Michele Sun's Thoughts and Blog

Do’s and Dont’s to a Cancer Patient

Do you know that about 1,660,290 new cancer cases are expected to be diagnosed in 2013? And in 2013 about 580,350 Americans are projected to die of cancer, almost 1,600 people a day. Cancer remains the second most common cause of death in the US, accounting for nearly 1 of every 4 deaths. Some are

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SV Turkey Trot 2013 Write-up

Two weeks ago someone asked me what I think if he pushed me on a wheelchair at the annual Silicon Valley Turkey Trot, which is an annual local 5K/10K race sponsored by Applied Material held in downtown San Jose. He knew Read the rest of this entry »

A Different Kind of Marathon — Part IV

Sat Oct 5th, woke up in this no drama room and felt depressed; it’s Sat and I was no where near any trail. Instead I was in a hospital bed expecting no taste breakfast. How unexciting!! I wondered Read the rest of this entry »

A Different Kind of Marathon – III

Thur 10/3, Woke up in my room in darkness and could barely see anything since I didn’t have my glasses, but I could hear the beeping sounds from all the machines and monitors around me — this definitely Read the rest of this entry »

A Different Kind of Marathon — Part II

Monday 9/30, I slept from 11:30pm to 5:30am in this quiet MedTele room, and being able to breathe freely again was really awesome. Doctor Tee came to check how my breathing was after the procedure and if I still had chest pain..etc. All the Read the rest of this entry »

A Different Kind of Marathon – Part I

“Life belongs to the living, and he who lives must be prepared for changes.” ~~ Johann Wolfgang von Goethe

So 23 days to NYC Marathon, and this weekend I was supposed to be doing my 21ml long run. “Was?” No, this isn’t a grammatical error. My training for NYC Marathon has Read the rest of this entry »

Finding Wilson – NYC Marathon Training

Today I went to pick up my inhalers; thank goodness that my family doctor is back from vacation!! I am done with codeine and antibiotics last Friday, and the planned Sat 12ml run did not quite happen. But I was feeling much happier and positive after Sat run/walk attempt at Santa Cruz. Whether it’s the negative ion in the Pacific Ocean water or Read the rest of this entry »

Marathon Training – NYC Marathon

Back in July while I was still in recovery from injury,  I had spent good amount of time to research marathon training program for this ING NYC Marathon. , and also looked back at the programs/schedules that I used to follow before and found something interesting. I think training program is a very Read the rest of this entry »

Salomon Sense Hydro S-Lab Set

Usually I am not very into “product review” type of writing, because it reminds me of  “job”; yes people often joke about that I actually hold a job and do have to make a living (sigh) besides running around 🙂 Plus, to me running related products can be very Read the rest of this entry »

Moon and The Sky

I saw be the moon in the sky
You were the stars in my eyes
I am surrounded by clouds
Your voice hidden by the thunder so loud
The rain hides the tears on my face
No one can ever take your place