Cinderella Trail Run (Half Marathon) 2014 Write-up

This must be the fastest race write up I have ever done 🙂

Sat Aug 16th, I was standing at the start of Cinderella Trail Run at Joaquin Miller Park in Oakland, and at 7:30am I was completely feeling mesmerizing. The drive to here was a bit difficult for me because Read the rest of this entry »

San Lorenzo River Trail Run 2014 Write-up

This is going to be lesser a race report I guess, so hope I won’t disappoint anyone. It’s a very personal day and race for me in several ways, so I felt it deserves a proper race write-up. Certainly  it’s not going to be as epic as Western State 100, but it’s my personal accomplishment nevertheless!!

Prior to 2013, I used to do lots of races and there 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 »

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 »

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 »

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 »

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 »