I checked in after I landed at PDX around 3pm. My friends were already there and they were just settling in as well. The hotel was nice. I couldn’t get an upgrade as there were three conferences going on the Sunday we checked out. Room The room was on the club floor. The room…
Flyby of Mount Hood On our descent down to PDX, the pilot took us close to Mount Hood. I also got a picture of the other mountains in the distance behind Mount Hood. We went to a few gardens in Portland: Lan Su Chinese Garden, Rose Garden, Japanese Garden Lan Su Chinese Garden Our first…
When I first booked it, it was a simple BOS-DFW-PDX-LAX-BOS flight. I would be leaving Saturday morning and taking the Monday night redeye back to Boston. I was planning on meeting a friend down in Portland and then driving back to Seattle Sunday night and then do something in Seattle Monday morning before my 5:45pm…
When I set off 2013, I knew I wanted to get in one continent in towards my goal of all 7. In 2012, I ran in the Great Wall Marathon. I was looking for my 3rd continent (including North America) in 2013. Well I got a bit more than I expected: March 3rd, 2013: Cape…
A quick post about the HK Marathon registration period, how I found it to be opened early, registration options, and how I’ll get there.
A short weekend MR to LAX on BDL-LAX, getting 61mpg over 184 miles on a Prius, running 12 miles at Gold’s gym while watching Diaries of a Wimpy Kid, and going to Jay’s Bee BBQ joint on the edge of Compton.
Introduction This is a tough year as my marathon training schedule is colliding with my mileage run schedule. In September, i would be flying 3 of the 4 weekends. Only one of them would be my long run (20 mile) weekend but it is still tough completing the run on a short mileage run. I…
I was in town for a mileage run and didn’t realize the America’s Cup was still going on last weekend. I do not believe they were racing last weekend as wind was postponing a lot of the races. They didn’t finish until a few days after the originally scheduled end of the race. Unfortunately, I…
Introduction This time, I booked BDL-LAX-SFO. There was a good deal (~5CPM, so not great) on direct flight from BDL-LAX and you can add on SFO or LAS for about 30 bucks. I knew I would need two of these, so I decided to go to SFO last weekend and LAX this weekend. BDL-LAX also…
Planning I had about a five hour layover in SEA in between ANC and DFW so I decided to fit in my short recover run of 5 miles. I packed in the long run of 12 miles Friday night and made Saturday into a rest day. The 5 mile run was on Sunday morning. I…
Running for Status 