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Looking ahead: July 2012

December 20, 2011 – 2:48 pm

I know it’s still Dec 2011 but it doesn’t hurt to plan early. Trail Verbier St Bernard race slated for July 7-8, followed by a few days of following Le Tour live with Russ - possibly the most qualified tour guide for the Tour ever (don’t believe me, check out his new blog, The Wong [...]

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Nothing like…

December 6, 2011 – 8:27 am

… Waking up in your own bed, except maybe waking up in a bed in a huge room in an enormous private villa with a private pool that you can look over while taking in sunrise from the balcony of your very very big villa.
Did i mention the weekend in Phuket was great?

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Quarterly update

September 25, 2011 – 12:41 pm

It does seem like the case, given I haven’t posted since July. I really should be writing more, but there has been so much to do and so many distractions in Hong Kong — ironically all worth writing about — that I’ve had no time to pen my thoughts here.
This post, I must admit, was [...]

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IM Korea, mission semi-accomplished

July 5, 2011 – 9:09 am

By semi-accomplished I mean that my goal of going under 12 hours (my previous IM best was 12.04 in Langkawi - which was an easier course than Korea) was achieved, but my goal of qualifying for Kona again wasn’t.
An 11.51 would have been good enough to qualify for Kona in the said Langkawi race I [...]

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IM excited

January 21, 2011 – 8:44 am

Signed up for this with the gang. Can hardly wait!! First IM since Langkawi Feb 07, and fourth overall. Counting down the days and relishing the training. Seriously, nothing’s as hard as training for the ultra. Glad to give the running legs a break (well, sort of).

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