Pole Pole – Running (slowly) with the Kenyans.

My watch alarm sang a gentle tingle. I quickly silenced it. I was already awake. I lay in bed, warm … More

We’re getting closer …

I’m leaving for Africa in *two hours!* My dad and I will be spending two photo-safari-filled weeks in Tanzania … More

Hi y’all! I’m going to Kenya this summer to run a marathon. My goal is to run a marathon on every … More

We push ourselves to the edge of our ability so we can learn. We learn how strong our persistence is, … More

Yesterday, I ran California International Marathon, reputed to be one of the marathon fastest courses in the world. … More

A few months ago, I had the opportunity to speak at TEDxSacramento. I spoke about the Game Theory of Ultrarunning … More

Some runs are quiet, pensive, and lonely. During some races, you might not talk to someone for hours. Lake Chabot … More

My mom always told me to frame questions not as binary, Yes-No decisions, but as multiple-choice, A-B-C decisions. That is … More

This weekend, I ran a marathon on my fourth continent: Australia. Australia’s the only continent that’s a country, and it’s … More

In the tech industry, there’s this concept of Minimum Viable Product. An MVP is a really basic, stripped-down prototype of the … More