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2026 Archives

Around the sun 38 times

Posted at age 38.

Today marks my 38th birthday. We’re long past the days I could confidently say my age without thinking about it. How time flies! Anyway, I spent the day out running in the San Leandro Watershed. This is Run No. 3 on my super fast ramp up from not running at all to attempting the Burning Man Ultramarathon in three months. I did 6 miles 12 days ago, then 10 miles a week ago, and was aiming for 14 today. Due to confusion around which trails are closed to the public, I made some modifications, but it worked out at 15.8 miles. The only other problem was I expected overcast skies but got completely sunny instead, and I ran out of my 1.7 L of water in the heat. Thankfully it was toward the end!

Trail run starting from Proctor Staging Area up into the EMBUD lands toward Dinosaur Ridge.

Trail run starting from Proctor Staging Area up into the EMBUD lands toward Dinosaur Ridge.

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Bits of May 2026

Posted at age 37.

In an effort to find a balance between my personal daily note taking and the blogging I used to do, I’m trying something different: a brief summary of the past month along with a selection of photos. In theory I may retroactively make some of these for the prior months, but we’ll start with May 2026!

Out for a run in Reinhardt Regional Redwood Forest

Out for a run in Reinhardt Regional Redwood Forest

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Been shadowing doctors!

Posted at age 37.

Yesterday I passed a huge personal milestone: shadowing a medical examiner. This may seem to come out of nowhere, as I’ve thus far barely mentioned my career plans after writing of the culmination of my time at Fitbit and Google. But my gears started turning in late 2024 after my Japan and Vietnam trip. Long story short, I’ve been taking classes for the last year and a half and have thus had very little time to write!

Bay Bridge Wednesday morning traffic

Bay Bridge Wednesday morning traffic

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