The Tao of Me

I’ve been writing a blog since 2007 and at the end of the past couple of years, I take some time to go back and read through what I wrote over the previous 12 months – sometimes even farther back than that. Its so much fun to relive the moments. This is a recap of [...]

Its no secret that 2 of my most favorite things are baseball and running… So last week, when I sat down to plan my Spring vacation, I found myself in a bit of dilemma between choosing to travel to New Orleans on Feb 28th for the Mardi Gras Rock n Roll Half Marathon or to [...]

I took the past 2 days off from the gym to enjoy the Christmas holiday. And perhaps I enjoyed it a little too much… The Oregon Coast After having a fantastic Christmas Eve and Christmas Day, the fun continued with a mini road trip to the Oregon Coast. Whenever we go to the coast, we [...]

Every year I get to spend the holidays with my relatives in Vancouver (WA, not BC), my home away from, away from home. And with every holiday season comes 2 Christmas traditions: 1. The Christmas Eve Ping Pong Tournament 2. Breakfast at IHOP Big Rich’s Christmas Invitational We’re a pretty competitive bunch which makes the [...]

Its been over a week since my last post. And its been 12 days since I last ran…I almost forget what it feels like…but what can I say, its been a crazy 2 weeks. After the Las Vegas RnR race, I flew back to the Bay for 40 hours – long enough to see my [...]

…So says one of my Daily Mile friends and let’s hoping it is because I am still in pain. I guess I was naive to think I would not be this sore after the race. During this training period I was brave enough to start taking ice baths which seemed to be the cure-all for [...]

The old cliche goes, “What happens in Vegas, stays in Vegas…” but for me, this time it doesn’t…I have to tell you that I ran a great race, MUCH better race than I expected! When I signed up for this race 5 months ago, I was just coming off of the Seattle RnR Half Marathon, [...]

I’m still on vacation in Vegas for one last day, spending time with my friend who I haven’t seen in over a year. We both ran great races yesterday and I’ll write another post on the half marathon sometime over the new couple of days. But today, being Pearl Harbor Day, I wanted to share [...]