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Tag Archives: China
Second Trail race in China- preview
(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
Posted in Race, Travel
Tagged Beijing, China, GU, Lingshan 100 ultra trail challenge Beijing, Salomon, trail running
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First Chinese trail run race report
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
Posted in China, marathon training, Race, Travel
Tagged Aijiang Mountain cross country race, Beijing, China, Half marathon, Marathon Training, trail race
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Great Wall marathon race report
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
Posted in Beijing, China, Living Abroad, marathon training, Race, Travel
Tagged China, Crazy steep climbs, Destination marathon, Great Wall marathon, Hitting the Wall, hydration
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Tomorrow is The Great Wall marathon
(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
Posted in Beijing, China, Race, Travel
Tagged beer, China, dehydration, Goat Track, Great Wall marathon, Great Wall of China, marathon race
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Great Wall marathon training
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
Posted in Long Run, marathon training, Race, Uncategorized
Tagged Beijing, China, Great Wall marathon, long run, Marathon Training, Taper
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Move to Beijing
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
Posted in China, Holidays, marathon training, Travel
Tagged air pollution, Beijing, China, Chinese dumplings, Expat
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My next marathon…..?
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
Posted in Holidays, marathon training
Tagged Beijing, China, Crazy steep climbs, Great Wall marathon, marathon
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Is that really Chinese?
The first of this month, we switched Will’s schools. We left the neighborhood church based daycare for a Chinese Immersion school. It was NOT an easy decision. All of us adored the old daycare; the teachers, the low key style, … Continue reading
Posted in School
Tagged China, Chinese, international adoption, preschool, Speech Therapy
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26.2 with Toddler 