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About admin

Hello, I am into backpacking trips, marathon, biking, triathlon, Quantitative Finance, capital markets, economics, politics and current affairs. My backpacking blog is www.journey26.com/blog and my training for endurance sports blog is www.journey26.com/training

Jan 15, 2012

So we have a 3 day weekend because of Martin Luther King day. Weather was a little cold this weekend and felt a little sick. Did a 12 miler on Saturday morning at 6:54 min/mile pace. http://connect.garmin.com/activity/141692347 I thought we were … Continue reading

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Jan 10th, 2012

Went for an hour swim yesterday at the NYC Parks pool in Chelsea, finally I can swim 100 yards which is 4 laps in the 25 yards pool. It wasn’t easy and I drank quite a mouthful of pool water … Continue reading

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Jan 7th 2012, Biking

Great weather today. After 2 days of cold spell on Tues and Wed, the weather actually hit 60F today. Went to Central Park this morning to cheer for some friends running the Kleinerman 10K. Rode my bike to Nyack and … Continue reading

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Jan 5th 2012, Running

This winter has been mild but weather has been freezing for the passed 2 days, averaging 20F. Weather was 35F today, so decided to go for a run with Niketown last minute, didn’t bring my running gear to work so … Continue reading

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First week of 2012 and Swimming!

After having too much fun over the holidays, now is the time to start getting back into training mode. I am strong believer of the 80/20 rule and read this article about an efficient way to train for an Ironman, … Continue reading

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Happy 2012!

So 2012 is here! We did the Emerald Midnight run in Central Park when the clock turned Jan 1st! We (me and my running club) got a slot on CNN Live with Anderson Cooper as part of the New year’s … Continue reading

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Signing up for 2012 Ironman!!!

So an Ironman is a 2.4 miles swim, 112 miles bike ride and a 26.2 miles run. It’s like swimming along the Hudson river for a distance comparable to the distance from Lincoln Center down to Union Square then bike … Continue reading

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First Post, more to come later

Hello! Welcome to my blog. So after taking almost one and a half year off from blogging (my old travel blog www.journey26.com/blog), I think I found another thing to blog about this time and is my training for the New … Continue reading

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