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 »

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 »

Paris Marathon 2013 Write-up I

When I entered the lottery drawing for my first “destination race” – Tokyo Marathon, I had a backup plan in mind in case I did not get into Tokyo. My secondary choice was Paris Marathon 2012, and after the amazing experience running in Tokyo I Read the rest of this entry »

Tokyo Marathon 2013 Write-Up II

Sat, Feb 23rd, I went outside of Tokyo to seek for some quiet “me time” and ended up doing an unexpected hike for couple hours. It’s a very nice day for my little adventure and field-trip which I will write about it later, but it did occur to me as I was climbing up some stairs in the middle of Mt. Mitake that my friend Mike 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 »

A Lucky Runner’s Saturday

Sat Jan 12th, I was planing to run at least 15ml in the morning, then needed to attend a Costal Trail Runs Blazer Awards ceremony held in Walnut Creek. Since Max wasn’t carpooling with me, I figured I probably could Read the rest of this entry »