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This site started out as a running blog, but now seems to have expanded to include triathlon, cycling, trekking and whatever else I try my hand (or feet) at. The common thread is "Self-Transcencence", a term popularised by Sri Chinmoy, my spiritual teacher since 1993. Best known as a meditation teacher, Sri Chinmoy was a decathlete in his youth and later an endurance athlete and record-breaking weightlifter. He encouraged his students to make exercise and endurance sport a part of their lives, so that the outer quest for sporting progress would energise their inner lives (as well as bringing them a lot of satisfaction). He once said that "each step forward has a sacred meaning of its own", and that's how this site acquired it's name. The site is a bit of a jumble, some articles getting into spiritual stuff and others just straightforward race reports - thanks for reading this far, and please check out the recent articles including those on Sri Chinmoy, Iron-distance triathlon, fell running and climbing Mount Agung in Bali. Pictures on this page are random selections from each year's articles, apart from those immediately below which are me in my first triathlon, a stunning view from Huang Shan, the forested summit of Doi Pui, the trophy I was presented with by Ongkar Tony Smith for running the equivalent of 4 marathons in 24 hours and a peaceful corner of jungle in Penang where we hiked in 2006. For 2012, my main challenge is to organise a Triathlon :) Garga Roger Chamberlain, 2012 |
ARTICLES FROM 2012
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FELL/TRAIL RUNNING
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ROAD RUNNING
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BIKE, HIKE, TRI, ETC.
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ARTICLES FROM 2011
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FELL/TRAIL RUNNING
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ROAD RUNNING
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BIKE, HIKE, TRI, ETC.
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ARTICLES FROM 2010
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FELL/TRAIL RUNNING
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ROAD RUNNING
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BIKE, HIKE, TRI, ETC.
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ARTICLES FROM 2009 - # NUMBERS REFER TO RACES DONE AGED 40 (40 RACES)
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FELL/TRAIL RUNNING
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ROAD RUNNING
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BIKE, HIKE, TRI, ETC.
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ARTICLES FROM 2008 - # NUMBERS REFER TO RACES DONE AGED 40 (TARGET IS 40 RACES)
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FELL/TRAIL RUNNING
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RUNNING
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BIKING, TRI & HIKING
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ARTICLES FROM 2007
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FELL RUNNING
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RUNNING
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HIKING & BIKING.
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ARTICLES FROM 2006
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FELL RUNNING
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RUNNING
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HIKING & BIKING
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ARTICLES FROM 2005

ARTICLES FROM 2004 & EARLIER
| 40 SUMMITS | SELF TRANSCENDENCE MARATHON | GUNUNG AGUNG CRATER TREK |
| WELSH 1000M PEAKS (Short) | SALOMON HELLRUNNER 04 | GUNUNG BATUR TREK |
| RAS Y MAST 2004 | NEOLITHIC HALF MARATHON 04 | MT. KINABALU (Sabah) |
ARTICLES ON SPIRITUALITY, MEDITATION etc. are on the SRI CHINMOY CENTRE SITE
FAVOURITE SITES
| My inspiration, Sri Chinmoy - homepage at www.srichinmoy.org |
| My running club, Sri Chinmoy AC, has its homepages at www.srichinmoyraces.org/uk |
| My former employer, Cardiff's specialist running shop, www.runandbecome.com |
| The Sri Chinmoy Centre - my spiritual home, www.srichinmoycentre.org/uk/ |
| My comrade Tejvan R Pettinger from the Sri Chinmoy Cycling Team - www.richardpettinger.com |
| I am a member of the Welsh FRA - new homepage at www.wfra.org.uk |
| My good friend Abichal, poet and multiday runner www.abichal.com |
| The best poetry in the world, http://www.poetseers.org |
| I love these photos of the Welsh Mountains www.wilderness-wales.co.uk |
| Classification of Welsh Summits; useful info at http://bubl.ac.uk/org/tacit/tables/wales/ |
| Ceramic artist, unicyclist and Sri Chinmoy Cycling Team dude, Vilas Ed Silverton: http://www.edsilverton.co.uk |
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Photos from the Ras Guto Nyth Bran 2007 are here: Guto Pictures. |
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I SAW IN THE SILENCE In the desert-silence |
click here to read Sri Aurobindo's "Invitation".
Site created using very little technical ability, the minimum of time, an old copy of dreamweaver and Total Commander :)