The Tao of Me

It’s been 2 weeks since I ran the Wahine Half-Marathon in Honolulu. It wasn’t an “A” race, or even a “B” race; it was a more a “C” race, “C” being for “convenience.” My cousin Becki, who lives on O’ahu, recently started running and signed up for this race a long time ago. I didn’t [...]

I’ve fallen a bit behind on my logging my Weekly Workouts, so here’s a short recap of Weeks 12 and 13 and then a regular recap of Week 14. Week 12: March 19-25 Mon, 3/19: 45-min on the Bike Trainer doing 9 5-minute intervals Tues, 3/20: 1-hr Run of Intervals (6.37 miles) + 1-hr Yin [...]

“There’s nothing like going to bed listening to the rain that you’ll be running 13.1 miles in tomorrow.” Those were my thoughts before going to bed the night before the Oakland Running Festival (ORF). The Bay Area had been drenched with rain that day and it was also forecasted for race morning. But as awful [...]

Among the many gifts that running has given me is a great big circle of friends. Our little Bay Area group is made up of some amazing people. These friends are a constant source of motivation – they teach, uplift and motivate me. Last night, we all trekked to the City from the South Bay, [...]

If I were to summarize this week in 2 words would be “zero motivation.” Every single day was a struggle to muster up the energy to do anything. The week started off challenging with the time change, then just went downhill from there. Not the best thing 2 weeks before a Half Marathon and 10 [...]

Monday, March 5 AM: 1550-yard Swim Going on Week 3 of swimming with my Garmin 910XT and I love it! I no longer have to count the alphabets in my head to keep track of how many laps I’ve swam. Instead, I can concentrate on form and breath – because it needs A LOT of [...]

Monday, February 27 Plan 1500-yard Swim Strength Training Actual 1525-yard Swim in 35:29 PTX I continued to swim with the pull buoy, crossing my ankles. Not only is it intense, it also slows me down and makes me lop-sided on one side. Tuesday, February 28 Plan 6-miles of Hills Actual 5.04-miles of Hills (58:48, 11:45 [...]

The past week started off with such promise, went completely flat towards the end of the week, but ended on a high note. Monday, February 20 Plan 1-hr Spin Strength Training Actual 1-hr Bike Trainer 30-min TRX Strength Training 2-hr Thai Massage where this happened Tuesday, February 21 Plan 6-mile Interval Run Actual 5-mile Interval [...]