On Guard

April 17, 2012

Mike going in for the point

Yup. Today I learned how to fence. This has been on my bucket list for some time, and I couldn’t have asked to learn with a better group of people. The coach of Duke’s fencing team offered his services to any of the Athletics employees who wanted to participate.  After a lesson on method and form, he let us duke it out (no pun intended). All of my opponents fought well. I felt a couple of the jabs but I also delivered some good ones as well. The whole time I was thankful that we didn’t live in the time when one mistake would cost more than just a bruise.

The Adventure Race

April 7, 2012

Helping with Adventure Races is not a new concept for me. Making it through two at Southern (starting at dusk and ending at dawn) I know the amount of planning that goes into the race. The four of us started planning Duke’ s 2^nd annual Outdoor Adventures Race in November.

After 3 vehicles getting stuck, a couple of miss communications, and one almost lost team the Race is finally over. We couldn’t have asked for a more beautiful day! A lot of good lessons were learned, and I hope that when the planning processed begins again next year, those lessons won’t be forgotten.