My annual check up showed a great 52 beats per minute heart rate but a very high cholesterol.
I am switching to a low cholesterol diet and continue my 10 hours of badminton.
Checking back in 3 months.
My annual check up showed a great 52 beats per minute heart rate but a very high cholesterol.
I am switching to a low cholesterol diet and continue my 10 hours of badminton.
Checking back in 3 months.
In high school I played badminton for 4 years. I liked the sport, but did not love it.
When I went to UC Berkeley, I join the badminton club and we trained and competed against other colleges. We would travel both days on weekends, come back as a team, have dinner together and laugh about the tournaments. I played singles, doubles and mixed doubles. My feet would often have blisters and when my parents were shocked to see how much pain I was in, I told them I barely feel them during the games.
I truely loved the game. I setup practice nets in the garage and practiced serving hundreds of birdies a night.
The sport was the one ‘class’ that I truly look forward to.
After college, I dreamed about badminton, but because of work, having my child, and being depressed, I was not able to play for 10 years.
When the wave of badminton gyms open up in 2006, I signed up with 3 coaches and they taught me and trained me for 4 hours each week. I biked to my sessions in Menlo Park, I would take public transportation for 3 hours to get to my sessions. I played tournaments. I was truly happy.
Today, I am able to spare time to play badminton at least once a week. When I am playing, I feel like the luckiest person. I have a sport I truely love, I am very good at it. Mostly importantly, I can walk to any gym in any country and talk badminton and build small relationships with my fellow badminton players. When I visited Bangalore, Malaysia, Seattle, China and Taiwan, I often walk up to people and just play pick up games.
I hope my daughter also is so lucky to have a sport she truly loves, and is good at. No matter how hard other parts of life get, she will know she has something she loves to fallback on.
I spent $40 today at Yahoo! to measure how many calories my body burns if I were just sitting down. I spent 15 minutes breathing in a tube and out comes a chart of how many calories I burn. It turns out that my body burns 1,872 calories, plus 561 calories with just normal movement everyday, and if I burn 234 calories with exercise, that adds up to 2,667 calories / day. I did this test to understand why I’m snacking everyday and also to understand how much food and exercise I should be doing if I wanted to grow muscles or to loose weight. I highly recommend spending the money to understand your body.
In 2005 I watched the movie Coach Carter where Samuel Jackson was trying to get the kids running suicides drills from one corner of the court to the other side and back again. That is brutal. What peaked my interest was actually the push ups. One kid was being punished and Samuel Jackson asked him to do 1,000 push ups. It got me thinking whether that is realistic? I’ve seen a lot of military type movies where the sergeant would ask the soldiers to drop and give me 500 push ups.
I started to try to do 500 push ups in 24 hours, taking as many breaks as I wanted. Eventually other joined in and many of them reached 1,000 push ups in 24 hours and I reached 2,400 in 24 hours. In 2011, I decided to start again.
The purpose is to
A good way to get started is to remember that you have 24 hours.
1) Start doing push ups to see how many reps you can do and still feel comfortable. Don’t do it until it hurts or until your very last one. Let’s say it’s 15 / set. This is very important, if you can do 20 / set max, only do 15.
2) Then just start doing it. Set a goal of 100 / day and if you break it down, 15 / set, you only need about 6 sets. Then whenever you feel comfortable, drop and do 15 and record the time when you did it.
3) You will find that 100 / day will actually be easy no matter how man you can do per set. Even if can only do 10 / set you can hit 100 in 10 sets
4) So make sure you do the 100, 200 / day consistently.
5) Every Thursday increase the count by 100. But you keep on doing your normal sets of 100, 200. So you are working towards the ultimate goal of increasing your number by 100 each week.
6) The hardest thing is not doing it, but making time for it. Sometimes I find myself just dropping down and doing my sets when I’m outside, in the elevator by myself. Watching TV is a good time, after 1 – 2 hours of computers is a good time. Water break is a good time. But make that time for it. it’s only about 2-3 minsper set
Listening to Maria Callas starts my 2nd week of push ups. I set a 15 minute timer to do 40 every 15 minutes, but you can spread it out over 24 hours if you wish
9:19 am @ cube +40 40
9:38 am @ cube +40 80 (listening to Handel)
9:53 am @ cube +40 120 (listening to Mozart)
10:15am @ cube +40 160 (listening to Johann Adolf Hasse)
11:39am @ cube +40 200 (listening to Sarah Change The Four Seasons)
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A few years ago, I started a club in Yahoo to do as many push ups we can in 24 hours.
We started at 100 and each week, we increased it by 100. most members got to 1,000. I got to 2,200 in 24 hours. It is based on a simple concept that if you spread out the exercise to 24 hours, you can accomplish a large number even if you can only do 5 push ups at a time.
Not sure why we stopped, maybe we got to a milestone.
I want to start again this year and get back to 2,000 push ups in 24 hours. Here are my previous posts and the rules.
A few years ago, I started a club in Yahoo to do as many push ups we can in 24 hours.
We started at 100 and each week, we increased it by 100. most members got to 1,000. I got to 2,200 in 24 hours. It is based on a simple concept that if you spread out the exercise to 24 hours, you can accomplish a large number even if you can only do 5 push ups at a time.
Not sure why we stopped, maybe we got to a milestone.
I want to start again this year and get back to 2,000 push ups in 24 hours
12/29/2010
11:33 +35 35
11:34 +30 75
11:37 +25 100
done
12/30/2010
8:30 +20 20
11:11 +30 50
4:03 +30 80
7:54 +15 95
10:10 +15 110
pull ups
8:40 +5 5
11:10 +5 10
4:04 +5 15
10:12 +5 20
12/31/2010
pull ups
7:30 +5 5
1/05/2011
push up
1:35pm +30 30
My last Bay to Breakers was in 2005. I found an excuse to skip it in 2006, then I broke my foot in 2007.
I was trying to find an excuse not to run it this year, but couldn’t come up with anything. This morning, my snooze button didn’t work at 6am and I woke up at 7:34 to try to make it to the starting line for the 8:00am run. The day was already starting out poorly.
The race itself was easier than I had imagined since I have not trained or run recently. The hardest part was the last mile or so, when I had to mentally push myself to run faster, after all it is a race, beating the guy in front of me is the purpose.
Final time 1:03:12 (compare with 58:54 3 years ago)
Pace: 8 min 29 sec / mile
Overall 1725th place out of aprox. 30,000 registered runners
Male : 1438
My age division : 379
It was a fun day where employees from 2 companies met up to play our favorite game.
I played in 3 events: Men’s Singles A, Men’s Doubles A, Mixed Doubles A and lost all 3 and went into consolation rounds and won the Mixed Doubles A consolation. It was fantastic to organize it and meet so many people at Yahoo! and Google who all play badminton. Several of the matches were very close and I enjoyed toying with my opponents to put my training to practice.
The most memorable game was when I was down 10 to 3 and I started to get serious and dragged him out to a 17 to 16 lost. He was horrified that I was able to catch up. I was barely tired.
What I learned
Here are the pics
I think I’m reaching some kind of badminton craziness. I had just signed up for 10 lessons with my third coach! Now I’m being coached by Paul Koo, Lili Zhou, Chandra all at the same time. Paul likes to have me do footwork and build muscle mass. Lili focus on fine technique of the wrist, Chandra likes to do quickness, power drills.
Different days, but all together. Breaking this down, it will cost me around $600 per month, just in private lessons. 4 hours of coaching, 4 hour team training, 9 hours of playing games.
Question for myself is whether I can sustain this for the next 4 years.
Last night was GGBC ( Golden Gate Badminton Club ) grand opening in Emveryville. I took the AC transit from SF and it only took 15 minutes across the bay. The place was pretty much empty, it was a rare treat for badminton players who seldom get to play singles games in crowded courts.
I played a total of 5 singles game, 2 doubles, and was barely winded. It was a combination of my training for the past 2 weeks as well as playing with people not at the same level. Also for the singles games, I didn’t smash from the back court unless I had a high probability of winning the point, I hit attacking clears, drops and made my opponents run around the court.
Tonight I was playing badminton for 1 hour before I had to work late night. When I was doing a pretty simple jump smash, I felt this twist on my foot.. So I thought it was a simple ankle twist.. I was rubbing it and something seem weird. This tendon, behind my ankle was gone.. I was comparing it to my right foot, my left foot is missing a tendon!
I walked over to the hospital in Chinatown and was told that I needed surgery to reconnect the achilles tendon rupture.. I’ll be out for 3 months. The odd thing was that I was not shocked, I was just reading my Chinese book and accepted it as part of a learning experience.
Now I am forced to build up some upper body strength, finally slowing down and stop running around. Maybe it’s a blessing in disguise. I might even move back with my parents to be pampered for a few days a week :-)
Run The Paris Metro #8: 5.97 miles, 10 down 232 to go.
The photo is of ligne roset, super high end ultra modern design. They have a store in SOMA SF.
I just finished running Metro line #13 which bought me to the outskirts of Paris to the town of Malakoff Getting to see the parts of Paris or nearby Paris is wonderful. It gives me a sense of the city and the people living around it.
Previous runs:
Run #7: Jun 23rd, 10 miles Run #6 June 16th, 8.01 miles
Run #5: 13.87 miles june 13th
Run #4: 12.58 miles june 10th
Run #3: 12.85 miles june 8th
Run #2: 10.56 miles june 6th
Run #1: 10 miles june 4th
This run is the first run I’m trying to finish off one end of one of the metro lines. I knew that it would take me to the suburbs of Paris. This is Paris metro line #13 Saint-Denis – Université. Running the Paris metro is the only way where you will get to see every part of the city by foot and understand the layout of the city. You will also to get visit parks and small areas that will never by in any tourist book.
Like my Running Down the Parisan kids run, would not have happened without me trying to do run #7.
Metro Map: Guy Môquet : Porte de Saint-Quen : Garibaldi : Mairie de Saint Ouen : Carrefour Pleyel : Saint-Denis Porte de paris : Basilique de St-Denis : Saint-Denis – Université
Here are all the 140 photos from this run as well as some of my favs.
Run #6 June 16th, 8.01 miles
Run #5: 13.87 miles june 13th
Run #4: 12.58 miles june 10th
Run #3: 12.85 miles june 8th
Run #2: 10.56 miles june 6th
Run #1: 10 miles june 4th
I saw this really neat parc in Paris and these kids were just runing around in circles while I myself was running the Paris Metro! Neato so I decided to run them down 3 times over and and over.
Today’s run was a bit shorter, 10 down, 8.01 miles and only 251 stations to go
No tagzania map today, maybe I’ll update later. Check out the pics of the Paris city life.
Run #5: 13.87 miles june 13th
Run #4: 12.58 miles june 10th
Run #3: 12.85 miles june 8th
Run #2: 10.56 miles june 6th
Run #1: 10 miles june 4th
Today’s run was a bit shorter, 10 down, 8.01 miles and only 251 stations to go
Why is it that I have not hit the 13.3 mile mark for a 1/2 marathon? Somewhere I must have a mind block. Today’s destination was a rovering market (Marché Volantes) near metro Ségur. But I didn’t write down exactly where and I missed it.
Today’s run covered 24 stations for 12.58 miles and was one of the more enjoyable one because it got me right behind Tthe Trocadero and the great view of the Eifel Tower.
Run #3: 12.85 miles june 8th
Run #2: 10.56 miles june 6th
Run #1: 10 miles june 4th
Highlights today,
I accidentally bumped into the 2nd store of Poilane
Start off the run with a Tarlette aux abricot
Then a tourist crepe nutella at mile 5
What luck, found 2nd store of Poilane by chance, have to at get a tarlette aux pommes mile 8
Afterwards, I duck into a movie theather and watched
X-Men l’affrontement final in French :-( no idea what they are saying but still enjoyed it!
with a tub of salle popcorn
Then finished it with a nice dinner of Italian food cooked in the studio
ravoli mezzaluna baslic
grilled bell peppers: poivron grille
no sign for the little chocolate devils: so I pointed and said deux dessert chocolate
c’est tout
This trip in Paris brought back my initial runner’s high and the reason why I started running after many years of hating running.
Some lessons learned, and I hope I remember this when I get back in the states
My daily routine to get ready
don’t shower in the morning, put on a hat, wear a nike sleeveless dry shirt, a thin and super light windbreaker, nike running shorts
favorite shoes from nike, Pegasus
keys, visa, money for food
pace tracker from nike
nike triax cv10 to track pace, no need for heart monitor
paris map with marked stations to cover
filled up ipod shuffle with popcast and music
ready to rumble!
This morning was glorious in Paris, I have my standard running gear and a small map and off I went.
Today’s run hook me on a long trip to 26 metro stations. I decided to run a bit slower since this is almost my 3rd 1/2 marathon in 6 days. It’s about longevity, not about how fast I could go.
Including the last 2 runs on the 6th and 4th, that leaves me with 303 stations to go.
I need to come up with a better system to track which station I’ve already visited, I ended up repeating 2 stations I visited before. This needs some computer science :-)
Today I figured out how many stations there are in Paris using The Paris Metro system
The system boasts 211 km (131 miles) of track and 14 lines, shuttling 3500 cars on a precise schedule between 380 stations (not including RER stations), 87 of these offering connections between lines. It is said that every building in Paris is within 500 meters (3/10 mile) of a métro station. Roughly 6 million people per day patronize the métro, which employs over 15,000.
This morning was glorious in Paris, I have my standard running gear and a small map and off I went.
First fueled up with 2 pain au chocolate.
Today’s run hook me on a long trip to 26 metro stations. I decided to run a bit slower since this is almost my 3rd 1/2 marathon in 6 days. It’s about longevity, not about how fast I could go.
Including the last 2 runs on the 6th and 4th, that leaves me with 303 stations to go.
I need to come up with a better system to track which station I’ve already visited, I ended up repeating 2 stations I visited before. This needs some computer science :-)
Today I figured out how many stations there are in Paris using The Paris Metro system
The system boasts 211 km (131 miles) of track and 14 lines, shuttling 3500 cars on a precise schedule between 380 stations (not including RER stations), 87 of these offering connections between lines. It is said that every building in Paris is within 500 meters (3/10 mile) of a métro station. Roughly 6 million people per day patronize the métro, which employs over 15,000.
Today’s run covered 24 stations for 12.58 miles and was one of the more enjoyable one because it got me right behind Tthe Trocadero and the great view of the Eifel Tower.
Highlights today,
I accidentally bumped into the 2nd store of Poilane
Start off the run with a Tarlette aux abricot
Then a tourist crepe nutella at mile 5
What luck, found 2nd store of Poilane by chance, have to at get a tarlette aux pommes mile 8
Afterwards, I duck into a movie theather and watched
X-Men l’affrontement final in French :-( no idea what they are saying but still enjoyed it!
with a tub of salle popcorn
Then finished it with a nice dinner of Italian food cooked in the studio
ravoli mezzaluna baslic
grilled bell peppers: poivron grille
no sign for the little chocolate devils: so I pointed and said deux dessert chocolate
c’est tout
Running to the metro stations in Paris is getting me to run more that I’ve ever done in my life. Every other day I’m running around 10 miles. That’s almost a half-marathon. I stop to take photos, consume some wonderful food, coffee and run at a pace faster than I would run a half. Today’s little trip took me to some new stations but the food was the reward as my final destination was the famous Poilane
Today’s route cover 23 stations
Their bread is served in a lot of restaurants in Paris and they will even fedex the bread to you for 40 euros.
My plan is to run to every metro station in the Paris subway system. I have no idea how many stations there are in total, let me know if you find out.
Here are the 23 stations I covered for a nice 10 mile run on Sunday.
Photos of the 23 metro stations and the people, buildings. Auto created panoramic photos
This Friday my new Brompton folding bike arrived from the UK via a NY dealer. Here are the specs
I took it for a ride in Golden Gate park against a road bike and I was able to keep up. I got lots of comments on how cool it looked and one guy stopped me and commented on the petal/gear ratio to be the same as the road bike. I demo’ed to several people on how easily it folds away and got some big smiles.
Wanna buy one? best place is from David @ bfold.com in NY, best prices, best service and no taxes if you live outside of NY.
They sold me on the bike with the following “lifestyle” photos
Today’s route cover 23 stations
Their bread is served in a lot of restaurants in Paris and they will even fedex the bread to you for 40 euros.
I admit it, running sometimes gets boring and tiring, so I try to throw a little twist to my weekend long runs. I always have a food or a tourist destination that I run to. This way I have something to look forward to and it makes the run fun instead of a drag.
On Sunday I had a free half a day and I plotted out my weekend long run in Oakland.
I visited the farmer’s market at Jack London Square for fresh kettle popcorn,
Lake Merrit, Grand Lake Theater, Michael Mischer Chocolates
There is a bug with Y! Maps Beta, you need to go to http://maps.yahoo.com/beta/index.php first
then look at the fun route via Y! Maps multiple points directions
Run Log : 4.7 miles
On the beaches of Santa Monica. Where I dropped my Treo again climbing the rope obstacle
I’ve been sick with a flu and cough for the last 3 weeks and pushups stopped because my whole body was sored. This dude has now gotten to 2,001 and we are both shooting for 2,100 push ups in 24 hours.
Here goes
+50 : 50 11:02 am
+50 : 100 11:04 am
+80 : 180 11:24 am
+80 : 260 11:33 am
+80 : 340 11:50 am
+80 : 420 12:28 pm
+80 : 500 12:51 pm (lunch time)
+50 : 550 2:50 pm
+60 : 610 2:55 pm
+50 : 660 2:59 pm
+50 : 710 3:03 pm
+50 : 760 3:20 pm
+50 : 810 5:49 pm (procastinating again)
+50 : 860 10:22pm (opening a bottle of Joel Gott Cabernet Sauvignon to help me continue)
+50 : 910 10:43 pm
+50 : 960 11:02 pm
+50 : 1010 11:16 pm
+50 : 1060 11:23 pm
+50 : 1110 11:36 pm (fell asleep, no good)
+50 : 1160 2:31 am
+50 : 1210 2:42 am
+50 : 1260 8:27 am
+50 : 1310 9:01 am
+60 : 1370 9:12 am
+50 : 1420 9:29 am
——— time for a schedule to shoot to finish at 11 —
+50 : 1470 9:35 am
+50 : 1520 9:40 am
+50 : 1570 9:45 am
+50 : 1620 9:50 am
+50 : 1670 9:55 am
+50 : 1720 10:00 am
+50 : 1770 10:05 am
+50 : 1820 10:10 am
+50 : 1870 10:15 am
+50 : 1920 10:20 am
+50 : 1970 10:39 am
+50 : 2020 10:44 am
+50 : 2070 10:49 am
+30 : 2,100 10:54 am (done)
Background: A group of people trying to do as many push ups, pull-ups, sit-ups as we can in 24 hours. Start anytime between 12:00am and 12:00pm of the day, you can blog, blast message about your status
during the day. Join in for the fun at the Y! pushup club
Dean Karnazes is the best known ultra marathon runner and he finishes 350 miles as a fundraising effort for Organs ‘R’ Us (you can read the Outside Magazine article here
Dean Karnazes runs 350 miles
6) Can you walk (I mean, run) us through the experience? What were the highpoints/lowpoints?
The first two nights of running went as well as can be expected. Nothing too crazy. But that third night without sleep got fairly psychotic. I started swerving and veering across the road, which got pretty scary. The last ten miles were as close to an out-of-body experience as anything I’ve ever experienced before. My mind seemed disassociated from my body, and I just floated along. There was no sensation of pain, no feeling at all really, just floating. Weird. It was late and it was a beautiful cloudless night, the moon was full, stars were shooting; the whole thing was all very surreal.
I had an unusual physical education history in high school. Other people did basketball, football, volleyball in high school. I did gymnastics and badminton. Back in Lowell High, we were free to pick classes and teachers, so I always picked this one gym teacher and she always teaches gymnastics and badminton. In college I again joined the gymnastics class and the badminton club.
Recently I’ve been having dreams of doing gymnastics again.. at 34 years old, I don’t know if my body can handle the twisting, the flipping, the intense stomach muscle pains :-)
Just thinking of doing this simple kip would probably take my stomach muscles one month to get strong enough.. If I don’t break some bones, I think it could be fun again :-)
I like the other sports like basketball, golf, tennis, ping pong, running (love running), but I never dream about doing any of those.
Over at the Vendor showcase day at Yahoo! they were doing of all things a push up contest. Everyone was getting me on to try it. The record was 201 push ups by a Yahoo! super stud. (Stu Y.) The rule was that you can rest on top or do a downward facing dog.
I topped out at 114 and couldn’t go on. I took 2 breaks, should have taken my time. Stu supposely took 10 breaks. My muscle just couldn’t pump anymore.
This got me excited about another goal to shoot for: 202 consecutive push ups.
Good start to Push Up Thursday
+114 114 12:00pm
+120 234 11:17pm
+100 334 12:09am
+150 484 12:27am
+205 689 12:40am
+80 769 12:57am
+50 819 1:09am
+50 869 7:52am
+50 919 9:04am
+50 969 9:24am
(missed the 24 hour cut off, oh well, on to 1,900)
+50 1019 1:34pm
A group of people trying to do as many push ups, pull-ups, sit-ups as we can in 24 hours. Start anytime between 12:00am and 12:00pm of the day, you can blog, blast message about your status during the day.
Thursday: Sep 16, 2005 1,800 push ups +100 each week
+70 70 12:06am
+70 140 12:31 (Sade, King Of Sorrow)
+70 210 12:35 (Sade, Sombody Already Broke My Heart)
+70 280 12:50 (Sade, Every Word)
+70 350 1:02 (Sade, Lover’s Rock) Some Ben & Jerry’s Cherry Garcia
+70 420 1:12 (Sade, Flow)
+80 500 1:34 (Sade, All About Our Love)
+70 570 2:06 (Sade, By Your Side), doing some work for Y! Mail
(drive kate to school, work in Berkeley with wifi)
+35 600 5:54pm (with kate on back for the last 15)
+70 670 6:16pm (at parents)
(put kate down for bed)
+70 730 9:52pm (only 2 hours to go for 1,070)
+70 800 10:05pm (watching Memento)
+70 870 10:19pm (IM with a friend in between sets)
+70 940 10:25 (Sade, which song? oh when you’re cold i’ll be there hold you tight to me )
+70 1,000 10:33 (nice round number)
+70 1,070 11:08
+70 1,140 11:18
+70 1,210 11:27
+80 1,290 11:30 (30 mins for another 510)
+80 1,370 11:35
+70 1,440 11:45 (just another 360 to go)
+70 1,510 11:53 (13 mins to go for 290)
+30 1,540 11:58
+30 1,570 11:59
+30 1,600 12:00
+30 1,630 12:01
+30 1,660 12:02
+30 1,690 12:03
+30 1,720 12:04
+30 1,750 12:05
+30 1,780 12:05
+20 1,800 12:06 (done, story of my life, procrastination)
This week marks 1,000 for many of the club members. I’ve ordered 2 cakes for the team. A chocolate valencia and a lemon chiffon.
I’m trying for 1,700 this week
+50 (50) 9:05am
+70 (120) 11:32am
+70 (190) 1:13pm
+50 (240) 4:11pm
+50 (290) 4:15pm
+70 (360) 4:38pm
+70 (440) 8:00pm
+70 (510) 9:58pm
+70 (580) 10:34pm (ok this week only 1,000 for me just so I can eat my own cake)
+70 (650) 11:16pm
+70 (720) 11:50pm
+70 (790) 12:12am
+70 (860) 12:21am
+50 (910) 12:37am
+90 (1,000) 7:06am (at the downtown N metro car stop, done!)
Background: A group of people trying to do as many push ups, pull-ups, sit-ups as we can in 24 hours. Start anytime between 12:00am and 12:00pm of the day, you can blog, blast message about your status during the day.
Monday : Aug 8th, 2005 70 pull-ups +10 each week
Tuesday: Aug 9nd, 2005 600 crunches +100 each week
Thursday: Aug 11th, 2005 1,000 push ups +100 each week
This thursday marks the 1,000 push up milestone of the Y! Push Up Club.
On Friday, I will buy a Valencia chocolate cake for the team. Anyone who reaches 1,000 gets a slice.
No rewards for just trying, you don’t get to 1,000: NO CAKE
I’m counting 8 people in the open doing this, if you are doing it secretly, let me know so I can get some
for you.
Great race. Record 15,000 participants. I ran the 1/2 marathon this time
Update With Official Results:
Time: 2:06:03 overall placed #1301 placed 340 out of 647 in the 30-39 age group
pace: 9’37”
Total 1/2 marathon runners 5513.
I’m really happy with the results considering I had to rest 3 times to stretch, and after the 5th mile
my right leg couldn’t bend. I did straight leg runs and power walked the rest of the way.
Started at 5:30am at the Embarcadero, my 3 alarms couldn’t
wake me up at 3:00am. I pop out of bed at 4:40am. Drove like a madman parked and
ran to the race 2 mins before it started
Weather was perfect at 5:30am, foggy no wind, running across the Golden
Gate bridge had to be the highlight of the run.
At the 4th mile my right leg started to hurt like crazy, might have twisted
a muscle. I couldn’t bend the leg at all. I was about to give up the race until I started power walking with
huge arm swings and taking all big hills with short sprints. The push ups
helped here. I was power walking at 10:40 min pace
Things I did wrong
Things I did right
Things I learned
Finished Stats
distance: 13.1 miles
time: approx 2hr 14mins
Push up club starting again. There are 2 hidden members who are also doing it, but will be more public later (I hope)
Other members doing push ups on Thursdays
Kelly Shawn Brian JW Scott
+50 8:23am on train
+70 120 8:37am on train
+50 170 8:44am on train
+50 220 1:26pm (in cube now, damn kelly keeps on taunting me “start doing you push up, lazy bum”)
+50 270 1:37pm
+50 320 1:49pm
+50 370 3:21pm
+60 430 3:46pm
+50 480 4:12pm
+50 530 4:14pm
+50 580 5:13pm
+50 630 5:15pm
+50 680 5:42pm
+20 700 5:53pm
+30 730 5:54pm
+50 780 8:25pm (after drinks at the bar to send the news producers to LA, start doing them at the Sunnyvale Caltrain, with a newspaper on the ground to keep my hands clean)
wish I could get a free pass today. I took the train from sunnyvale at 8:20pm, got to bart in sf, took bart to castro valley, got to cv around 10:40, ran 1.7 miles to my home up hill because I’ve got a flat this morning, changed the flat tire in the dark, now I’m sitting here at 11:47pm with 720 push ups to go. Life iis still pretty good, I get to watch CSI
+50 830 12:06am
+50 880 12:15am
+50 930 12:20am
+50 980 12:27am
+50 1,030 12:38am
+50 1,080 12:53am
+50 1,130 1:10am
+50 1,180 1:20am
+30 1,210 1:28am (down to 30/set now)
+30 1,240 1:33am
+30 1,270 1:36am
+30 1,300 1:47am
+30 1,330 1:55am
+30 1,360 1:59am
+30 1,390 2:04am
+30 1,420 2:11am
+30 1,450 2:15am
+25 1,475 2:19am
+25 1,500 2:21am (DONE, fun)
My secret weapon that helps me build strength for my weekly Thursday pushups :-)
If you don’t have a Model K-2001-40lb, that’s too bad for you You need to get one on loan.
It’s that time of the week, the Y! Pushup Club is going very strong. I’m shooting for 1,400 in 24 hours. It’s going to be harder since I’m seeing Les Miz tonight so I decided to start later to give more time tomorrow
Other members doing push ups on Thursdays
Kelly Shawn Brian JW Scott
+50: 50 11:34 am (in my cube)
+50: 100 11:36 am “”
+50: 150 12:30 pm
+50: 200 1:44pm
+50: 250 3:40
+50: 300 3:42
+50: 350 3:45
+20: 370 3:49
+30: 400 3:51
+80: 480 5:56 (still lots of time, no need to panic)
+70: 530 1:17am (after les miz, falling behind)
+50: 580 1:24am (watching billards, enjoying pastries from Frog Hollow)
+50: 630 1:30am
+30: 660 1:34am
+30: 690 1:40am
+50: 740 1:47am
+50: 790 1:48am
+50: 840 2:10am
+50: 890 2:32am
+50: 940 2:39am
+50: 990 2:51am
+50: 1040 6:30am
+50: 1090 6:40am
+50: 1140 10:56am
+50: 1190 10:58am
+110: 1300 11:24am
+80: 1380 11:31am
+20: 1400 11:33am (done)
We have pushup Thursdays. Now is the time to join in the fun and buy the $19.95
pull up bar. I’ve always dreamed of getting one. Head to SportsMart and
pick one up. It’s time to balance your biceps.
100 pull ups. 5 per set. Nice and easy.
5 (11:030m)
10 (11:35pm)
15 (11:40pm)
20 (11:45pm)
25 (11:50pm)
30 (11:57pm)
35 (12:01pm) hands shaking :-) ice cream time
40 (12:04am)
45 (12:07am)
50 (12:15am)
55 (12:17am)
60 (12:22am)
65 (12:25am)
70 (12:28am)
75 (12:32am) Having a hard time hanging on to the bar
80 (12:35am)
85 (12:40am)
89 (12:45am)
95 (12:57am)
100 (done!)
Here goes my duty of the week for the Y! Push Up Club
I’m shooting for 1,300 today (yes I missed my 10pm curfew today, I have an excuse, I had class til 9:30)
Other members doing push ups on Thursdays
Kelly Shawn Brian JW Scott
Why do we do it?
50 (50) 12:01am
100 (50) 12:03am
150 (60) 12:07am
210 (50) 12:09am (good night)
260 (60) 12:14am (ok, now good night)
320 (50) 12:25am (really, good night)
370 (50) 6:09am
420 (60) 8:20pm (got paged at home for urgent issue, found it and putting a fix, yeah!, reward with push ups)
480 (100) 9:34am (waiting for the train)
580 (50) 10:01am (still at the train station)
630 (50) 2:34pm
680 (50) 3:07pm
730 (50) 3:17pm
780 (50) 3:37pm
830 (80) 10:23pm ( back from SF Ferry Building)
910 (60) 10:47pm ( need some energy, cookies )
970 (60) 11:03pm
1,030 (60) 11:07pm
1,090 (60) 11:14pm
1,150 (60) 11:27pm
1,200 (50) 11:34pm
1,250 (50) 11:44pm
1,300 (50) 11:51pm (done, got 9 mins to spare)
Placed: #54 out of 267 runners, #5 in my age group
Total time: 47’16”
pace: 7’36”
Distance: (10K) 6.56 miles by my watch
BPM: 189 avg
On Friday I decided I need to see what shape I was in for the July 1/2 marathon. So I sign myself up for a 10K on Sunday in the Eden Medical Run To The Lake. This is my 2nd race ever, after my first race at the Bay to Breakers, which was 12K.
I was questioning my sanity about running long distance at the 2 miles and 4 miles mark. However as I was getting more into the actual racing and competition part of trying to out maneuver my fellow anonymous runners, I toss that self doubt out the window.
Somethings I did wrong:
I let me heart rate go up to 200 in order to beat 2 guys at the end of the
last mile. Also trying to keep people I passed from catching me, I heard
foot steps in the last mile.
I think I need to run at a slower pace for the 1/2 marathon.
I got stomach cramps at the 3 rd water stop. Too much water
I’m mentally questioning the 1/2 marathon, whether I should go thru with it.
Things I did right:
I plan to run more 10K races in the future, it’s an enjoyable distance.
I ate just a powerbar and drank some carrot juice, 1 hour before the race.
I finished strong again running at 6’14” for the last mile.
I slept well the night before.
I didn’t carry any gadgets with me, no MP3 player, no Treo.
Division: Male 30-34 In Division: 15
Place Name / City Bib Time O’All Pace Age Club
—– ———————————– —– ——– —– ——– — ——–
1 Jeff Tudor 656 43:27 24 6:59 34
2 Edouard Boussaroque / San Leandro, 113 45:57 46 7:23 33
3 William Mitchell / Campbell, CA 482 46:34 52 7:29 31
4 Joe McKissack 660 47:15 53 7:36 34
5 Tony Tam 741 47:16 54 7:36 34
6 John Halstead 862 51:45 94 8:19 31
7 Michael Hitto 1451 53:12 103 8:33 30
8 Michael Appio / Alameda, CA 417 56:02 131 9:01 32
9 Tony Prestella / Castro Valley, CA 481 56:27 134 9:05 33
10 Daryl Liggins / Oakland, CA 168 59:09 162 9:31 32
11 Chris Dombrowski / Pittsburg, CA 165 59:27 164 9:34 31
12 Anthony Valluzzo / Menlo Park, CA 531 1:00:00 166 9:39 30
13 Michael Fong / Castro Valley, CA 369 1:02:50 194 10:06 33
14 Mark Andres / Castro Valley, CA 551 1:04:27 206 10:22 31
15 Aron Ching / Hayward, CA 233 1:06:50 219 10:45 32
Run to the Lake 10K Timing by: It's About Time Overall Post Place Place Place Out Of Club or O'All Name Bib Time Sex Div Age Div In Div Pace Special ----- --------------------------------- ----- -------- ----- ------- --- ----- ------ -------- -------- 1 Beau Bettinger 603 33:22 1 M18-24 21 1 12 5:22 2 John Litzenberg 893 34:55 2 M35-39 35 1 24 5:37 3 Michael Atwood 751 35:27 3 M18-24 23 2 12 5:42 4 Chris Ferren-Cirino / San Ramon, 401 35:34 4 M18-24 21 3 12 5:43 5 Steven Chavez 1455 36:46 5 M45-49 48 1 31 5:55 6 Christopher Pecot 852 37:53 6 M18-24 21 4 12 6:05 7 Richard Johnson 610 37:58 7 M35-39 39 2 24 6:06 8 Will Helms / Ely, MN 373 38:22 8 M40-44 41 1 19 6:10 9 Derrick Peterman / San Jose, CA 342 38:39 9 M35-39 38 3 24 6:13 10 Matthew Riley / Castro Valley, CA 321 38:57 10 M13-17 16 1 7 6:16 11 Lawrence Witte 662 39:59 11 M40-44 40 2 19 6:26 12 John Pettinichio 702 40:03 12 M45-49 49 2 31 6:26 13 Andrei Pchenitchnikov 825 40:26 13 M45-49 46 3 31 6:30 14 Brian Collett 801 41:35 14 M18-24 20 5 12 6:41 15 Lisa Gillis 622 41:40 1 F 25-29 25 1 16 6:42 16 Dan Green / Belmont, CA 91 42:06 15 M35-39 35 4 24 6:46 17 Jose Portillo 673 42:08 16 M35-39 37 5 24 6:46 18 James Stillman 716 42:10 17 M25-29 25 1 6 6:47 19 Ronald Ellis 1014 42:23 18 M50-54 50 1 23 6:49 20 Pastor Bejinez 714 42:34 19 M25-29 25 2 6 6:51 21 Michael Pavao 1007 43:00 20 M18-24 24 6 12 6:55 22 Bowen Wiest Rettig / Castro Valle 355 43:08 21 M13-17 15 2 7 6:56 23 Gordie Throne 904 43:10 22 M18-24 18 7 12 6:56 24 Jeff Tudor 656 43:27 23 M30-34 34 1 15 6:59 25 Peter Gibson 672 43:27 24 M35-39 38 6 24 6:59 26 Arnold Ramos 711 43:41 25 M50-54 54 2 23 7:01 27 Mark Smith / Napa, CA 423 43:45 26 M45-49 49 4 31 7:02 28 Patrick Sullivan / Belmont, CA 498 43:53 27 M13-17 15 3 7 7:03 29 Norbert Wong 1004 43:54 28 M18-24 18 8 12 7:03 30 Bob Sanchez 611 43:57 29 M45-49 47 5 31 7:04 31 Carrie Chavez 1454 44:10 2 F 35-39 37 1 13 7:06 32 Thomas McManus / Castro Valley, C 143 44:15 30 M35-39 35 7 24 7:07 33 Tom Pavletic / Alameda, CA 293 44:19 31 M45-49 48 6 31 7:07 34 John Akstin / El Sobrante, CA 310 44:22 32 M50-54 50 3 23 7:08 35 Ramon Cazares 669 44:24 33 M40-44 41 3 19 7:08 36 Margot Paulick / Castro Valley, C 518 44:29 3 F 25-29 27 2 16 7:09 37 Ralph Gowen 612 44:32 34 M40-44 44 4 19 7:09 38 Walton Brown 903 44:33 35 M40-44 44 5 19 7:10 39 Dina Anderson 762 44:36 4 F 25-29 28 3 16 7:10 40 James Oterreau / El Cerrito, CA 214 44:41 36 M40-44 41 6 19 7:11 41 Tom Wolanski / Charlottesville, V 396 44:47 37 M40-44 43 7 19 7:12 42 Marc Frodyma 769 45:29 38 M50-54 53 4 23 7:19 43 Tommy Evans 816 45:41 39 M18-24 21 9 12 7:21 44 Greg Gillis 623 45:46 40 M50-54 52 5 23 7:21 45 John Rymer 909 45:54 41 M45-49 49 7 31 7:23 46 Edouard Boussaroque / San Leandro 113 45:57 42 M30-34 33 2 15 7:23 47 Rob Butner 818 45:59 43 M25-29 25 3 6 7:23 48 Franziska Pieren / Hayward, CA 77 46:01 5 F 30-34 34 1 14 7:24 49 Justin Ko / Milpitas, CA 366 46:14 44 M13-17 16 4 7 7:26 50 Jennifer Macpherson 826 46:16 6 F 25-29 28 4 16 7:26 51 Sterling Ledwick 701 46:17 45 M13-17 14 5 7 7:26 52 William Mitchell / Campbell, CA 482 46:34 46 M30-34 31 3 15 7:29 53 Joe McKissack 660 47:15 47 M30-34 34 4 15 7:36 54 Tony Tam 741 47:16 48 M30-34 34 5 15 7:36 55 Michael Hagan / Oakland, CA 426 47:22 49 M40-44 41 8 19 7:37 56 David Scherer 652 47:24 50 M40-44 40 9 19 7:37 57 Jeanine Wolanski / Charlottesvill 395 47:27 7 F 35-39 39 2 13 7:38 58 Francisco Nacu Jr. 621 47:35 51 M35-39 36 8 24 7:39 59 Alisa Francis / Menlo Park, CA 110 47:37 8 F 30-34 33 2 14 7:39 60 Eduardo Cazares 1010 47:40 52 M35-39 38 9 24 7:40 61 Sharley Simpson / Walnut Creek, C 212 48:00 9 F 30-34 32 3 14 7:43 62 Khuyen Dang / Castro Valley, CA 504 48:02 53 M40-44 43 10 19 7:43 63 Scott Kreider 671 48:05 54 M35-39 39 10 24 7:44 64 Marilyn Gerara 768 48:16 55 M50-54 54 6 23 7:46 65 Dana Farkas / Lafayette, CA 67 48:19 10 F 45-49 46 1 16 7:46 66 Valentin Iota 1013 48:28 56 M35-39 37 11 24 7:47 67 Larry Howard / San Jose, CA 507 48:30 57 M45-49 46 8 31 7:48 68 Brian Mullin / Livermore, CA 95 48:31 58 M50-54 50 7 23 7:48 69 Victor Haro / San Jose, CA 190 48:34 59 M45-49 49 9 31 7:48 70 Tim Duggan / San Ramon, CA 1501 48:38 60 M55-59 56 1 11 7:49 71 Han Ko / Milpitas, CA 365 48:41 61 M45-49 47 10 31 7:50 72 Cedric Dotson / Petaluma, CA 192 48:47 62 M45-49 47 11 31 7:51 73 Steven Ponce 823 49:12 63 M50-54 51 8 23 7:55 74 Mark Ulm / Stockton, CA 186 49:13 64 M45-49 48 12 31 7:55 75 Dino Cardiasmenos 803 49:17 65 M50-54 53 9 23 7:55 76 Brad Niess 902 49:19 66 M25-29 26 4 6 7:56 77 Gail Strzepa / Castro Valley, CA 128 49:21 11 F 45-49 45 2 16 7:56 78 Eric Johnson / Oakland, CA 290 49:32 67 M50-54 50 10 23 7:58 79 Chad Kempel 876 49:37 68 M18-24 23 10 12 7:59 80 Tom Ford / Concord, CA 427 49:41 69 M50-54 52 11 23 7:59 81 Jamie Collins 827 49:51 12 F 18-24 21 1 7 8:01 82 Jessica Dawney 808 49:52 13 F 18-24 19 2 7 8:01 83 Janelle Nelson 606 49:59 14 F 30-34 33 4 14 8:02 84 James Pane / Castro Valley, CA 521 50:24 70 M50-54 51 12 23 8:06 85 Jeff Richardson / Livermore, CA 495 50:31 71 M55-59 56 2 11 8:07 86 Manuel Goulart / Antioch, CA 220 50:49 72 M45-49 45 13 31 8:10 87 Jose Gomez / San Lorenzo, CA 251 51:07 73 M50-54 54 13 23 8:13 88 Joe Morales / San Jose, CA 20 51:08 74 M35-39 36 12 24 8:13 89 Frank Leyva / Oakland, CA 255 51:26 75 M40-44 43 11 19 8:16 90 Joseph Araujo / Fremont, CA 571 51:29 76 M55-59 55 3 11 8:17 91 Donna Chan 828 51:31 15 F 45-49 47 3 16 8:17 92 Jaime Decarlo / Benicia, CA 152 51:39 16 F 25-29 29 5 16 8:18 93 Jesus Armas / Hayward, CA 163 51:41 77 M50-54 51 14 23 8:19 94 John Halstead 862 51:45 78 M30-34 31 6 15 8:19 95 Robert Brandon 910 52:06 79 M35-39 35 13 24 8:23 96 Clifford Baughn / Milpitas, CA 326 52:12 80 M55-59 55 4 11 8:24 97 Dalio Cady 724 52:17 81 M40-44 43 12 19 8:24 98 Suresh Bhat / Castro Valley, CA 496 52:20 82 M35-39 36 14 24 8:25 99 Patricia Banks-Evans / Union City 137 52:26 17 F 50-54 53 1 6 8:26 100 Todd Peterson / Castro Valley, CA 106 52:27 83 M45-49 48 14 31 8:26 101 Jeff Lind 616 52:45 84 M40-44 44 13 19 8:29 102 Gary Foster / San Ramon, CA 142 52:46 85 M65-69 66 1 6 8:29 103 Michael Hitto 1451 53:12 86 M30-34 30 7 15 8:33 104 Ken Bowman 869 53:14 87 M50-54 51 15 23 8:34 105 Sergio Correa 896 53:16 88 M45-49 48 15 31 8:34 106 Rosanna Honahnie 574 53:27 18 F 25-29 28 6 16 8:36 107 Felipe Castillo / Oakland, CA 446 53:37 89 M40-44 44 14 19 8:37 108 Christa Braun-Inglis / Berkeley, 402 53:44 19 F 35-39 35 3 13 8:38 109 Susan Wheeler / Oakland, CA 338 53:48 20 F 55-59 57 1 4 8:39 110 Ralph Page / Castro Valley, CA 478 53:52 90 M45-49 48 16 31 8:40 111 Steve Payne 1431 54:06 91 M45-49 47 17 31 8:42 112 Robert Reyes / Hayward, CA 248 54:08 92 M45-49 49 18 31 8:42 113 Colleen Brown 655 54:10 21 F 40-44 44 1 19 8:43 114 Doug Brown / Larkspur, CA 389 54:18 93 M50-54 54 16 23 8:44 115 Jean Suyenaga / San Jose, CA 120 54:23 22 F 35-39 38 4 13 8:45 116 Howard Canari 891 54:30 94 M35-39 38 15 24 8:46 117 Fernando Armas / Hayward, CA 244 54:34 95 M40-44 40 15 19 8:46 118 Anthony Renda 651 55:00 96 M13-17 13 6 7 8:51 119 Terrie Fontes 667 55:06 23 F 40-44 43 2 19 8:52 120 Valerie Parker / Newman, CA 548 55:08 24 F 35-39 36 5 13 8:52 121 Paula Ferre / Concord, CA 363 55:08 25 F 50-54 51 2 6 8:52 122 Mitch Kim 740 55:19 97 M45-49 49 19 31 8:54 123 Maribel Castillo-Glaze / Castro V 156 55:34 26 F 40-44 40 3 19 8:56 124 Stacey Young 1018 55:38 27 F 25-29 25 7 16 8:57 125 Edward Johnston / San Ramon, CA 348 55:45 98 M35-39 37 16 24 8:58 126 Teri Gane 727 55:49 28 F 45-49 45 4 16 8:58 127 Jim McBride 776 55:50 99 M60-64 62 1 5 8:59 128 Jami Madson / San Francisco, CA 542 55:52 29 F 25-29 27 8 16 8:59 129 Michael Pollard 640 55:53 100 M50-54 52 17 23 8:59 130 Lyle Sieg / Castro Valley, CA 350 56:00 101 M45-49 45 20 31 9:00 131 Michael Appio / Alameda, CA 417 56:02 102 M30-34 32 8 15 9:01 132 Scott Simmons / Castro Valley, CA 413 56:22 103 M50-54 50 18 23 9:04 133 Beverley Young / San Ramon, CA 511 56:26 30 F 40-44 40 4 19 9:04 134 Tony Prestella / Castro Valley, C 481 56:27 104 M30-34 33 9 15 9:05 135 Michael Barnard 789 56:36 105 M35-39 35 17 24 9:06 136 Jennie Mollica 817 56:42 31 F 30-34 34 5 14 9:07 137 Fernando Buchner 668 56:45 106 M45-49 49 21 31 9:07 138 Michael Patton 855 56:49 107 M35-39 37 18 24 9:08 139 Bill Terry 784 56:50 108 M45-49 48 22 31 9:08 140 Joshua Smith / Berkeley, CA 1504 56:58 109 M18-24 24 11 12 9:10 141 Satoko Gibson / Pleasanton, CA 433 57:01 32 F 40-44 42 5 19 9:10 142 Nerissa Pavletic / Alameda, CA 292 57:09 33 F 35-39 38 6 13 9:11 143 Thd Fuller 813 57:18 110 M45-49 46 23 31 9:13 144 Kimberley Bean / Oakland, CA 130 57:26 34 F 45-49 47 5 16 9:14 145 Alicia Gonzales 691 57:32 35 F 40-44 42 6 19 9:15 146 Suzette Smith 754 57:38 36 F 45-49 49 6 16 9:16 147 Kerry Moore-Perry / San Ramon, CA 131 57:38 37 F 45-49 48 7 16 9:16 148 James Shea / Castro Valley, CA 70 57:47 111 M65-69 69 2 6 9:17 149 Pamela Kelly / Hayward, CA 75 57:49 38 F 40-44 43 7 19 9:18 150 Pamela Staley 736 57:50 39 F 45-49 45 8 16 9:18 151 Barbara Phillips Michel / Danvill 102 57:59 40 F 45-49 46 9 16 9:19 152 Dave Chadbourne / Danville, CA 1503 58:04 112 M55-59 55 5 11 9:20 153 Danica Radulovich 630 58:05 41 F 13-17 17 1 4 9:20 154 William Radulovich 1022 58:05 113 M55-59 56 6 11 9:20 155 Linda Wobbe 770 58:23 42 F 45-49 49 10 16 9:23 156 Ken Decarlo / Benicia, CA 153 58:25 114 M40-44 41 16 19 9:24 157 Sean Wu / Castro Valley, CA 307 58:34 115 M35-39 36 19 24 9:25 158 Robin Anderson 895 58:34 43 F 18-24 23 3 7 9:25 159 Kim Anglin / Piedmont, CA 529 58:59 44 F 25-29 28 9 16 9:29 160 Lupe Brandon 912 59:04 45 F 30-34 34 6 14 9:30 161 Jamie Davis / Oakland, CA 169 59:08 116 M25-29 27 5 6 9:30 162 Daryl Liggins / Oakland, CA 168 59:09 117 M30-34 32 10 15 9:31 163 Mike Laramie / Union City, CA 138 59:21 118 M65-69 68 3 6 9:33 164 Chris Dombrowski / Pittsburg, CA 165 59:27 119 M30-34 31 11 15 9:34 165 Michael Hopfe / Pleasanton, CA 288 59:45 120 M45-49 49 24 31 9:36 166 Anthony Valluzzo / Menlo Park, CA 531 1:00:00 121 M30-34 30 12 15 9:39 167 Mary Piasta / Menlo Park, CA 530 1:00:01 46 F 25-29 27 10 16 9:39 168 Jeniffer Alcaide 703 1:00:01 47 F 30-34 31 7 14 9:39 169 Laura Murray / San Leandro, CA 522 1:00:10 48 F 18-24 23 4 7 9:40 170 John Amos 722 1:00:11 122 M60-64 60 2 5 9:41 171 Ron Neach / Pleasant Hill, CA 124 1:00:14 123 M45-49 45 25 31 9:41 172 Jessica Corcoran 1449 1:00:15 49 F 18-24 21 5 7 9:41 173 Kristen Waring 806 1:00:17 50 F 30-34 30 8 14 9:42 174 Sun Yung Kim 620 1:00:42 124 M65-69 69 4 6 9:46 175 Richard Lucia / Castro Valley, CA 334 1:00:44 125 M55-59 56 7 11 9:46 176 Susan Hall 710 1:00:55 51 F 45-49 47 11 16 9:48 177 Brian Maxwell / Castro Valley, CA 414 1:01:00 126 M60-64 61 3 5 9:48 178 Cindy Tate / Concord, CA 109 1:01:01 52 F 25-29 29 11 16 9:49 179 Teresa Perez / Hayward, CA 167 1:01:01 53 F 40-44 41 8 19 9:49 180 Terri Yarkin / Danville, CA 327 1:01:06 54 F 50-54 53 3 6 9:49 181 Janet Fazio / San Ramon, CA 489 1:01:06 55 F 35-39 37 7 13 9:49 182 Bonnie Yeung / Union City, CA 554 1:01:17 56 F 18-24 23 6 7 9:51 183 Summer Robertson / Castro Valley, 84 1:01:23 57 F 25-29 29 12 16 9:52 184 Edmund Gelacio / Richmond, CA 83 1:01:28 127 M45-49 47 26 31 9:53 185 Nathan Nebrija / San Francisco, C 145 1:01:47 128 M40-44 44 17 19 9:56 186 Lisa Kran / San Leandro, CA 78 1:01:55 58 F 45-49 47 12 16 9:57 187 Michael Ferre / Concord, CA 362 1:01:59 129 M50-54 53 19 23 9:58 188 Cynthia Short / Union City, CA 341 1:02:10 59 F 50-54 52 4 6 10:00 189 Nick Casares Jr / Oakland, CA 173 1:02:22 130 M55-59 55 8 11 10:02 190 Manuel Inacio / Castro Valley, CA 421 1:02:29 131 M65-69 66 5 6 10:03 191 Krista Juli / Walnut Creek, CA 107 1:02:32 60 F 40-44 40 9 19 10:03 192 Brooks Anderson 894 1:02:34 61 F 40-44 44 10 19 10:04 193 Anaite Letona 760 1:02:41 62 F 35-39 35 8 13 10:05 194 Michael Fong / Castro Valley, CA 369 1:02:50 132 M30-34 33 13 15 10:06 195 Nate Miley / Oakland, CA 126 1:03:18 133 M50-54 54 20 23 10:11 196 Dennis Hassler / San Rafael, CA 146 1:03:25 134 M70-74 71 1 2 10:12 197 Robert Maxwell / Castro Valley, C 527 1:03:26 135 M35-39 38 20 24 10:12 198 Monika Momiyama / Hayward, CA 282 1:03:29 63 F 35-39 37 9 13 10:12 199 Darius Aguilera 638 1:03:34 136 M 6-12 12 1 1 10:13 200 Soomee Kim / Castro Valley, CA 474 1:03:35 64 F 35-39 36 10 13 10:13 201 Michael Kelsh 824 1:03:40 137 M45-49 48 27 31 10:14 202 James Samson 799 1:03:49 138 M50-54 51 21 23 10:16 203 Guy Baldwin / Castro Valley, CA 332 1:04:07 139 M35-39 38 21 24 10:19 204 Jeff Green / Oakland, CA 150 1:04:10 140 M55-59 58 9 11 10:19 205 Brian Dolan 877 1:04:21 141 M45-49 45 28 31 10:21 206 Mark Andres / Castro Valley, CA 551 1:04:27 142 M30-34 31 14 15 10:22 207 Amandine Redington / Half Moon Ba 577 1:04:40 65 F 13-17 15 2 4 10:24 208 Sean Sobers / Pleasanton, CA 115 1:04:42 143 M35-39 35 22 24 10:24 209 Stephanie Barron / Pleasanton, CA 116 1:04:42 66 F 30-34 31 9 14 10:24 210 Leslie Brouillette / Castro Valle 104 1:05:34 67 F 45-49 47 13 16 10:33 211 Jason Lal 794 1:05:41 144 M13-17 15 7 7 10:34 212 Monica Pech 795 1:05:42 68 F 13-17 17 3 4 10:34 213 Stephanie Green / Oakland, CA 508 1:05:47 69 F 30-34 34 10 14 10:35 214 Anna Irwin / Castro Valley, CA 475 1:05:49 70 F 30-34 33 11 14 10:35 215 Bruce Christensen / Castro Valley 280 1:05:54 145 M55-59 56 10 11 10:36 216 Patrick Vanier 761 1:06:05 146 M35-39 36 23 24 10:38 217 Barbara Robben / Berkeley, CA 64 1:06:24 71 F 70-74 71 1 1 10:41 218 Janet McMurray / El Cerrito, CA 96 1:06:33 72 F 55-59 55 2 4 10:42 219 Aron Ching / Hayward, CA 233 1:06:50 147 M30-34 32 15 15 10:45 220 Richard Nelson 1015 1:06:51 148 M40-44 41 18 19 10:45 221 Howard Hornig / Castro Valley, CA 416 1:07:02 149 M80-95 80 1 1 10:47 222 Richard Tanaka 859 1:07:05 150 M55-59 56 11 11 10:47 223 Janet Kukulica / Castro Valley, C 550 1:07:44 73 F 50-54 50 5 6 10:54 224 Mary Anne Reno / San Lorenzo, CA 268 1:07:46 74 F 40-44 40 11 19 10:54 225 Ann Wilson / Pleasanton, CA 267 1:07:48 75 F 40-44 40 12 19 10:54 226 Rosalyn Lemieux / Berkeley, CA 117 1:07:55 76 F 25-29 29 13 16 10:55 227 Juli Andres / Castro Valley, CA 552 1:08:09 77 F 25-29 29 14 16 10:58 228 Linus Ugonabo / Oakland, CA 328 1:08:10 151 M45-49 47 29 31 10:58 229 Vivian Lu / San Francisco, CA 541 1:08:17 78 F 18-24 23 7 7 10:59 230 Brian Friedlander / San Francisco 567 1:08:18 152 M18-24 24 12 12 10:59 231 Ivy Altman 633 1:08:21 79 F 45-49 45 14 16 10:59 232 David Perez / Hayward, CA 455 1:09:05 153 M45-49 47 30 31 11:07 233 Julie Lucero / El Sobrante, CA 31 1:09:09 80 F 40-44 43 13 19 11:07 234 Molly Heekin / Castro Valley, CA 464 1:10:35 81 F 30-34 34 12 14 11:21 235 Marilyn Schneider / Castro Valley 557 1:10:39 82 F 50-54 53 6 6 11:22 236 Jessica Budgin 920 1:11:09 83 F 25-29 29 15 16 11:26 237 Eric Budgin 921 1:11:12 154 M25-29 29 6 6 11:27 238 Patricia Breslin 728 1:11:23 84 F 40-44 43 14 19 11:29 239 Dianne Chan / San Leandro, CA 407 1:11:26 85 F 25-29 28 16 16 11:29 240 Tim Shelley 689 1:12:00 155 M50-54 53 22 23 11:35 241 Dev Mahadevan / Castro Valley, CA 179 1:12:31 156 M60-64 61 4 5 11:40 242 Nancy Mitrick / Fremont, CA 311 1:12:42 86 F 60-64 62 1 2 11:41 243 Ivan Cornelius / Castro Valley, C 136 1:13:24 157 M65-69 65 6 6 11:48 244 Gwyn Kanekofuller 812 1:13:58 87 F 40-44 42 15 19 11:54 245 Debbie McFarland / Sunnyvale, CA 388 1:14:35 88 F 45-49 46 15 16 12:00 246 Elizabeth Hamill / Walnut Creek, 386 1:14:35 89 F 40-44 41 16 19 12:00 247 Gabrielle Jamison / San Ramon, CA 347 1:14:36 90 F 30-34 34 13 14 12:00 248 Nicole Harra / San Francisco, CA 384 1:14:37 91 F 35-39 36 11 13 12:00 249 Debbie Edinger / Discovery Bay, C 276 1:15:46 92 F 40-44 41 17 19 12:11 250 Frank Nolte / Pleasant Hill, CA 114 1:16:06 158 M70-74 70 2 2 12:14 251 Diane Riddle / San Leandro, CA 313 1:17:12 93 F 55-59 55 3 4 12:25 252 Dan Riddle / San Leandro, CA 312 1:17:54 159 M50-54 52 23 23 12:32 253 Pat Larson 873 1:17:54 94 F 65-69 66 1 2 12:32 254 Mike Harris 619 1:17:55 160 M60-64 61 5 5 12:32 255 Judith Duncan / Castro Valley, CA 216 1:19:09 95 F 55-59 59 4 4 12:44 256 Cathy Lozano / Richmond, CA 295 1:20:12 96 F 45-49 49 16 16 12:54 257 Joyce Friedlander / San Mateo, CA 249 1:22:58 97 F 65-69 67 2 2 13:21 258 Susan Woodhouse / Hercules, CA 258 1:23:02 98 F 40-44 43 18 19 13:21 259 Donald Schauer / Byron, CA 170 1:23:59 161 M35-39 36 24 24 13:30 260 Jessica Bulos / Oakland, CA 129 1:24:48 99 F 40-44 40 19 19 13:38 261 Kristine Edinger / Discovery Bay, 277 1:26:40 100 F 13-17 17 4 4 13:56 262 Rachel Castillo / Stockton, CA 380 1:26:43 101 F 30-34 31 14 14 13:57 263 Othon Castillo / Stockton, CA 379 1:26:44 162 M40-44 42 19 19 13:57 264 Linda Mahadevan / Castro Valley, 180 1:27:04 102 F 60-64 63 2 2 14:00 265 Donna Fong 659 1:28:08 103 F 35-39 38 12 13 14:10 266 Ken Ferris / Campbell, CA 524 1:40:15 163 M45-49 47 31 31 16:07 267 Darlene Gatts / Campbell, CA 525 1:40:19 104 F 35-39 38 13 13 16:08
I’m impressed by Kelly and his dedication to push up Thursday even when he is in the UK.
Here goes my duty of the week for the Y! Push Up Club
Other Members Kelly Shawn Brian JW Scott
I’m shooting for 1,200 today.
100 6:30am (waiting for Amtrak)
150 8:30 (at work)
200 8:58
250 9:20
300 9:48
350 10:20
400 10:22
450 10:35 (In My Place, ColdPlay)
500 10:37 (God Put a Smile upon Your Face, ColdPlay)
570 11:49 (The Scientist, ColdPlay)
620 1:47 (Clock, “”)
670 1:50 (Daylight, “”)
620 1:54 (“”,””)
670 10:03 pm
720 10:08 pm (watching CSI: NY)
770 10:14pm
820 10:20pm
870 10:26pm
920 10:43pm
945 10:48pm (R. forcing me to sleep at 11 via IM, gotta hurry)
970 10:43pm
995 10:55pm
1,020 10:57pm
1,070 11:01pm
1,100 11:08pm
1,133 11:13pm
1,166 11:18pm
1,200 11:24pm (good night R.)
Finally after hurting my foot running along the canals of Paris, I’m healed and back on my training for the SF 1/2 marathon end of July. I decided to run over to the Japanese Garden in Hayward. It’s an amazing garden in the middle of nowhere in Hayward. Once you are inside, you feel like you are in Japan. Koi fish, lotus leaves, perfectly trimed trees.
Only about 2.8 miles from my house, I figure I need to squeeze in long runs on Mondays when I work at home. (Saturdays are days I take Kate to dance class and the farmer’s market).
The run towards the garden was all downhill, yeah!! love downhill
Distance: 2.91 miles
Pace: 7’01” mins / mile
2nd part was all uphill :-( oh dear, no!!!!
Distance: 2.04 miles
Pace: 7’23” mins / mile
When I get back, I’m greeted by my loving cat, Max. “Feed Me Now!”
My foot has been hurting for the last 2 weeks and I have not been able to run. I’m getting really depressed lately but I couldn’t run to counteract it. I’m trying a new exercise: handstand pushups. Pretty funny that most of the people doing it are kung fu fanatics (which I’m not) I just like to train my body with only my body weight. Much easier to exercise wherever I want to.
See some Y! Images search for handstand pushups
Remember, if you try this at home
I’ve hurt my foot recently and have not been able to run for a while. So I’ve started shooting for the 2,000 mark in push ups. 1,500 was reached on May 10th, 1,000 was reached April 22nd, 500 was reached March 02
Push up Log for June 6th
100 7:37 am
200 8:00 am
300 8:30 am
400 9:00 am
500 9:30 am
600 9:55 am
700 10:23 am
800 11:25 am
900 11:34 am
950 12:17 pm
— gum cleaning, work, dinner
1,000 9:28pm
1,050 10:20pm
1,100 10:49pm
1,150 11:45pm
1,200 11:50pm
1,250 12:29pm
1,300 12:49pm
1,350 12:58pm
— banging my head try to troubleshoot work related issues, need to clear my head
1,400 1:14am
1,450 1:29am
1,500 1:38am
1,550 2:08am
1,600 2:15am
1,650 2:22am
1,700 2:31am
— sleep
1,750 5:42am
2,000 7:30am
Archived from the Wayback machine of my Yahoo! 360 blog
I’ve hurt my foot recently and have not been able to run for a while. So I’ve started shooting for the 2,000 mark in push ups. 1,500 was reached on May 10th, 1,000 was reached April 22nd, 500 was reached March 02
Push up Log for June 6th
100 7:37 am
200 8:00 am
300 8:30 am
400 9:00 am
500 9:30 am
600 9:55 am
700 10:23 am
800 11:25 am
900 11:34 am
950 12:17 pm
— gum cleaning, work, dinner
1,000 9:28pm
1,050 10:20pm
1,100 10:49pm
1,150 11:45pm
1,200 11:50pm
1,250 12:29pm
1,300 12:49pm
1,350 12:58pm
— banging my head try to troubleshoot work related issues, need to clear my head
1,400 1:14am
1,450 1:29am
1,500 1:38am
1,550 2:08am
1,600 2:15am
1,650 2:22am
1,700 2:31am
— sleep
1,750 5:42am
2,000 7:30am
Hobbled on a bad foot over to the Eifel Tower, had a crepe, stood in the
rain and soaked up Paris. Then walked along the Seine to Place de Concord,
and watched Star Wars. hee, wonderful end to the vacation
Hobble Log: 3 miles
I’m so tired today. It’s glorious weather in Paris at 82 degrees. This is my last full day Paris, I’ll be heading to Amsterdam tomorrow. So I decided to squeeze in a run to see the lower part of the canals (St. Martin, see Y! Image)
I ran 3.6 km then the heat really got to me and I stopped. I’m actually not enjoying running in this heat. Oh well rest up for another morning or night run instead.
Never seen a canal lock before. Very cool, raise the water level, boat goes ‘up’ a river, close the gate and let the water go.
Running and eating my way through Paris.
This morning I started running at 5:30am cause I knew I wanted a long run. Picked up the best pain au chocolat in Paris, saw the best view of Paris at Sacre Coeur, then the best running route along the canals. The St. Martin canal is a must see for anyone visiting Paris (think Ameli and stone skipping) My favorite running routes are either along the Seine or along the St Martin canals.
2.5 km From 166 Suffren to Invalides
4.0 km Then over to pick up best pain au chocolat in paris in Rue Lepic area
1.2 km Up to top of Sacre Coeur
4.0 km Belly full now, pick up 2 peaches at the early market, run to the canals
2.5 km Run along the canal to Parc de la Villette
6.5 km Run back to Sacre Coeur to pick up Kate.
While waiting for Kate, finish up 600 push ups add to yesteday’s 400 push ups while watching Kate on the slides to wrap up 1,000 push ups in 24 hours
Log: 20.7 km / 1.6 = 12.9 miles
Best pain au chocolat in Paris
Recently some people have been asking me why the hell did I start running and dress in running shorts all the time? Why did I do the crazy push-ups?
I don’t know why I felt ashamed to admit it before. This is no shame, nothing wrong with what I have.
I’ve been diagnosed with depression in Febuary. Apparently I’ve been depressed ever since I was in middleschool. I’ve seldom been happy, even though there isn’t much going wrong with my life. Moving to America when I was 10 probably didn’t help things. Even though I’ve flourished in this country, it’s still not my home country, I’m still sort of an outsider.
In early March, I read the book Ultramarathon Man: Confessions of an All-Night Runner and something about the author’s love of running, that it’s a sport you do for yourself, you compete with only yourself and your race time, pushing your body to your limits, really jolted something in me.
I started running one early Saturday morning from downtown to Fort Point and after I got to the end, I was not tired at all, it’s all about pacing myself and not run too fast. Later on I found out it was close to 6 miles. And I felt extremely happy. My body was filled with happy chemicals!! Wow, running == happy chemicals.
Scienticfically I think they are called endorphins. I think my brain lacks enough serotonin like normal happy people.
I run in order to squash the depression, I don’t want drugs to supress the depression
I run because I want to see how far I can push my body
I run because when I’m 60 years old, I want to be healthier than when I was 40. (thanks to sam)
I run because I want a strong heart
I run because it makes me happy
I run because I don’t have to drive my car
I run because I’m 3 times faster than all the people walking
I run because San Francisco is 7 miles x 7 miles and I can run to anywhere in the city.
I run because I can run and I don’t get tired
I run because I love to travel and I want to run thru every city I visit
There, I’m done. Depression sucks and I will squash it and run thru it and run over it.
Update:
Just read at 11:12pm: “The ‘runners high’ is said to be experienced by 60-70% of well conditioned runners”
“As you exercise more, you require a higher intensity of exercise in order to produce the same endorphin release” Hmm, that means in order to feel happy, I’ll need to run more and more.
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Fry’s is evil, they tempt you with candy when you check out. But sometimes you need to go inside, there’s no way around it.
I needed to buy a SD PCMCIA card reader today before I leave for vacation on Saturday.
So I decided to run over to Fry’s. I wasn’t sure I could make it back so I got cash for
a cab :-)
I really didn’t want to run and was getting tired after the first mile. I was wishing I had a car :-)
After the 2nd mile, my heart settled down and things went a lot better.
Here are the flickr photos from my run to Fry’s. Sunnyvale is not a pretty city, I long for
anything but Sunnyvale.
Running Route
Yahoo! to Mathilda & Maude 1.9 mi
Mathilda & Maude to Maude & Fair Oaks .8 mi
Maude & Fair Oaks to Arques .3 mi
Arques to Fry’s 0.9 mi
Log: 3.9 miles then run back the same way for 7.8 miles
Update: Official finish time is 0:58:54, place #752!! (I’m in the Fun Runners division). Some photo proofs they took while I was running
Out of 31,246 people, 751 came in faster than I did in the entire race. I’m very proud that after only 3 months of semi-intense running and having never done any running before, I did so well in my first race. Next race is the SF 1/2 Marathon on July 31st. I welcome Saturday long run partners
If you want to see the entire list go here and put ‘%’ in the first name hit search, then click on the Time column to sort by time. It’s weird how there are people with the same Place finsh and they don’t tell you the division. (Fun Runners, Seeded Division [$$$], Pledge Runners, Centipeds, Team Placement, Costume Contest)
Right after the race:
Just finished the Bay to Breakers in under 59mins flat. I had my Treo 650 with me, I’m glad I took pictures. I think I saw at least 10 nude people, but the sight was not pretty… Why can’t the good looking men and women be nude. Tag the naked people on my flickr photos. Use the word naked. I counted 8 photos.
Here is the running route
Mile 1, followed this group of girls in Cat suits, got a boost of energy base off of cheers from the crowd
Mile 2, being passed by everyone, I had a speedometer, I kept my pace at 8’30” / mile
Mile 3, the Hayes street hill, I passed people left and right, I hit the hill at 8’45” / mile
Mile 4, my pace slowed to 8’50” / mile, people passing me quite a bit. Threw away the huge bottle of water (stupid idea) Was getting stomach pains from too much water
Mile 5, pistachio nut and walnuts gave me a huge boost. Ran at 7’05” / mile. Passing a lot of the same people who passed me
Mile 6, still going strong here at 7’30 / mile, getting passed by a bunch of people I saw earlier
Mile 7, fastest time yet at 6’0″ / mile, passing everyone who passed me, finished strong!!!
In my mind I was competing with these dudes and gals, I know that’s not good, but hey it was a race right?
News Coverage:
Everyone’s a winner in city’s freaky race (SF Chronicle)
Moroccan outruns deep women’s field (SF Chronicle, on the women racers, 5 mentions of the Hayes street hill)
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05/17/2005 10:21 pm
There are lots of Yahoo’s who would’ve finished faster and didn’t enter. Lawrence, Brad Clawsie.. lots of other really dedicated runners.
Run Yahoo!’s Run!!!!
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05/17/2005 07:56 pm
Fastest Yahoo!? Good question. I don’t know the answer, but I know that Lawrence Chin didn’t enter, so you still have a chance. That dude ran 3:09 for the Boston Marathon. that is like 7min/mile. That guy is a freaking stud.
Did anyone else see the “Google is hiring” chick or the Google Centipede?
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05/16/2005 09:43 pm
congrats. nice job. now please have those naked shots removed from all flickr serrvers.
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05/16/2005 08:27 am
no idea whether I’m the fastest Yahoo. I’m just happy that I ran strong at the end. Given I was so nervous before the race and I drank too much water during the race, I still was able to finish ahead of the pack, I’m ecstatic.
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05/16/2005 08:17 am
So, were you the fastest Yahoo in the race?
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05/15/2005 09:17 pm
You’re crazy. I don’t think I’ve ever run a 6 minute mile.
I’ve never been so thankful that the camera in the Treo 650 sucks.
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Nice run. You kicked my ass. 84 min… ouch!
Tonight I took the train to Menlo Park to pick up a used jogger stroller for Kate. First time in the city, didn’t know what to expect. I was surprised at how huge the houses were!! They were like mansions, all with gates and walls. This is unreal. I was running thru the city and scared some housewife as I passed her, note to self: announce myself when I pass people.
Anyways I picked up the stroller for $50, not bad. Ran back to the station and missed the train by 30 seconds. Then they wouldn’t let me bring the stroller on one of the trains because it was full of bikes, had to wait another 15 mins for the next train.. where I started doing 300 push-ups (i’m crazy)
1st Log: 3 miles, twice around hill in Yahoo
2nd Log: 2.2 miles w stroller and backpack
Ok, you knew it would happen one day. I’ve lost my mind. Ever since I started this fitness craze and started doing 500 push ups, 1,000 push ups, you knew the day would come when I would try 1,500.
Well today was it. I just finished 1,500 push ups tonight! When I’ve tried for it on other days, the timing and rhythm just wasn’t right. Today everything went perfectly.
The hardest part was making time to do it and keeping count of how many I did. At work I knocked down 2 set of 150, making it 300. Luckily I was stuck waiting for Caltrain today and was able to knock down 300. I had lots of TV shows recorded so when I got home, I watched TV and finish the remaining 900. (The L Word, Desperate Housewives, CSI NY)
I had no plans for this Saturday’s run so I just let it flow. Here was the route and it turned out to be really enjoyable.
Folsom & 4th to Market & Larkin Log: 1.5 mile
Run thru the Civic Center Plaza under the row of trees. Log .4 mile
along Fell to Ashbury Log: 1.8 miles make a right and there is the Hayes Ashbury, run down Hayes to Van Ness Log 1.9 miles
I didn’t even realize that the ‘postcard row’ of 6 the victorians were right on Steiner and Hayes Run full speed down Market & 8th and stop at 5th & Market Starbucks Log: .7 miles
Order a triple shot, grande, blended latte and walk home
Log for Saturday 2005.05.07: 6.3 miles, 2 hills of san francisco
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It’s one of those nights that I want to forget.
I took the 7pm Caltrains to SF last night. The machine validator for the 10-ride ticket at Mountain View station was broken so I thought I’ll just get it validated on the train. At the San Carlos station, the people checking the tickets were in a foul mood or something.. they saw that I didn’t let them know about the ticket earlier and wanted me to choose between $250 ticket or get out at San Carlos.
Well, I got off at San Carlos, 1 hour to the next train. I ran around town and found a nice looking pizza place San Remos, and ordered a fried calamari, fizzy water, small pizza with garlic+clams+mushroom
I sat outside (it was raining) with a heat lamp, called up my sister and we chatted about life. The train came at 8:51pm and I took it to SF. Hey, life gives you lemons and you eat pizza :-) It was an awesome pizza, one of the best I’ve had.
That’s not the end of it.. as you might know, I’m always in running gear. So after the train, I started running back to my house. I was running up to this bum and he turned around and yelled “dont you ever, ever run up to me again! mother f*cker” This guy was pretty scary and he looked like he was going to slug me. I had to back away unless I wanted to fight, but I’ll probably loose and get my head pounded in. It was a easy decision, say I’m sorry and leave. Ok, the city is pretty scary at night. Note to self, don’t run up to people at night.
Note to self, maybe I shouldn’t run at night in the city
Log: 1.7 miles
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Google Map: My parents’ house to Dublin Bart I’ve been busy with the Y! News launch last week, have not updated my run log.
Running really gives me a lot of freedom to go anywhere I want without having to drive or carry around a bike and helmet.
I have very traditional chinese parents who still treat me as if I’m 10 years old, I’m 35 years old now. On Friday, I took the Bart to my parents in Dublin and I told my mom that on Saturday I’ll run to the bart since I wanted to take off about 5:30am. So that’s what I did, I ran from my parents house to Dublin bart. I checked my phone 20 mins later and had 9 messages. My parents were driving all over the running route looking for me to drive me to Bart. What’s the worst that can happen? I end up just walking to bart? sigh. I love my parents, our relationship has never been better, but sometimes I want to scream..
Log: 2.9 miles w/12 lb backpack
Thursday ran from caltrains to the Ferry building, then back home. Log: 2.6 miles w/12 lb backpack
Sunday morning, took Kate at 7:30 to pick up fresh bread from Acme bread at 8:00 and ran back. Log 2.4 miles pushing/36 lb stroller.
Kate (4 years old) has a very good memory. She is holding me to my promise about running with her over the golden gate bridge. So on Sunday, I drove her to Point Fort and I put her in her stroller with her Martha Stewart Kids magazine, it was daughter and father time! I had a great time.
Log: 2.6 miles
Monday morning at 5:30 I set a goal to run 8 miles but ended up only running 5.2 miles on this route to Divisadero My Monday legs just were not up for it. Log 5.2 miles
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Finished the ANA Cable Car Chase this Sunday morning.
Highlights:
Official Results 5.67 miles
Pace: 7:26 min/mile
Place: 101 out of 543
Age Placement: 34 out of 109
Things I did wrong
Things I did right
See Photos at https://www.flickr.com/photos/tonytam/albums/72157664595163017
(I was running with the silver Axio backpack)
I’m commuting from SF by cal trains nowadays whenever I don’t need to drive Kate. Yahoo has a shuttle that picks up from Mountain View and gets to the campus 24 minutes after the train arrives. That’s not a bad deal until one day they never showed up and I had to take the light rail to work.
Don’t piss off a want-to-be runner! I’m just going to run to work from now on.
This is the first day of the plan. I have a somewhat heavy backpack with the 6.9 lbs powerbook, hair gel, power cord, vitamin water, a magazine and the Chronicle. My backpack weights in around 12 lbs
I’m writing this down on Y! 360 so that I will actually do it at least once even if it kills me.
Today I will run from the Sunnyvale Station to Yahoo!. It’s only 3 miles.
Update at 8:28am: plans never work out like you want it to. The route was for cars, not for people running! Mathilda was like a freeway in certain areas, not safe for humans to walk. I ended up going around Sunnyvale Ave, then to N. Borregas Ave. Then turn to Mathilda and run to Yahoo! Sunnyvale
Worst route ever, I felt like the Sunnyvale city is not meant for humans to walk or run. Lots of dead ends, hard to cross the 101 freeway. Lucky I had my GPS with me. But since the GPS didn’t have a compass, I needed to run in order for it find the right orientation. Sunnyvale is not a pretty city Image
Running Log: 3.5+ miles plus 12 lb backpack.
On Mondays I drive Kate to her French school at French for Fun in Lafayette and then I work in Starbucks until she is done. This morning I’m in my running shorts and running top and I sneaked in a run to the Lafayette Reservoir. I ran up the reservoir, lots of housewifes in walking gear parked and walking along the water. I don’t get the attraction to a stale pool of dark water. I ran back as fast as I could :-) I miss the city already.
I’m always in my running gear nowadays. when you see me, don’t laugh
Log: 3.5 miles
I’m sorry to say, Google Maps satellite view is really cool
Today’s long run is my favorite route yet. California Street has 2 huge hills that made me really fall in love with SF as a running city. Just as my legs were burning from running uphill, the switch comes and I get a nice smooth downhill. The old victorians is a nice distraction, then all the little stores along the entire route really provided an incentive to keep on running.
Here is route:
1. Folsom & 4th to Ellis and Van Ness 0.1
2. to Arguello Blvd & Geary 2.2
3. to Arguello Blvd. & California 0.3
4. to California & Arguello 3.2
5. to 4th & Mission 0.8 miles
Log: 6.6 miles
Stores to check out later: Arch Rival (running store), 24 hours Cala foods, Whole Foods on California, the victorians along California, Crepe and Coffe
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One guy at Best Buy asked me what I did for fun on the weekend, I said I ran for fun. I run because I can run and the longer I run the happier I am.
Saturday I did my 6 mile training route to russian hills, along battery street and back to yerba brena gardens. It was a very early run at 5:00 am and I got kinda lost and hungry. Thank goodness for Starbucks.
On Sunday I was just going to do an easy 4 mile run to mission dolores but I ended up running to portola (near twin peaks) for a 8 mile run. The view from twin peaks is the best view in the city.. I ended up doing 200 of my 1000 pushups on the overpass on portola. I’m kinda crazy, I know. Castro street has some very cool shops. The gay community has good tastes in clothes and furniture.
Log: 2005/04/16 North Beach 4 miles
Log: 2005/04/17 Twin Peaks 8.2 miles
Log: 2005/04/18 1.2 miles Lafayette
Log: 2005/04/19 Russian Hils 4.2 miles
Log: 2005/04/21 4.0 miles on treadmill
It’s back, the pushup craze. My muscles have healed like I thought it would after the last fiasco when I torned my muscles. Here is a more sane version of 1,000 pushup in 24 hours, d0ing 50 reps and spread it over time. This time I didn’t tear the muscles. Next milestone : 1,500
Over the weekend I was feeling down. Ran to Coit Tower twice following the north beach route.
On Saturday morning I ran there once, the hill was a challenge. Then on Sunday morning I ran around downtown. on Sunday night I was insomniac and I started running around 4:00am, very creepy along the trail going up to the tower.
I think I’ll die one day while running, but god it feels good to not be tired.
Paris is the perfect city to run. Lots of walkways, interesting buildings, lots of street lights for night running.
First day in Paris, trying to beat the jet lag and Angie was running out of coffee beans and need some to go with pain au chocolat and her fruit pies. At 9:30pm on a Sunday I was telling her not to expect much cause stores usually close at 8:00pm
3.5 km From our apartment at 166 Suffren, ran to Eiffel Tower, then to Trocadero for some
late night tourist crepes.
2.5 km Then along the Seine to Place de la Concorde
2.5 km Turn right on a small yellow and red lit bridge over to the left bank and run along Blvd. St. Germain
Right turn to Jardin Du Luxembourg There we go, a small store that is opened at
10:30pm, bought some ground coffee (St.Placide metro station)
0.7km Turn right again on Rue Vaugirard
2.0km My heart finally felt in groove, up the pace and run back to 166 Suffren
Log: 11.2 km / 1.6 == 7 miles
Loving these shoes