Comrades Marathon: my first ultra
On June 9th, at 5:30am, I was in Durban at a start line of Comrades Marathon. In the next 12 hours, I needed to cover 53.4 miles with 5700ft of elevation gain. While Chariots of Fire was playing and the…
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Mill Town Marathon: My First Sub-3:30 and Negative Split
On March 24, I ran Mill Town Marathon, a local race, which was my third marathon (after Seattle back in 2022 and Philly four months ago). I managed to PR by more than 7 minutes with the time 3:26:43 (Strava…
Running fifty miles a week for a year straight
Over the past year (52 weeks), I averaged >= 50 miles (~80.5 km) of running per week, taking into account all the travel, sickness and injuries. What does it mean in the grand scheme of things? For some people (aka,…
2023 in running and plans for 2024
Overall, 2023 mostly sucked (both “globally” for the world and “locally” for me and people around me), so training was more than a welcome distraction. In total, it was 2537 miles of running (409 hours) plus 14 hours of cycling…
Philadelphia Marathon 2023
Yesterday, I ran Philadelphia Marathon, which was my second attempt at the distance after the last year’s Seattle Marathon, and my A-race for 2023. I got an almost 10-minute PR, improving the time from 3:43:45 to 3:34:07. I’m obviously super…