This weekend I joined team Solar City to run 199 mile (in reality it was probably more than 200 miles, since there was at least one detour) relay called “The Relay” from Calistoga to Santa Cruz. Our team had 11 people in two vans. Each van did six legs then we rotated the vans and we did this so that each van did three sets. Here is our team:

The weather was rainy, but since you get pretty hot when running, the rain actually felt really good.

Each member of the team was supposed to run 3 legs, but since we were one runner short, we had to run some extra legs. Below are the four legs I ran. To see the pages, please signup to and add me as a friend.

Leg 7

Distance: 6.9 miles, Pace: 7:09 minute/mile

Leg 13

This is the extra leg I ran.
Distance: 6 miles, Pace: 7:15 minute/mile

Leg 19

This leg started at 1:30 in the morning, so I was running with lights and reflective vest.

Distance: 7.1 miles, Pace: 8:05 minute/mile

Leg 31

Distance: 6.2 miles, Pace: 6:05 minute/mile

Finally, we all got medals.

Tags: California,Race,Running
Categories: Causes, Exercise, Outdorsy
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This is long overdue, but here is, ladies and gentlemen, my first half marathon! It was the San Francisco Half Marathon. My time: 1 hour and 50 minutes. Thanks goes to JC who motivated me to do it and
CA and RB who helped me train for it.

Some photos…

Tags: Race,Running,San Francisco
Categories: Outdorsy
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I signed up for two events that will challenge my body and my mind. Why? Why not!!!

The first one is the San Francisco Half Marathon the coming Sunday. I ran more than 13.1 miles before, but never as a race. I have been ramping up my running to several times a week and hopefully I will be able to finish it. I am under no pretenses of actually getting a good time, since this is my first running race.

The second one is the Solvang Double Century. This is around 200 miles of gorgeous California countryside. My longest ride before was 180 miles in the Napa, so this will be interesting. It is organized and fully supported, so I don’t have to carry too much stuff. I may want to do some upgrades on my equipment (hint hint…)

Why don’t you try to challenge yourself? Try something you haven’t done before.

Tags: Century,Cycling,Running
Categories: Biking
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Here are some random pages I saw and I thought were cool/funny/interesting/crazy:

• Pay off your share of the US national debt

Transportation

• Bike to work is healthy
• Energy cost of movement
• Live longer, run
• Cool and scary photos of traffic from space

Vegan

• Naked chicks protesting against UK guards wearing fur
• E. coli in Whole Foods beef

Social Security Number

• Protect your SSN
• How secure is your SSN

Tags: Bike to Work,Cycling,Driving,Politics,Running,sickness,Veganism,websites
Categories: Biking, Environment, Geeky, Peace, Veganism
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