by Cami Ostman | Aug 2, 2015 | Advice, Conversations, Race Reports, Read This, Reflections, SHINE
How Do You Know When It Is Time to Make a Change? “If you plan on being anything less than you are capable of being, you will probably be unhappy all the days of your life.” –Abraham Maslow The weekend before last I participated in the Northwest...
by Cami Ostman | Oct 26, 2014 | Chile 2014, Race Reports, Reflections
I can truly not believe that we are at the end of our time in Concepcion. Three months can shift a person’s perspective, change a mindset. I’m not even really sure how to reflect on this experience in a coherent way, but I’m going to give it shot. I’ll warn you now...
by Cami Ostman | Oct 10, 2014 | Chile 2014, Race Reports, Travel log
As some of you may know, this isn’t my first time in Chile. When I was in the midst of writing my first book in 2010 and trying to figure out how to get to Antarctica, Bill and I flew down to Bellingham’s Chilean sister city, Punta Arenas, which happens to...
by Cami Ostman | Sep 16, 2014 | Chile 2014, Race Reports
Well, I’ll be honest with you. Today I would have sold Bill for an hour at a Starbucks. I was feeling a little homesick sitting at our apartment, wishing I had a coffee haunt to hang out in and loiter unmolested with my computer open for a little while. And then...
by Cami Ostman | Aug 31, 2014 | Chile 2014, Race Reports
Have a seat and grab a cup of joe. I have SO many updates. But I’ll post pics to keep you interested. Last Thursday Bill and I flew up to Santiago for a Fulbright function. He needed to make a presentation about his project in front of the Fulbright staff and...
by Cami Ostman | Aug 17, 2014 | Race Reports
You may remember my pal Dana’s race report on her DNF (Did Not Fail). Well, she made it to her Boulder Iron Man and she’s back on my blog to give a full–and inspiring–report. Here we go. So, you did it! Congratulations, Dana. Tell us...