The Asian Bakery Half Marathon
Paul Atienza came up with the idea to run a half marathon between Asian bakeries in San Francisco, and the rest, as they say, is pastry 🥐 🍞 🥮
Articles about Running
Burnout and Basketball Dynasties
An exploration of burnout, personal growth, and how lessons from the Golden State Warriors dynasty relate to long-term goals in life.
How to work like elite athletes train
How might we apply athletic training principles to train our productivity, do our best work, and reduce burnout?
Abbott World Marathon Majors 2019/2020 Important Dates and Qualifying Standards
2019/2020 Important Dates and Qualifying Standards for the Abbott World Marathon Majors: How to get into the Berlin, Boston, Chicago, London, New York, and T...
Weekly Live Chat with Back on My Feet San Francisco: How I got involved with Back on My Feet and Running Happy
Chatted with my friend Amanda for the weekly Back on My Feet San Francisco live chat about how I got into running, Back on My Feet, and Running Happy!
March Forward: small projects I worked on this month
In the last few weeks, Ricky and I have worked on a few different experiments that I’d love your thoughts/feedback on!
It’s important to do things for the right reasons
Similar to running, others may not be able to tell the difference between founders doing it for the wrong reasons vs. the right reasons. But it’ll matter dur...
California International Marathon 2019: From 3:41 marathoner to 2:41 marathoner
If I were to tell my 2013 self that one day I’d not only qualify for Boston, but improve on that first marathon by AN HOUR and average 6:10 minutes/mile, I w...
The Chicago Marathon: Run like a puppy unicorn
I blinked twice at my watch in disbelief: 07:18:03, 04… I was still stuck waiting in the port-a-potty line with all of my gear and my assigned starting Corra...
One year ago, two years ago, three years ago
If progress ever feels slow or miles ever feel mundane, just think back to where you were a year ago, two years ago, three years ago. We always underestimate...
Skyline 50K Endurance Run Recap
I’ve had the Skyline 50k circled on my calendar as one of my important goal races for the year. This race has a special place in my heart because it was my f...
Race Recap of the 49th Annual Double Dipsea
The beauty, or barbarous brutality of the Double Dipsea, is that you’re never quite in control. You can never quite zone out or you’ll trip over a root, stum...
My 2019 Race Calendar and Recaps
Planning to run quite a few races in 2019 including the Boston Marathon, Chicago Marathon, and New York Marathon. Hopefully I’ll see you at some of them!
Des Linden: Failure is an Action, Not an Identity
Des Linden became the first American woman to win the Boston Marathon in 33 years in 2018. But what you may not know is that in 2011, she came in second in h...
5 Things Runners Should Try for Dealing with Tight Hamstrings
Every runner has dealt with tight hamstrings after a hard workout or after increasing weekly mileage. Here are 5 things that have worked well for me over the...
Abbott World Marathon Majors 2018/2019 Important Dates and Qualifying Standards
2018/2019 Important Dates and Qualifying Standards for the Abbott World Marathon Majors: How to get into the Berlin, Boston, Chicago, London, New York, and T...
Boston Marathon 2018 Race Report Part 2: What it was like to run in 38-degree rain and 25 mph headwinds
I was fortunate enough to run in the 2018 Boston Marathon. Between it being my first time running Boston and the rare mix of 38-degree freezing rain, and str...
Boston Marathon 2018 Race Report Part 1: My journey to Boston
Dreaming of qualifying for the Boston Marathon? I first heard the phrase “Boston qualify” on the night before I ran my first marathon a little less than five...
17 thoughts on running, startups, and life while running 2017 miles in 2017
Once you do something that much, people usually like to say “X is your life”. That’s partially true— it takes up a lot of your life, but more importantly, yo...