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January 01, 2008
As 2007 draws to an end, self-help book sales skyrocket. Seminars focusing on self-improvement and goal setting fill to capacity. eMail inboxes across the world are bombarded with tips and recommendations from experts offering advice on how to make this next year better than the last. Like it or not, someone is going to ask you about your ‘new years resolutions.’ What will you say to them?If you’re like me, all the noise has an impact. I start asking myself how I’m going to improve in 2008, what steps will I take toward becoming a better person in the upcoming year? I decided to raise raise attention to work towards the wider use of solar energy to get water , by constructing water pumps driven by solar energy . … "Through solar energy we can reach out to the unreached," referring to 2.4 billion people, mostly in Africa, Asia, and Latin America ‘’
- BRAZIL : BR 135 ( 217 Km ) 21 January 2008
- MOROCCO : Marathon des Sables -( Sahara Desert 250 Km ) April 2008
- GUADELOUPE : Volcano trail - ( 55 Km ) June 2008
- Death Valley Desert USA : 250 Km July 2008
- EGYPT : Sahara Desert October 2008 ( 250 Km )
- CHINA : GOBI dessert 2009 ( 250 KM )
- CHILI : ATACAMA Desert 2009 ( 250 KM )
- ANTARTICA : The last desert 2009 ( 250 Km )
This adventures in 2008 -2009 will probably be my most challenging ones . circumnavigate the deserts on globe . To raise people’s awareness of what the charity projects involves , I dedicate myself to write a book . It is such a extra-ordinary relationship between my Extreme Running and myself that I decided to write, by hand, comments throughout the book to give the reader an insight of sorts.These comments are not gossip ,they are at times informative and at times lightweight nonsense but you have to make your own way through it all. …..is spaciously designed and is made with love. - It is like a dairy with my handwritten comments accompanying the 100 photographs. The book writes about my training in Saudi Arabia , Portugal , Guadeloupe and races whereunder the grueling races as the Marathon des Sables (250 Km Sahara Desert Morocco ) , Badwater –death valley race USA ( 250 Km ) and BR 135 – 217 Km Brazil as well some photo’s and text about Skydiving and Underwater diving.
I owe a debt of gratitude to family , many friends and sponsors who have contributed to the richness of my life . All of you are in this book; there could be no book without you.
So those are my challenges to you in the New Year and the year thereafter . First, celebrate your biggest moment of success in 2007, whatever that might be. For some of us, that might have been completing our first extreme ultra Run , for others, it might be finishing your first 250 Km Sahara Desert race or your first skydive . Put yourself on the back for reaching your mark. Better, toast the moment at the stroke of midnight on December 31st with your favorite refreshment ( fruit juice , I’m sure …).
“Stumble seven times, get up eight times.” This is the Japanese proverb, nanakorobi yaoki. Perseverance over defeat. -七転び八起き, - Life is full of challenges, hard times, lessons. To me, these are our gifts. If we honor these times, we grow. We become stronger.
We often take on new challenges in order to find this opportunity for growth. Many of us are looking at our upcoming 2008 adventures , wondering which explorations to take on. I challenge you to take on something you haven’t dared in years past. An Extreme Endurance run, a Skydive , a Open water dive , a new culture, or even a lifestyle change.
Best to you in 2008 , happy new year everybody. well, everybody for whom december 31st is the last day of the old year and january 1st is the first day of the new year. i'm actually assuming that the majority of the people on the planet have a different date for new years eve, but for the rest of us, happy new year.
Just remember , once you take that first step, there’s no turning back. And that’s a good thing. maLUCo.
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