Three Weeks and Counting

Monday Feb 4th, the race packet for Tokyo Marathon arrived via postal mail, and I had very mixed feeling while holding it. I was standing in the post office mail box lobby, and feeling a little  bittersweet about this white envelope.  It certainly made the race more real now, but at the same time Read the rest of this entry »

Kasier SF Half Marathon 2013

My training has not gone well after CIM, too short for a full training cycle and too long to treat it as a back to back race. The changes of race and travel plan has topped unnecessary pressure as well, and 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 »

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 »

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 »