My blog!

After nearly 7 years of racing, I now have a blog where I can memorialize my experiences. Please stay tuned as I populate this with race reports, training logs (and fails) and other random stuff that might come from me. :) — M p.s., Thanks to my li’l sis for introducing me to blogging and




Podium Swim Workout – 1800 yd / 01:00 – 3/10/10

I did better than the first swim workout …. still did less than the required workout… still cannot push myself up to get out of the pool, so I crawled out of the pool – like an old lady.  Oh well, I am getting old afterall…



Podium Swim Workout – 1500 yd / 01:00 – 3/3/10

This was my first swim after 6 months – since my last tri race in Sept. I was spent afterwards… My arms felt really jelly-ish cant even push myself out of the pool when class was over… I did less than the required workout.



Sequoia 30K Trail Race – San Joaquin Park, Oakland, CA – 2/27/10

It was very muddy on the trail since it just rained the day before this race. At least it wasn’t raining during the run. Oh I got lost, too, because since it is a trail run, I missed one of the markers. I was not alone, I found 3 other people who were also lost, so we



Race Report: Saint Anthony of Padua Marathon

Here’s another one of my older race reports. Sorry for the lack of information. This one was for the Maratona S.Antonio in Padua, Italy. My sister, Annelle, and I (along with our friend Irene and Steph) were going to visit my parents and little brother who lived in Rome, Italy (at that time). Since we