Category Archives: Athlete Wannabe

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

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Long Run Training: 20 miles

What can I say? This run sucked. LOL. I was actually having a great run until about 11 miles into it, when I began feeling pain under my rig [...]
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Barefoot Training: 4 miles

What a (negative) difference no running during the weekend makes. 🙁 I didn’t do my 18-mile run on Saturday because of the self-defe [...]
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Barefoot Training: 4 miles

Well, I was supposed to take it easy today but I guess Sunday’s result kinda left a bad taste in my mouf (no, it’s not cos of al [...]
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Swim Training (1200m)

ZOMG. I did all 3 drills today and then one more! wOOt. I had to switch around my training (supposed to do barefoot run) but since my Vibram [...]
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Open Water Swim: 804m

My second open water swim in the Pacific and this time it was at La Jolla Cove (in La Jolla, CA). My sisters and I had a wonderful weekend f [...]
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Recap: La Jolla Shores 5k

It’s been five years since my previous 5K race and I was somewhat intimidated by the La Jolla Shores 5K. I mean, I think I’m clo [...]
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Long Run Training: 13 miles

This was not a bad training run — actually, I fared better at this run than last week’s long run. My left knee, as usual, began [...]
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Swim Training (400m); geaR page!

I was running late for my lunchtime swim and rather than miss it, I braved the winds and made it to the pool. Because I only had a limited a [...]
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Barefoot Training: 5 miles

This has been my longest barefoot run evar and I feel no pain in my right arch! wOOtness. Of course, my right calf is already feeling kinda [...]
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Open Water Swim: 650m

My first (well, technically, it’s my second, since my big sis Minel brought me on my first open water swim @ La Jolla Cove last year, [...]
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Long Run Training: 17 miles

There’s a reason why one should write up their long runs to their training log the day of that run: the experience is fresher, the bli [...]

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