The Tao of Me

Ever since Tuesday, I’ve been limping around, barely able to walk. Wednesday was a rest day, and another visit to see Dr. Eva. As I hoped, she had expected me to be *very* sore after the deep muscle work she did on my left calf on Tuesday. By Thursday, I felt slightly better but was [...]

We had our annual summer picnic at work today which included a little 5K race!
A couple of weeks ago I’d gone out to run Shoreline to map out a 3.1 mile course and came up with this course, which perfectly looped our picnic site:

Some photos I took from the mapping run:

* View from the course [...]

This is long overdue.
Since I’m running the Portland Marathon this October, I decided to drive the course when I visited the area last month. I printed out the map posted on their Web site and ventured out with my aunt. She drove while I stuck my Flip Camera out the window and recorded. Seriously.
We started [...]

(Warning: ridiculously long post)
I don’t know how I’ve lived in the Bay Area for 12 years and not have run this race before. It is a great one!
I registered for the first half months ago and have been looking forward to it all summer. While I’ve run across the Golden Gate Bridge many times, I’ve [...]

I’ve been averaging going to 2 ball games every home stand this season. Two games in one weekend is pretty exhausting; adding in a half-marathon made it a pretty full weekend.
Friday Night Game
This was the inaugural year of the Giant Race, the first half-marathon hosted by the Giants. I registered for the race back in [...]

So is the manifesto of See Jane Run, the company that put on the race that I ran yesterday.
After running a mid-day run on Friday, I knew it would be hot on Saturday. As I drove across the San Mateo Bridge to the race in Alameda, it was overcast and foggy. Perfect running conditions, I [...]

Can you believe that its June already? I can’t either, but I’m so glad its here! Summer officially upon us (by the way, that means foggy weather in San Francisco) and I have some great things planned for the summer!
June

- See Jane Run: This Saturday I’ll be running the 5K at the See Jane Run! [...]