Category Archives: Athlete Wannabe

My relatively new (i.e., in the past 8 years) addiction to marathon running and now, (sprint) Triathlon


Combined (Training) Timetable

Finally got my training plan, courtesy of Hal Higdon! I wish I knew Hal but for now, I shall pretend he’s an old friend who let me cop [...]

3 days until LA Marathon 2011

I’m officially freaking out. There’s only 3 days left and I’ve done all the training I can do before the LA Marathon. The [...]

Prayers for a Friend

I was set on just posting a recap of my workouts last week, but got a text message this morning regarding the status of my good friend, Herm [...]

Stars, bananas, footprint and 4,645 calories

…aka my Workout Mashup! Tuesday, 14 December: 3mi scheduled; 3mi completed. Small star! Surprisingly did well during this midweek unsh [...]

Weekend Training Review (11-12/Dec)

Saturday: 11mi scheduled. 6mi completed. I’m pretty sure my legs hate long runs, especially since they haven’t been properly pre [...]

Unshod Run = sore calf muscles

Ack! I knew I was going too much last night on my 6-miler as my calf muscles (calves? ;)) are mega-sore today. Well, I did go a bit too fast [...]

No London in 2011, chance of Los Angeles 80%

Well, I finally received it — the rejection notice from the Race Director of the Virgin London Marathon 2011. After a few odd months o [...]

Reality setting in. +_+

Well, it’s official; I’m totally freaking out about my October schedule. With only 11 days until my first triathlon, 17 days unt [...]

Injury fears allayed. w00t!

Well, I think I’m fine — that is, I don’t think there’s anything wrong with my left tibia/shin, as previously though [...]

Confession (and workout mashup)

Let me start by getting this off my chest first — I haven’t been running! In fact, I haven’t ran since Saturday, and I onl [...]

Bike Training: 12mi

My post on Tuesday stated that I’d be doing a run on Wednesday evening. Well, I ended up doing some resistance/strength training that [...]
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