Running
Day 1 of running, 2009
Today I went running on the Anderson Lake Dam Park. I was almost dead and panting in the first quarter of a mile and began having serious doubts when I couldn’t even walk, much less run. But I kept up, and ended up doing 2 loops of the park . With many stops, but I [...]
Back to running
After a brief haitus, during which I mostly ate delicious, unhealthy food, worked late and forgot running, I’m back. Last Sunday, I went hiking with the MIT Club of Northern California, which was fun. I met a bunch of people, from teens to septugenarians, as one member puts it. The hike was to the Castle [...]
Competition
I don’t like competition. I have never been a big time competitor, and I have never enjoyed competing against others. Inspiration is different. I was doing my usual hike on the Mission peak this morning and realized that I forgot to take my heart rate monitor or water. And I was thinking if I was [...]
On pushing limits
As I was hiking up Mission peak this morning, an important realization came to me. After my marin headlands half marathon I had rested for a while before resuming running. My first run after that was on the Stanford dish. And it was a breeze. But after about a week the Stanford dish runs became [...]
Pikes Ascent
hmmm, I ^^really^^ don’t know what I was thinking.. In a moment of madness, I signed up for the Pikes Ascent. Frankly, I don’t recall doing anything as daunting since I took the JEE way back in ’99. But then something I find exciting yet superhard really gets me excited. I hope I am not [...]
Running Diary – 4 : a crazy marathon
So yesterday, I ran the Golden Gate half marathon in 2 hours 50 minutes. This run took about 46 minutes more than the Boston half marathon. Compared to the Boston run, yesterday’s run was brutal. You gain an elevation of about 1500 feet in the first 2 miles, the trail keeps going up non-stop. The [...]
Running Diary – 4
Yesterday I ran on the Stanford campus. I had actually intended to run on the dish area, but I made the BIG mistake of taking central expressway. I arrived well after the dish area had closed, so I just decided to run on the campus. It has anyways been quite a while since I used [...]
Running Diary – 3
So yesterday I went running to the Marin headlands itself, the site of the actual half marathon 2 weeks from now. Now I didn’t have a map, and as usual I don’t like to carry anything on a run, including my iphone(which had the map). So I headed off just with my car keys. It [...]
The running diary – 2
I have finally been able to figure out a way to not have to stop to catch breath when you reach the top of a steep incline. This must obviously be an old trick that I’ve rediscovered. So when I run an incline now, I do 2 things: – I decrease the frequency of footsteps [...]
The running diary – 1
The Golden Gate marathon is round the corner. I won’t say I am scared, but I need some confidence boosting sessions on the hill. So far I have limited myself to one loop of the Stanford hill. The Golden Gate is a hard marathon as Scott Dunlap says, from experience. Actually I didn’t quite know [...]
SF Half Marathon
The SF Half Marathon is tempting me. I think I’ll do it. And break my previous timing by at least 20 minutes.
Run
Yesterday was the Boston Half Marathon. I completed it . 2 hours 3 mins 53 seconds. About 16 minutes better timing than the last time (and the only time I did a whole 13 miles), which had been 2 hours 20 mins. Lien, my friend from high school who was visiting from TN and also [...]
Marathon update
I have been doing 8 miles pretty comfortable now. After the first 4 miles, it gets very steady and pain free. I still have trouble if I run on consecutive days: even though I finish my runs I get aches. So the plan now is to keep running every alternate day. I also need to [...]
Marathon training-4
Today I did about 7 miles. Wasn’t too tired at the end of it. I guess running a fast round with Kwan kind of made me stronger so I did this easily at my pace. Have to bring up my running time to 2 hours by Sunday. Right now the max run time is 1.5 [...]
Marathon-3
3rd Marathon practice run, consecutive. Ran 5 miles today with Kwan, who is a fast strong runner. I didn’t check the timing but must have been less than an hour since that is my normal time.
