Daily Archives: September 13, 2010

Training log: 12 September. 8 km circuit harbour run

Perfect day for running around the harbour on Sunday with a glorious course looping Circular Quay starting at Hyde Park. Passing Mrs Macquaries Chair, and around the Sydney Opera House before taking the Cahill Expressway Overpass footbridge, and then circling … Continue reading

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10 City Bridge Run- Objectives 1, 2, 3.

There are three objectives for the 10 City Bridge Run: Raise the awareness of an individual’s capacity to act to positively influence the eradication of extreme poverty from our world. Make representation of a global ‘pictorial petition’ to the G20 … Continue reading

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Is the seemingly impossible possible? Muhammad Yunus and the idea of a ‘poverty museum’

Professor Muhammad Yunus who was awarded the Nobel Peace Prize in 2006, during the Skoll World Forum of Social Entrepreneurship held at Oxford earlier in 2006 spoke of his idea of a ‘Poverty Museum’ to be built in the future … Continue reading

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Lost in Riverview

Saturday evening I headed out for a 24 km training run, but was confounded as darkness fell and I became geographically embarrassed in the streets of Riverview. For those unfamiliar with Riverview, it is a leafy enclave of a suburb … Continue reading

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Seth’s response

I subscribe to Seth Godin‘s blog. Daily, Seth posts a few small words encasing a big idea to think about. I emailed Seth a few days ago about a question I had in relation to what he had written, and … Continue reading

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