March 2017
50K of Serious Voluntarily Physical Discomfort.
red against cold green #trailrunning it was only in 2011 that i did my first half marathon in oakland. i remember recently being turn on to the barefoot style of running and i was running the half in my vibram five fingers. For the first couple years after moving to the east bay, my running practice [...]
September 2016
the draw of the mountains
i had this grand vision that i was going to kayak, run and bike ride in the mountains this long weekend. uma's cold caught up to me and as i am leaving the bay area, i am sneezing and coughing my way into higher elevation. i get here around 10am, find that most of the sites are taken [...]
August 2016
Transrockie
in my typical fashion, i didn't think too much about the implication of signing up for 120 mile race at high elevation when in reality i was wholly unprepared for such a physical feat. As I spoke to other participants on how they prepare for the adventure, my suspicion was confirmed that I was mostly out of my [...]
SF Marathon
Even though I wasn't really nervous about the marathon the days leading up to it, it turned out the evening before, it wasn't the case as I think i fell asleep around 3am. Wake up call was 430am and mentally, I was already setting myself for a 'bad' performance. Thinking back to my last marathon where I felt [...]
July 2016
Running Crater Lake
A friend finally got some decent photos of me doing what i love most when i am out in nature. All the training in the oakland hills pays off on days like this when i am running up decent elevation and snow!
May 2016
Vision Quest Notes Part I
It's only been about a day since i left the quest in death valley. although not quite as dramatic as the let down of say a 10 day silent meditation retreat, i am still feeling the 'crash' of the adventure. I figure i better get to writing this experience down as quickly as possible before i forgot all [...]
April 2016
Trail Running
I've been playing around with my garmin action cam and i must say, i am pretty disappointed with it's low light performance. Anyway, here's what i look like when i go off in the woods for a few hours.
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