Michele Sun's Thoughts and Blog

On Road to Recovery — Crawl, Walk, Run

When I found myself getting an entry spot for New York City Marathon, I could NOT believe how lucky I was. After trying my luck with the lottery system for couple years, I had pretty much gave up the idea of running NYC in this life time already :-p. The odds and luck hasn’t been on my side, and the qualifying time is even tougher than Boston;  therefor I did not even Read the rest of this entry »

The Runner’s Hi

During one of my Sat runs at Stevens Creek Trail, my running buddies and I came face to face with a biker (cyclist not motorcycle biker) as we exiting Bear Meadow Trail, and that’s quite amusing as it usually Read the rest of this entry »

Tokyo 2013, Part II – An Accidental Tourist

The world is full of paths, routes, trails and courses that are just waiting to be explored, and I came upon the most beautiful scenes, people and experience by accident on this unplanned day trip in Japan. Totally unexpected…

After few days of sight and sounds in Tokyo, I was getting Read the rest of this entry »

As The Nights Enchants

When the moon is high in the nighttime sky
And the stars above it gleam
I will think of you as I always do
As an answer to my dream.

With the moon and star Read the rest of this entry »

San Lorenzo River Trail Run Write Up (2013)

“Getting to the top of any given mountain was considered much less important than how one got there: prestige was earned by tackling
the most unforgiving routes with minimal equipment, in the boldest style imaginable.”
― Jon Krakauer, Into Thin Air

I signed up the CTR San Lorenzo River Trail Run (Half Marathon) sometimes back in May, and at that time my Read the rest of this entry »

Tokyo 2013, Part I – The Old & New

ANA (All Nippon Airway) announced resuming the Boeing 787 San Jose – Tokyo Route starting June 1^st, and when I read the news I screamed “that should have been my Dreamliner. !%$@$^#%”

So, after five months FAA finally lifted the 787 grounding and the Tokyo bound Dreamliner takes off from North America. Earlier in Jan, I was so anxious about whether I could Read the rest of this entry »

On Road To Recovery – Baby Steps

April 29th, I woke up in the middle of night from pain and felt my entire lower body was been pushed by two pieces of wooden clapboard from both side of hips, and I was frightened to sense that something was majorly wrong. Immobilized, I stared into the darkness, in pain and agony, knowing that I got myself seriously messed up this time and I needed to stop what I love doing – running.

Runners tend to take physical pain very well, and we pride ourselves Read the rest of this entry »

Paris Marathon 2013 Write-up II

Sunday Apr 7^th, Paris was cold and windy in the morning,  about 30°F only. At 7:20am I took the Metro to Porte Dauphine where the Paris Marathon  Finish would be, and  the only place for gear-check  bag to be dropped off , at the bottom of Avenue Foch near Arc de Triomphe. I checked in my bag and walked to the Start on the Read the rest of this entry »

Ever Beating Heart

How many times can a heart be broken,
how many times can a heart feel pain,
over and over, it seems to happen, Read the rest of this entry »

Big Sur Marathon Write Up (10.6ml) – I Am One Lucky Girl

I have heard about Big Sur Marathon from running friends and never understand why all the hypes about this local race? Don’t we run in Monterey all the time? Pacific Ocean? Sure, big deal! But in  April, two people were telling me about Big Sur again and that made me wanted to participate this race. First  a Read the rest of this entry »