Rotterdam Marathon 2015 Write-up

Sunday April 12, sun was out but still quite chilly and I was standing among thousands and thousands of Dutch people with funky disco music blasting ahead of me, what an exciting and crazy scene!! I must have looked & dressed a bit Read the rest of this entry »

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 »

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 »

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 »

Finding Running Groove

Taking “inventory” of what has happened over the last few weeks, it makes me thank my legs for running all the miles and appreciate the importance and value of friendship even more!

After the a bit disappointing Tokyo Marathon, I only had a week off from my training even though I was joking that “two weeks recovery and Read the rest of this entry »