Week 8 of CIM Training

Last week I entered week 8 of CIM training.

Monday, Oct 8 – acupuncture treatment during lunch break at Living Room Acupuncture, and the 90 minutes Bikram Yoga in the evening. My left calf was pretty much healed, but my Read the rest of this entry »

Rock n’ Roll San Jose Half Marathon 2012

Rock n’ Roll San Jose 2012 is a run dedicated to Pete Mingwah

1970 – 2012

I have done several Rock n’ Roll races, including every Rock n’ Roll San Jose Half Marathon except last year due to knee injury; in fact I ran their very first inaugural event when Rock n’ Roll first came into Bay Area in Oct 2006. The same course in our backyard never bored me, and I just signed up the following year when I picked up my bib at the Expo each year.  When one runs Read the rest of this entry »

Week 6 CIM Training

Last week I entered my 6th week into CIM training, and my 2nd 20ml long run. This 16-week program I am following for CIM is put together by my friend Chris, which he incorporated my running capability and race goal into this tailored program. The program seemed to be Read the rest of this entry »

Cinderella Trail Run 2012

Sat 8/18, another Costal Trail Runs race, and this time it’s Cinderella Trail Run starting at Joaquin Miller Park in Oakland. This is my third trail race organized by Costal Trail Runs and turned out to be my best trail running experience; the prior two were Horseshoe Lake and San Lorenzo River. Horseshoe Lake Trail Run was my Read the rest of this entry »

Good Karma

Last Sat I was telling my friend Anita about how I signed up the San Lorenzo River Trail race after reading a blog post by a a runner named Paul (which I don’t know him personally) about last year’s SLR race, and how he actually was behind me and helped me crossing the river on the race day. I had no idea THAT was Paul until Read the rest of this entry »

2012 Japan Trip, Part I

I have wanted to write about my Feb trip to Japan, though I have been to Japan many times in different seasons, but I have the greatest time and most wonderful memory from this time. For me it’s more than just another trip to Japan, it’s a surprising and beautiful journey!

Couple weeks ago I was doing a photowalk in San Francisco with a friend, and I brought Read the rest of this entry »

San Lorenzo River Trail Run 2012

I’ve always wanted to try trail runs but was worry might get injured while training for Tokyo Marathon. Road races are fun because of the energy from the crowd, the destination, and rock bands..etc, but they are Read the rest of this entry »

Run Happy Moments

The slogan for my long time favorite running shoes, Brooks, is “Run Happy”, and this morning I saw a discussion about  “what is your run happy moments” on it’s Facebook page.

Many runners have responded Read the rest of this entry »

Tokyo Marathon 2012 Write-Up III

This is the part 3 of my Tokyo Marathon write-up, focusing on sharing the planning and logistic if you are thinking about running this awesome race in the land of Rising Sun. Everyone I know that have run this race have expressed (or actually have) the Read the rest of this entry »

Tokyo Marathon 2012 Write-up II

I would really like to write an inspirational and awesome master piece about how I overcame challenges and ran a great race, but I can’t since that did not happen! Yes on Feb 26, 2012 I ran the Tokyo Marathon, and I did it so Read the rest of this entry »