Tag: running
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2025 Highlights
Background For the past six years, I’ve kept a tradition: writing an annual “Year in Review” to reflect on the past and sketch out the future. It’s my personal time capsule, the first place I go when I want to understand my past selves. While I shared my 2020 review on Facebook, I kept the…
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Yamathon 2025: Running Around Tokyo
Last fall, when I learned about the Yamathon, a chance to traverse the iconic Yamanote train line around central Tokyo on foot, I knew I had to do it.Note: True Yamanote line fans will listen to this video in the background as they read this post. Background Last year, I was in the middle of…
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Leveling Up: Jangsu Trail Race
A couple months ago, I collapsed in a chair and cried. Tears of fulfillment. I had just completed a 70km trail running race in Jangsu, South Korea (Strava). This was a powerful moment. The memory motivates me and reminds me why I run. How I Got Here In May, I quit my job. I was…
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Okumusashi Trail Running Race: Round 2
1 year ago, I completed my first trail running race It was the First Annual Okumusashi 35km/22mi Trail Running Race. Two days ago, I ran the same event and boy did it go differently. Last year’s event was tough. It was one of the hardest physical challenges I’ve endured. When I struggled across the finish…
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