The Greater Perrinville Athletic Association

I had a blast today running an "unofficial half" at the 2nd Tokyo Marathon.  For me it was a big "moving party" on a sun...

Here is my recent running mileage: 

The Yoga Master keeps warning me about the cumulative effect of running.  Given my earlier injuries, inherent inflexibility and some 50,000 ...

After the Suzu Triathlon last August I completely stopped cycling.  23 weeks of zero cycling - ending today with 60 minutes on my indoor tra...

2007 was another bad year for my net worth.  So again I am trying to figure out where all the money went by analyzing my spending versus the...

I enjoy a fine winter holiday journey to "Vietnam"  Nothing really went according to plan - most significantly I did not actually ...

As we all know, the sport is really just about buying stuff. Actually engaging in outdoor activity is a necessary evil to justify all these...

The 25k run in Kamakura is becoming a fine holiday tradition. December is an idea l time for a group run through the hills and temples and ...

I certainly recommend the Mitake Marathon. I particularly recommend it to visitors to Japan seeking a quintessential Japan athletic experie...

Grown-ups are supposed to run longer, slower distances right?  I mean once you get out of high school gym class if you run at all it is mara...

My training has continued to spiral ever downward. Last Friday saw me plunge into the darkest abyss yet. I struggled through a pathetic an...

The city of Qingdao is famous among triathletes, but famous for its Tsingtao Beer not for running or cycling courses. I only had one free...

Shanghai is another city I have visited frequently and always stuck on the hotel treadmills since the sidewalks seemed so crowded, and the s...

With the triathlon season over, you would think that I would be laser-focused on run training. Last summer and autumn I ran so little that w...

After having such a fine time last December at the Angkor Wat Half-Marathon, my more adventurous teammates were determined to find another i...