TWENTY YEARS RUNNING Peter Baines Journey from Disaster to Hope

On a sweltering Sunday afternoon in Bangkok, Peter Baines settles into a chair in one of the Four Seasons meeting rooms, his composure belying the frenetic pace of his day. Just an hour earlier, he had addressed a rapt audience of 50 business leaders, his words a blend of hard-earned wisdom and compassionate insight. Our meeting, squeezed into a brief window of calm, stands in stark contrast to the grueling regimen that awaits him; five days of intense training in the Thai countryside, each day a punishing 40-kilometer run.