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My PR, My First Sub-5, Surf City Marathon
Posted on March 25th, 2010 No commentsFirst of all, hats off to Chris’ finishing his second marathon this month, the Napa Valley Marathon two weeks ago then the L.A. Marathon just this past weekend. When I was browsing and admiring his race photos I noticed he had mentioned race report would come up soon, which reminds me that Read the rest of this entry »
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Two Weeks to Surf City Marathon
Posted on January 24th, 2010 No commentsThis week has been nothing but storm with thunder and lightning, and the nonstop rain completely messed up my training schedule. Last Sat, I had run my 20 mile long run and was happy that did not have much “pain and suffering” afterward. So I figured the remaining two weeks till Surf City Marathon, Feb 7, should be just easy and breezy. Who would know that the rain would just Read the rest of this entry »
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Maximize Your Workout
Posted on January 19th, 2010 No commentsAfter 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 »
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Top 10 Lists of My Everything
Posted on December 31st, 2009 No commentsGrowing up, I have always loved the end-of-year wrap-ups on the Top News in politics, world events and entertainment of course; I enjoyed looking back at everything that happened in that year. Of course, now, I rarely turn on the television and I find most of my news and recaps via the Web, therefore I am posting my own end-of-year recaps here. Read the rest of this entry »
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From Soaking Up the Sunshine to Little Rain — I Ran The Anchorage Marathon
Posted on October 23rd, 2009 No commentsWhen the PA system announced “Now coming in is runner Michele Sun from California,” I still could not believe that I had come this far. I threw my arms up into the air and was sprinting as fast as I could toward the finishing line. I had not only completed my Anchorage Marathon, but I did it so strongly that I surprised myself, my teammates and my
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From 0 to 26.2 – Recollection of My First Full Marathon
Posted on October 22nd, 2009 No commentsI had completed two half marathons this month, the Rock n’ Roll San Jose half on 10/4/09 and Nike Women’s Marathon in S.F. on 10/18/09. At the start area of Nike Women’s I was feeling very emotional and extremely exciting, because Nike was the first race that I have ever ran and completed. After the race, I went to IHOP to celebrate finishing a tough
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From Dreaded Boredom to True Advantage – Benefits of Treadmill Running
Posted on September 14th, 2009 No commentsLast 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 »
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