The Tao of Me

After the hard 17-mile run I had 8 days ago, I spent last week thinking about what things I could change to make my next long run be better. Nutrition One thing that came to mind was definitely my nutrition. In the days leading up to the 17-miler, I was on vacation and eating fancy-free. [...]

I had a few friends running the inaugural Oakland Marathon, and while I wanted to run it too, it didn’t sync with the schedule I am following for my own upcoming personal inaugural marathon. I was planning on being there to cheer people on, but when Chic Runner wrote a post last month on volunteering [...]

A common trait that people always seem to write on their resumes is “able to multi-task.” Employers often look at this as a good thing – that one is productive and can get many things done at once. But I believe, multi-tasking isn’t always great. When you try to do too much at once, you [...]

To close out Week 11 of marathon training, I had a 17-mile long run scheduled for last Saturday. I had planned to do this run while on vacation in Scottsdale. I made a list of my running gear that I needed to pack and even mapped out a 17-mile route from my hotel. But as [...]

Though its been well-over 24 hours since I got back from Scottsdale, it would be incomplete for me not to write one last post closing out our trip. My cousin just started reading the book “Eat Pray Love” so she suggested I title this post as such. Eat I was never hungry on this trip, [...]

Well, for once I am early! Today’s game doesn’t start till 1 pm and I’m already ready for the game. We’re not leaving for a few more minutes so I thought I’d use the time to do a quick recap of yesterday. 4-Mile Run I stopped by the Concierge Desk to find out if they [...]

Yesterday I flew to Arizona for my official 16th Annual Spring Training trip! The trip 2 weeks ago was primarily for the race with a little baseball thrown in, but this week I’m with my cousin, who I’ve been coming to Scottsdale with since 1994! We both used airline credits for our flights so we [...]

After being unprepared for the 6 1/2 mile hill at the Run for Ryan House Half-Marathon, I decided that I better scope out the course for the Marin Marathon, that is now just 6 weeks away…(yikes). The map on the race’s Web site isn’t very clear in terms of the road/street names, etc., so I [...]