This site started out as my running blog 20 years ago, but as time has gone on its expanded to include triathlon, cycling, trekking, kayaking and whatever else I try my hand at. The common thread is "Self-Transcendence", a term popularised by Sri Chinmoy, who has been 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 yoga. He once said "Each step forward has a sacred meaning of its own", and that's how this site acquired it's name. For the sixtieth anniversary of Sri Chinmoy's arrival in the West, I've recently notched up sixty climbs just ahead of the anniversary date on April 13th 2024 and in February I completed my first Ultramarathon Event for many years (Dartmoor Winter Traverse). Since that milestone, I've managed second place - and a PB - in our 7 Hour Walk, a PB at Half-Ironman and my first Mountain Ultra....Garga Roger Chamberlain |
ARTICLES FROM 2024
MOUNTAINS & TRAILS
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ROAD RUNNING
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CYCLING & TRI |
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CRAMOND ISLAND | SEVEN HOUR WALK | |
CARNON TRAIL RUN | SOMMIERES 2 MILER | |
14 PEAKS ULTRA | MAYNOOTH 2 MILER |
ARTICLES FROM 2023
ARTICLES FROM 2022
ARTICLES FROM 2021
ARTICLES FROM 2020
MOUNTAINS & TRAILS
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ROAD RUNNING & TRI
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CYCLING
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ARTICLES FROM 2019
MOUNTAINS & TRAILS
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ROAD RUNNING & TRI
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CYCLING
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ARTICLES FROM 2018
MOUNTAINS & TRAILS
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ROAD RUNNING & TRI
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CYCLING
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MOUNTAINS & TRAILS
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ROAD RUNNING & TRI
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CYCLING
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ARTICLES FROM 2016
MOUNTAINS & TRAILS
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ROAD RUNNING & TRI
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CYCLING
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ARTICLES FROM 2015
MOUNTAINS & TRAILS
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ROAD RUNNING
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BIKE, HIKE, TRI, ETC.
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ARTICLES FROM 2014
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MOUNTAINS & TRAILS
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BIKE, HIKE, TRI, ETC.
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ARTICLES FROM 2012
FELL/TRAIL RUNNING
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ARTICLES FROM 2011
FELL/TRAIL RUNNING
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ROAD RUNNING
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BIKE, HIKE, TRI, ETC.
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ARTICLES FROM 2010
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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ARTICLES FROM 2008 - # NUMBERS REFER TO RACES DONE AGED 40 (TARGET IS 40 RACES)
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RUNNING
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BIKING, TRI & HIKING
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ARTICLES FROM 2007
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RUNNING
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ARTICLES FROM 2006
FELL RUNNING
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RUNNING
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HIKING & BIKING
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ARTICLES FROM 2004 & EARLIER
40 SUMMITS | SELF TRANSCENDENCE MARATHON | GUNUNG AGUNG CRATER TREK |
WELSH 1000M PEAKS (Short) | NEOLITHIC HALF MARATHON 04 | GUNUNG BATUR TREK |
RAS Y MAST 2004 | MT. KINABALU (Sabah) |
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