Running Free

It's times like this last week when I wish that somehow my day could
elongate by another 3 hours - time enough to get everything done and
still get 8 hours sleep! The end is in sight though with a 4 day week
until easter, I'm going on a surf camp in taranaki… my treat after all
this madness.

My friend emailed me this morning about this developing movement
called "Parkour" or Free Running, I did a little googling to find out
that this is a sport which turns running into an extreme sport - full
of jumping, balancing, rolling, climbing, spinning and anything else
that works, it gets you from A to B across a city leaping buildings,
jumping fences, vaulting walls and running walls.

Parkour is: An art to help you pass any obstacle to get from point
A to point B using only the human body. It was developed by soldiers
in Vietnam as a method of escape or to reach an objective, so you use
what is most useful, as in an emergency situation.

Look at some of the drills and moves on urbanfreeflow.com

I'm thinking of taking it up, coul be handy for getting around the
city during rush hour

Invisible Children

Last year my friend from California sent me a dvd. I watched this dvd
numerous times and showed it to a friend - it opened up my eyes (and
compassion) to something I was otherwise completely oblivious to…. the
invisible children of Uganda. The film is still in rough cut and shows
3 american guys who travel to Rwanda and end up in Uganda uncovering
the secrets of young kids who are swept away from their villages to
fight in an army where they are likely to die themselves, where they
are hardened so they are no longer kids but fighting machines with no
chance to enjoy their innocence. Watch this! It is playing this
Thursday…..

Thursday 6 April at 12:00 - 2:00 iSPACE & 6pm - 8pm in the Auckland
University Quad: Mum's Dollar is playing for the first half an hour
followed by a screening of Invisible Children

Visit www.invisiblechildren.com