Earlier this Fall, I strolled into the University of Toronto Mississauga‘s nature trail beside the Credit River. The public trail runs from near the principal’s house, through the woods, behind the mechanical building and football fields at UTM, and comes out of the parking lot near the Recreational and Wellness Centre (the gym). This nature [...]

I ran the full 42.2km of the Mississauga Marathon in May 2012. The marathon had to be one of the hardest physical and mental endurance things I’ve done in life. I was running constantly for 5 and half hours. (The average time of running a marathon is 4 and a half hrs.) Preparation: My only [...]

“Oooh raaah!!!” That’s the official cry of Tough Mudder, a military style 16 to 21 km obstacle course that people take part in. I did the Tough Mudder Toronto in August 2012, the first time Tough Mudder came to Toronto. The Toronto Tough Mudder took place at Mt. St. Louise Moonstone, a ski hill 1.5 hrs [...]

That is the sign I saw when I entered the emergency/service stairs area of the CN Tower. I climbed the CN Tower during the Enbridge United Way CN Tower Stair Climb last year in October to raise money for United Way. My cousin – Manveer – and I got to the Toronto Convention Centre early [...]

Last summer, I was staying at my cousin’s place in Brampton, Ontario. We had talked about skydiving off and on for almost a year- of how we should do it, when we can do it and so forth. So on an August Monday morning (when he didn’t have work) I called Skydive Toronto in Cookstown, ON [...]