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"The year has 365 days, and I want each and every one of them to be exciting." Mario Testino About a year ago, around 348 days ago, I realized that I ran for 17 days in a row. You see that was very unusual for me since I normally have Fridays as a rest day and either Tuesday or Thursday ...

Can not believe 2017 is already over. 2017 was a great year, slow year but still a great year. A few great events and new official long distance but only one PR this year. Although different plan from last year, I followed a training marathon plan in preparation for the two big marathon events. The training plan was a more ...

I was running the other day on one of my favorite flat trails, The American Tobacco Trail, for a 10 miler on a clear sky and warm day. It was going to be an in and out run, a run that I have done many times. Around five and a half miles, just about a little bit after the turnaround, ...

Another year, another running year gone. The 2016 was a year with many mixed running experiences. For the first time since I started to take on running somewhat as a sport to practice and have better health, I did not follow a solid race training plan and just concentrated on two main challenges for the year. I am very happy ...

I'm running the other day at one of my favorite calming trails, the American Tobacco Trail, where once in a while I'm used to see the usual squirrels, bugs, spider webs and the occasional deer and even once, I ran early enough to see a group slowly riding horses along the trail. But that morning, it was very peaceful with ...

Alright, after a decent but fun Marathon about two weeks ago, taking a mandatory day off and starting with very low week mileage for that week I went for what was supposed to be an uneventful easy long run. 13 miles was what was on the schedule, as I was running about half a mile to my turn around point ...

During 2015 training season, one of the weird training run was during the later part of December while running at the River-walk path in Hillsborough, NC.  The River-walk is a long path of close to 4 miles that runs along the Eno river and very close to downtown area. The area includes many historic buildings and old roads and paths. ...

During 2013 training season, one of the most memorable training run during that summer was when running in the trail near Duke University. That trail has tons of plants, tress and dense bushes. It is well covered, lots of shade and very humid. One late afternoon there was a storm approaching, the kind of storm that was going to hit ...

What a great running year 2013 was, so many events and learning opportunities. This year I really felt like I am starting to become a "runner". Hey, training and finishing a marathon is no easy task, not many people have been able to do so. But, finishing two marathons in a span of a year while improving your time  by ...