This is my first half marathon PR under two hours! Â I finally made it to 1:59, after four years or so of trying! Â I was running an average 8:40 pace till mile 9, following two guys who appear to be triathletes (they were wearing some race shirt from a triathlon, not sure which one).
This summer, I am determined to officially do an ultra run. I went to Santa Cruz and ran one of the Inside Trail running races. I like this trail running group, they are very friendly people. I started off the run with Dwight Brown, but then he was too fast for me so I only ran
Last Saturday (April 7th), I attempted to run my first ultramarathon, the American River 50 mile run. Â I was excited to do it; from Thursday at work, then leading up to the event on Saturday, I felt ready (but not overly confident), that my training was adequate to get me to the start line. Â Â Â However,
Yesterday, I ran a marathon in Sacramento, with Claudia. Â On race morning, I was kind of nervous that I wouldn’t find Claudia, but we easily found each other (thank goodness for cell phones). Â On the bus to the start line, I met a 60 yr old man, who is now an inspiration to me. Â Basically,
This year, we did NWM again with Team JeannieXOXO. Â We had new team bibs, designed by my sissie, Raciel. Â I’m also glad that both my sisters made it this year to run the Nike Women’s half marathon in San Francisco. Â They loved it so much (including the hills!), they want to do it again next
