Tag Archives: China

Second Trail race in China- preview

Posted on June 12, 2017 by

(written June 8th) This weekend, I’ll attempt the Lingshan 30k Mountain trail race. It’s part of the Lingshan 100 Ultra trail challenge. If you read Chinese or have Google Chrome set to auto translate, this is all the info about … Continue reading →

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First Chinese trail run race report

Posted on April 24, 2017 by

Way, way back in February, I ran a trail half marathon, in the mountains of NW Beijing. It was called Aijiang Mountain cross country race. Here is the race report. Previously, I’ve only run one “trail” race, a full marathon … Continue reading →

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Great Wall marathon race report

Posted on June 1, 2016 by

Last Saturday, I ran or actually jogged/walked and crawled the Great Wall Marathon. As expected, this course was like no other I’ve attempted. One of my all-time longest days. Needed to be on a chartered bus by 3:30am  Saturday morning … Continue reading →

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Tomorrow is The Great Wall marathon

Posted on May 23, 2016 by

(this was written few days ago) Tomorrow is the Great Wall marathon, ready of not. Yesterday, I did the race ‘inspection’ tour. Jumped on a bus at 6:30am for 2+hr ride NE to the wall with about 500 other folks. … Continue reading →

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Great Wall marathon training

Posted on May 11, 2016 by

Just ten days until the Great Wall Marathon. I am half way through “the taper.” No madness yet. Today’s run was a tough one, likely my last tough one. A 20min easy warm up, 10x1min ‘fast’ with 2min recovery and … Continue reading →

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Move to Beijing

Posted on January 28, 2016 by

At the moment, the family is sitting on a Delta B767-300ER, on the tarmac at SeaTac airport waiting to fly, not visiting but to move, to Beijing. Yes, Beijing, China. How did this happen….? Good question. Don’t think I have … Continue reading →

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My next marathon…..?

Posted on January 11, 2016 by

This photo is fantastic, the misery, the agony. Not sure the total elevation gain but likely 4-5,000 ft. Do I really want to subject myself to this kind of pain…..? May 2016, The Great Wall marathon. Bet I’d really regret … Continue reading →

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