. Starting out and ending in Buenos Aires and Ushuaia Argentina, the trip included a 2-week boat journey through the Drake Passage and a number of zodiac expeditions through seals, whales and penguins.
View photos here.
March 7, 2005 by Mitch Lewis · Leave a Comment
Monday March 7th – my birthday
On the way home!
First a bus ride to the airport. Messing around with airport taxes, excess luggage fees, change from dollars to pesos and vice versa. 3 hour flight from Ushuaia to BA, where we took a 45 minute bus ride to the International airport. Check in with [...]
March 6, 2005 by Mitch Lewis · Leave a Comment
2nd Race Day, Fin Del Mundo Marathon, Ushuaia, Argentina: Sunday March 6th -
After getting up very early, the first thing I did was look out the window. I could not really tell about the weather, but I could see stars and thought that was a good thing. Went down to breakfast at 0630 before the [...]
March 3, 2005 by Mitch Lewis · Leave a Comment
Well, we are on the downhill journey now through the Drake. A couple of days of really relaxing, going to lectures, settling up our bills, starting to pack and getting ready to a return to society. Of course, many of us still have one more marathon to do, but it will take a while to [...]
March 1, 2005 by Mitch Lewis · Leave a Comment
Well, yesterday was technically my last day as President of Ericsson Indonesia. From today, Mats is in charge and I no longer have signing authority. But sitting here thousands of miles away it does not really matter. But I do start to think about getting back to Jakarta and wearing shorts and tee shirt again! [...]
February 28, 2005 by Mitch Lewis · Leave a Comment
We took fairly early Zodiacs down the Errera Channel to another island off the continent where we landed the craft. The channel was where we spent the night surrounded by huge mountains and icebergs. When we landed, we had the possibility to climb a very large rock and ice/snow “hill” which was covered in Gentoo [...]
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