The Tuesday after running the Chicago Marathon with my older son, my wife and I headed out to Boston and the New England region on a short leaf peeping trip to check out the foliage. As luck would have it, … Continue reading
These days it looks like I’m mostly following where my sons live/work/study to run marathons! My older son Niles started working in Chicago last year after graduation. When I looked into potentially running Chicago Marathon, I was pleasantly surprised that … Continue reading
Every time I’ve been to Yosemite, I’ve stared up at El Capitan in awe of the sheer granite face. Never did it occur to me that you can hike/run up to the top. Especially, after Alex Honnold’s free solo, I’ve … Continue reading
I think it’s fair to say that after running 50 ultras in 1 year, I was pretty burned out. It’s been almost 2.5 years since I’ve run anything further than a marathon. Yes, there was the Boston qualifier, Boston & … Continue reading
It’s a bit of a long story how my wife and I ended up down under, but coincidentally Sydney Marathon (candidate race for the Abbott World Marathon Majors) turned out to be at the very tail end of our trip! … Continue reading
My mom’s been diabetic since her late 40’s/early 50’s so my whole running and diet (vegan/pescatarian) journey, in a small way, has been motivated by “running” from the inevitable – assuming it’s all genetic. While 12+ years of distance running … Continue reading
Sunday, the night before the Boston Marathon, I was getting so amped up with all the ‘good luck’ texts, I had to turn on do-not-disturb at 7pm just so I can quiet down. Night before races are already super hard … Continue reading
I got to Boston on Wednesday before race-day, to hang out with my 21yo and reconnect with friends that I hadn’t seen in decades. The weather was unusually warm for April, in the mid-80’s, but supposedly cooling down on race … Continue reading
I got to sweep the first half of Brazen Racing’s Mt. Diablo 50K and then pick up some additional miles to head back to the finish line. These are the various species I met along the way. Until recently, I’ve … Continue reading
In the last 10 years, I’ve run 91 ultra marathons (50K or longer) and 11 official marathons 😳, during which speed was a nice side-effect, never the goal. And yet, when I finally attempted in earnest to BQ (which I … Continue reading