Giant Race Half Marathon – 8/27/11

This is a half marathon run in San Francisco, and also my new PR time so far for a half marathon distance. Selecting this race:  I registered for this race, because my staff of 1 (from work) told me about it and she wanted to run the 5k of this race.  She just started running,



RNR San Diego Marathon – June 6th

The race was ok.  The new course had some pretty cool sceneries – the full ran through Petco Park, where the Padres play baseball.  We also ran by the Bay in downtown.  We also ran inside Balboa Park, and through the Pan-America Plaza with all the museums.  Then we ran in Fiesta Island, through the



Getting ready for RNR Marathon San Diego – on June 6th

I flew down to L.A. last night from SFO, and I am here right now at my sister’s place.  We are getting ready to drive down to San Diego, then we run the RNR SD Marathon on Sunday.  I think I’ve trained with the minimum training required, but I’m hoping for a miracle on Sunday. 



Vineman Showdown – San Rafael, CA

This is my first tri for this season!  And I am still such a weak person, maybe some training would have helped…  The Vineman Showdown is 400m swim, 9 mile bike, and 3 mile run and starts at 4pm – yes, an afternoon start time.   This fine Saturday afternoon was nice and sunny in San




Lap swim – 4/16

So I have a sprint triathlon tomorrow afternoon, yes the start time is 4pm, and I havent swam since 2 weeks ago.  I thought I’d go for one last swim this evening, and time the 400 yds straight swimming, no rest.  Below is the whole workout: 200 yd warm-up 400 yd free timed – 10:52