Category Archives: Athlete Wannabe

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


Race Report: Las Vegas Half Marathon

Wow. Talk about a super delayed reaction! The 2009 Rock ‘n’ Roll Las Vegas event seems like a distant memory but I really need t [...]

Vee-tah-means!

Big sis surprised me last night when I returned from church (BTW, she ditched me from going to the same church and instead opted to go to an [...]

Alternate Training: Cycling (30 miles)

As planned (and as encouraged by Sheryl), I went for a bike ride in lieu of my scheduled 20-mile run today. By the time I reached the 5 mile [...]

Long Run Training: 7 miles

I’m officially freaking out. I was supposed to do 12 miles today but was only able to do a paltry 4 miles and walk the rest of the way [...]

Long Run Training: 11 miles

I ran my scheduled 11 miles this morning and I was glad it was foggy and somewhat cold (but not cold enough!). I don’t know how to exp [...]

Training Run: 4 miles

Okie, I was supposed to do 5 miles last night but I got too hungry that I decided to turn around early — that and it was super dark an [...]

Long Run Training: 13 miles

Supposed to do 10 miles but ended up walking the final 3 miles to bring the tally up. I was running with sis (Annelle) and it was good  bec [...]

Training Run: 3 miles

Well, after a week and a few days of laying off running due to old shoes and a creaky knee, I started running again tonight and well, it fel [...]

Race Report: SF Marathon (Half-Marathon)

Race: The San Francisco Marathon (Half-Marathon) Date: July 26th, 2009 Location: San Francisco, California Notes: What can I say, this rac [...]

Long Run Training: 9.32 miles

Notes: Wow, talk about an easy run. I’ve never been this relaxed at a run evar evar! LOL. But let me step back — this morning, b [...]

Training Run: 3 miles

Notes: Ok, I was supposed to do 5 miles today but due to some time constraints, I could only do 3. Still, I made the most out of the workout [...]
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