The Greater Perrinville Athletic Association

Japan has been barraged by typhoons the past few weeks.  Fortunately the Choshi Triathlon fell on this past Sunday --  the one gorgeous, sun...

I journey thousands of miles to Singapore to compete in the Singapore Bay Run.  And it is worth the 7-hour flight.  I win hard cash - 200 Si...

Despite the traumatic experience in January, I participate in another beer mile last week - the Wendy Mile. I am even one of the instigato...

I traveled to Lake Hovsgol in northern Mongolia this past week for the Sunrise to Sunset Marathon. Mongolia is becoming a regular destinatio...

I swam well at the Kamakura 5k Rough Water Swim this past weekend. My stroke felt stronger and I finished a surprising 21st place out of so...

At my second swim squad workout the coach Steve is shocked and appalled at my breathing exclusively on my left side.  Apparently it is not w...

I drag my feet on joining our new Tokyo swim team - "Swim Friends". Not because of the name (yes, Swim Friends is hardly the mos...

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...