I used to rock climb in my previous life and Castle Rock State Park was where I climbed outdoor for the first time. Along the crest of the Santa Cruz Mountains, the Castle Rock State Park embraces coastal redwood, douglas-fir … Continue reading
When I planned the races for this year, I wasn’t entirely sure how long it was going to take me to recover from the Big Basin 50K, my first ultra marathon. I decided to run the Jungle Run Half Marathon … Continue reading
Fremont Older is a 739-acre regional park located in the Santa Clara County. I’ve hiked a small segment of this with my family (when my kids were little) and all I could recall was how exposed it was. As part … Continue reading
The 10 percent rule is the simplest of all tricks for injury free running. It’s less relevant once you start running 20 or 30 miles/week, but a critical one when you first start out. In the early days of running, … Continue reading
I’ve passed by the Marin Headlands so many times, but never really hiked or ran there. I was at a conference in San Francisco recently and decided to get an early start and head out there to explore. The Bay … Continue reading
Just like the Bay Area Ridge Trail, the San Francisco Bay Trail is another amazing undertaking to link up 500 miles of biking and hiking (and well, running) trails that encircle the San Francisco and the San Pablo Bay. Once … Continue reading
31 miles is a long way to run, no matter how you slice it. But as my first ultra marathon, I was really lucky that everything about this run went right. Big Basin 50K, also known as the Skyline to … Continue reading
There’s a link-bait article on New York Times that’s going around about how barefoot running is questionable from a health point of view. They seem to troll on this topic periodically with questionable research and study behind it. Over the … Continue reading
This past weekend, June 1st, was National Trails Day. Ever since I heard about the Bay Area Ridge Trail, I’ve been itching to explore segments of this fantastic 340 mile loop that surrounds Silicon Valley. With the imminent Big Basin … Continue reading
For good or bad, I don’t stretch at all before my runs. It doesn’t matter if it’s a 5-miler or a marathon Instead I focus on warm ups like lunges, squats, 100 ups, skips and jumps. See top 10 exercises … Continue reading