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I competed in the Niijima Olympic Distance triathlon this weekend and did well - finishing 39th out of 170 finishers in a time of 2:28:15: S...

Last year I could never be 100% sure that Mount Fuji really was looming over the Fuji Susono course, no matter what Yoshida-san kept saying ...

Your longest runs should never be more than 50% of your weekly mileage according to conventional running wisdom.  I suppose this is even mor...

I woke up on Sunday morning before the Tokyo 10k focused on one thing - fighting my way through the crowd of runners at the starting line to...

I joined the masters swim sessions at the Pebble Creek comm unity pool during my recent stay in Arizona. Pebble Creek is an "active se...

It is 85 degrees (3l degrees Celsius) as I head off into the desert for my long Sunday run.  Fortunately the temperature drops rapidly as th...

On Friday I traveled to the Googleplex, Google's headquarters in Mountain View California, to run with my Berkeley classmate Glen and th...

I lived in Palo Alto, California from roughly 1997-2002.  In those days I thought a lot about becoming a triathlete but did little other tha...

My teammates in our 4-man relay last Sunday really set me up for glory.  I was the anchor runner and was handed the sash in second place in ...

I ran a beer mile yesterday.   A beer mile entails drinking one beer befo re each of the 400 meter laps that make up a mile.  Why would I do...

The global credit crisis has made it more difficult to support the high cost of training in Tokyo. Several other triathlete friends are t...

Vang Vieng proves to be another fine city for triathlon training. I plunge into the scenic Nam Song river for swim training and the water a...

Luang Prabang proves to be a fine city for triathlon training. This is especially true if you wake at 6am for 12k run along the Mekong rive...

I reluctantly agree to participate in the Okutama Ekiden this past Sunday. Reluctantly because of the logistic challenges of the traditiona...

- I manage a 36:22 10k at Ohtawara last Sunday despite my feeble mileage. - Solette, Staffan, and Mary from the US all are captivated by the...