2025 RBC Brooklyn Half Marathon Thoughts
My reflections on training and my experience at the 2025 RBC Brooklyn Half Marathon hosted by the New York Road Runners.
Category: Running
My First NYRR Podium: My Third Place Finish at the Mindful 5k
After close to 11 years of participating in New York Road Runner events and 49 races later, I finally made the podium at the 2025 edition of the Mindful 5k. At the inaugural event last year, I had just missed out to my friend, Evan. Going into my first goal race of 2025, I not […]
The 2025 United NYC Half Marathon
I put in solid mileage leading up to this race. Having raced twice in my base phase (2nd place in a local 5k, 11th and 1st place AG in the NYRR Manhattan 10k), I felt ready to have fun to see what I could accomplish. I never really race in January and February. I experienced […]
Part II: More Details to Improve Running
Last year, I wrote a post about how to improve the experience of running without delving into the specifics of training. I decided to list some add-ons below. 1.) Use vaseline on your face in mild to extreme conditions: Whether in the cold or during a heat wave, this helps a great deal before and […]
2024 Runnings: My Upcoming Plans for 2025
I view my 2024 as mostly successful. After all, I hit the ten-year milestone with running and I still have room to improve. I set personal bests in all my races except the road mile. Though with that, I only run the mile once a year and never really train for it. I also placed […]
My 2024 Berlin Marathon Experience
I felt excited and anxious as I packed up and caught an Uber with my family to JFK airport. My anxiety dealt more with the not so fun logistics of airport security. In fact, some snooty Europeans on line in passport control were almost reminded that they were still in Queens, NY—know what I mean? […]