To Go or Not to Go

Somehow I found myself  being transported back to Mrs. Chandler’s Shakespeare  class,  and I felt very Junior again.

Last week life’s curve ball hit Read the rest of this entry »

Curve Balls

This Tokyo Marathon is approaching and several unexpected twists have taken place, out of my choice and control.

First it started with my travel plan; I have booked my flight with ANA back in early Dec. expecting the convenience of the new route flying out of San Jose to Narita Airport (Tokyo), and most importantly the excitement of being Read the rest of this entry »

A Lucky Runner’s Saturday

Sat Jan 12th, I was planing to run at least 15ml in the morning, then needed to attend a Costal Trail Runs Blazer Awards ceremony held in Walnut Creek. Since Max wasn’t carpooling with me, I figured I probably could Read the rest of this entry »

Passion

It’s official now!! I am a GU Athlete and represent the first and foremost nutrition company in the world. I am so excited to be an esteemed member of the GU Crew, sponsored by GU Energy Labs whose mission is to build Read the rest of this entry »

New Year One Day 2012

So what does one do for birthday celebration when it falls on New Year Day? Well, I wanted my New Year/birthday to be unique, and a memorable day with someone special!

On the last day of 2012, I went to this crazy, notorious, bad-ass and epic Read the rest of this entry »

California International Marathon (CIM) 2012

I have always heard about CIM  in Sacramento, but never thought about running CIM before, for I always considered that’s a race for fast runners! A race for people want to and good enough to qualify for Boston or Olympics trials. As far as my concern, everyone running CIM is an elite runner. If not because of the “yes you can do it; you can break sub-4 with room for a cup of coffee” from Read the rest of this entry »

Thanksgiving 2012

Holidays are usually busiest day for therapists and psychiatrists, and I never understood why till last Thanksgiving. Today my friend who is a therapist had to rush to hospital because one of her patients Read the rest of this entry »

Week 13 of CIM Training

Sunday Nov 4^th, week 13 of CIM training, and I am having this “I am not ready yet” panic.  Somehow I don’t see this season’s  training is producing  measurable and significant result — speed-wise;  I just don’t feel that I am running any faster than beginning of this year and I Read the rest of this entry »

Morgan Hill Marathon + Half 2012

A HOT weekend for Morgan Hill Marathon!!

Sat Oct 27th, Went to the Morgan Hill community center to pick up my bib and pacer stick, though I did not have to come to the Expo but I had a secret mission today. Last year at Morgan Hill Marathon Max ran his very first marathon, after moving to CA for one year and started running for one year. I had Read the rest of this entry »

Week 11 & 12 CIM Training

Week 11 of CIM Training encountered some variation due to season changes, for not only dark in early morning, also rainy in Bay Area.

Monday Oct 15th, I was out with friend and stayed up quite late. Originally was thinking to try out my new running shoes, Brooks Pure Cadence, at San Tomas Aquino Trail, but forgot my headlamp so no way I could run there in absolute darkness. Ended up Read the rest of this entry »