Tokyo 2013, Part I – The Old & New

ANA (All Nippon Airway) announced resuming the Boeing 787 San Jose – Tokyo Route starting June 1^st, and when I read the news I screamed “that should have been my Dreamliner. !%$@$^#%”

So, after five months FAA finally lifted the 787 grounding and the Tokyo bound Dreamliner takes off from North America. Earlier in Jan, I was so anxious about whether I could 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 »

Two Weeks and Counting

Who would have thought that journey to Tokyo Marathon requires hundred hours of training, thousand miles of traveling plus countless hours of  losing sleep and crying one’s heart out?

A bit frustrated after the last 20ml long run on  Sat, Feb 9th,  so I started asking opinions and inputs from other runners. Not that I can change my 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 – 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 🙂

Every runner has a bucket list Read the rest of this entry »