Category: Running
After two months of gallivanting with friends & family, and chasing hotel status, we are finally back to our routine. Got my Hyatt status! Routine entails running for me, and BJJ for Joe. Back to enjoying this view after my runs. Also back on the menu is our oatmeal cleanse. Two months of overindulgence is … Continue reading Back To Regular Programming…For Now
BAA announced today that there will be no cut off for the 2022 Boston Marathon. Prior to this, I wasn’t confident that my 2:15 min cushion was good enough to run next year’s race, but looks like I’ve been given a chance to redeem my performance at the 2021 Boston Marathon. Back to training next … Continue reading 0:00
This race will go down in history as the “running injured” race. I had no business starting the race given my Achilles pain that began the day before. This is an old injury that I had failed to take care of during training. Tight calf muscles led to Achilles pain. Sometimes the heart takes over … Continue reading Boston Marathon 2021
Three days of rest and rehab with eccentric calf strengthening and foam rolling did wonders for my achilles. Managed to tuck in my 18-miles this morning before hitting the road for Phoenix at 10AM. The 5.5-hour drive went by quickly with minimal congestion. That is until we got closer to Phoenix, when we encountered the … Continue reading Phoenix
The dreaded old injury is back. Woke up with soreness in the left Achilles this morning. I suspect the culprits were the fartlek I did 2 days ago, and the lack of foam rolling over time. Tried to run this morning, but within a minute I knew I had to stop. My younger self would … Continue reading Setback
It took 5 weeks to finally get my cardiovascular conditioning back to baseline. Short runs had felt so tough week after week that it had me wonder if I had developed long term lung damage from possible COVID last year. However, the last 2 runs have finally reassured me that I’m back in shape. I … Continue reading I’m Baaaccckkk
That’s the 2021 Boston Marathon cutoff, the amount of time needed under the respective qualifying times in order to enter into the in-person race this October. This is the biggest cutoff ever, due to the much smaller field size. In prior years, BAA took around 26k qualified runners, but due to COVID concerns this year, … Continue reading 7:47
My racing shoes arrived today! This is the same shoe that Eliud Kipchoge wore when he broke 2 hours in Vienna, Austria. I don’t plan on setting any records, but hope that these shoes will make it easier for me to cross the finish line. Additionally, I hope these (like the 1st generation Nike vaporfly … Continue reading Nike Alphafly Next%
It’s been a year since I last ran. Suffering from burnout from running and non stop training for the last 8 years, I was toying with the idea of giving myself a break from running. Back in April of 2020, the California State Parks (including my training ground) closed due to the pandemic, and that … Continue reading Back To The Old Haunt
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