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 »

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 »

Run Happy Moments

The slogan for my long time favorite running shoes, Brooks, is “Run Happy”, and this morning I saw a discussion about  “what is your run happy moments” on it’s Facebook page.

Many runners have responded Read the rest of this entry »

Tokyo Marathon 2012 Write-Up III

This is the part 3 of my Tokyo Marathon write-up, focusing on sharing the planning and logistic if you are thinking about running this awesome race in the land of Rising Sun. Everyone I know that have run this race have expressed (or actually have) the Read the rest of this entry »

Tokyo Marathon 2012 Write-up II

I would really like to write an inspirational and awesome master piece about how I overcame challenges and ran a great race, but I can’t since that did not happen! Yes on Feb 26, 2012 I ran the Tokyo Marathon, and I did it so Read the rest of this entry »

Tokyo Marathon 2012 Write Up – I

As I finished an easy 4ml taper run this morning, I also finished my 16 weeks training program for Tokyo Marathon. Next time I put on my Brooks will be Sat morning near Meiji Shrine in Tokyo 🙂

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Maximize Your Workout

After the 20 ml long run on Sat, I was planning to do my 6 ml recovery run as – 1 ml easy warm up, 4 ml tempo and 1 ml cool down at Los Gatos Creek Trail this morning with the Bay Area Runners group. However, I was woken up around 5 in the morning by the sound of downpour, and no way was I going out in weather like that. Read the rest of this entry »

From Dreaded Boredom to True Advantage – Benefits of Treadmill Running

Last weekend I went to a movie with Loi, whom I had trained with and completed the Honolulu Marathon together in 2006. There were about 150 runners that season through Team In Training program, and “my girls” were Read the rest of this entry »

From Haruki Murakami to Training for a Marathon

Just finished reading Haruki Murakami’s “What I Talk About When I Talk About Running ” and I like his nonfiction just as much as his novels. He recounted his running experiences Read the rest of this entry »

A Personal Account of the Team in Training Experience – A Runner and Her Girls

There are couple videos on Facebook that were filmed by Jerald and I wanted to tell the whole world that “Yes, Fall of 2006 with TNT is my favorite season”, and so glad that many people feel the same as well.

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