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The 30 Day Challenge Begins Now.

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Today, I am starting a 30 day nutrition and fitness challenge. In 30 days, I will accomplish the following: Continue reading →

Conquering the 2011 Nike Women’s Marathon & It’s Consequences…

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On October 16, 2011, Mister Man and I completed the Nike Women’s Marathon (26.1 miles) in 5:26:10.   Continue reading →

My First Full Marathon – Nike Women’s Marathon in San Francisco 10/17/2010

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I winged it.

I ran it.

I completed it!

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Warrior What?

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This was my first “adventure” run ever and it was a huge disappointment!  Like Joe Nguyensaid in his blog post about the Warrior Dash, “We went through and got an order of “4 shades darker” and a side of “sun burn”.”

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Inaugural 13.3 LA Half Marathon

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On January 10, 2010, I ran my third half marathon ever, LA 13.1 Half Marathon, which was the THE MOST BORING HALF MARATHON IN MY EXPERIENCE.  Although it wasn’t the best run, it was definitely one of the most challenging, mental battles I had to face and that was for several reasons:

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Denver Half Marathon & Nike Human Race

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Looks like I fell off the face of the earth. If you guys came to this site, you probably saw my latest Twitter updates and that was it. I have been extremely busy at work and enjoying my new lifestyle here in LA. I made great friends at work and have had many unique experiences! I can’t believe that I’ve out here for almost half a year now!  I’ll post on my experiences later but here’s the latest updates on my running.

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Rocky Mountain Half Marathon

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if you want it bad enough.

On Sunday, June 14th, 2009, I ran my first half marathon in 2:21:54.  It was probably one of the best feelings ever–to do something I never thought would be possible.  Even after completing the course of 13.1 miles, it all feels so surreal to me!  Wow!  I actually ran 13.1 miles, nonstop!!  I had minor issues on the way such as:

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1st Marathon Relay @ The Denver Post Colfax Marathon

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Today, I experienced my first marathon relay EVER!  I pulled together a team of five people, Slow Mo-Fo’s, and we all split up into five different legs (Leg 1 10k, Leg 2 5k, Leg 3 10k, Leg 4 5K, and Leg 5 12k).  Cuong (my bf) ran the first leg, Thao (my cousin) ran the second leg, Binh (my bf’s friend) ran the third leg, Linda (my cousin’s friend) ran the fouth leg and I ran the last leg and that was 7.46 miles in ONE HOUR, THREE MINUTES, and FIFTY TWO SECONDS!  Wah!  I am so proud of myself!  Most importantly, I am SOOO proud of my team!  We all ran without stopping to walk and we finished the race with a time that we had expected,04:10:41.  They are such reliable team members and it makes me so giddy!

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