Rock n Roll San Jose 2014 Write-up

I’ve run Rock n Roll San Jose since they first came to San Jose, and I was a total newbie back then. So RnR SJ and I have sort of growing and putting in miles in Bay Area together. This year, thanks to GU Energy Lab, I signed up this race

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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!!

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Rock n’ Roll San Diego Half Marathon 2014 Write-up

Yesterday was the National Running Day, which makes writing this race report even more special. I did an easy and fun 3ml recovery run with friends after work and Kiyoko asked me “how was the race?” I told them it’s an emotional, meaningful and very Read the rest of this entry »

SV Turkey Trot 2013 Write-up

Two weeks ago someone asked me what I think if he pushed me on a wheelchair at the annual Silicon Valley Turkey Trot, which is an annual local 5K/10K race sponsored by Applied Material held in downtown San Jose. He knew 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 »