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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Joy of Running

This morning I finished my 5 miles around 7:40 am and was having a blast!! I have ran the first 2 miles solo and met-upwith my new running buddy Thuy and did another 3 together. I have foundThuy on Craigslist who just recently moved to San Jose from Dallas. Glad that I can be his new friend in town and offer him the same friendship that I had received from Chris two years ago when I first moved to L.A.

Thuy and I were talking about running and hiking, and I told him that I could never stand walking/hiking for 11 Read the rest of this entry »

Listen up, Runners!

I travel for work a lot, and in order to keep up with my training I always pack my running shoes in my suitcase and try to find a safe trail or route to run in the cities that I’ll visit. Usually I will sign up with a local runners club on-line prior my trip, and ask for recommendation and advice from fellow runners out there; I have found good running routes in New York, Vancouver, Calgary, Taiwan…etc. through virtual friends. It’s also very informational to exchange running techniques, race experiences, nutrition info… in forums. .

One of the often discussed topics in the forums is mp3 – whether it’s ok (or allowed) to wear an mp3 player or not during road running or a Read the rest of this entry »