I’m sitting in the Thai airways lounge at Suvarnabhumi (sue wanna poom) airport in Bangkok, watching the rain fall, reflecting on my trip and thinking about how lucky I am. It will be at least 28 hours before I touch down…
On my last trip to Bangkok I went to five rooftop bars: Banyan Tree Vertigo Moon Bar, Sofitel SO Park Society Bar, Millennium Hilton 360 Bar, Lebua Sirocco Sky Bar and Above Eleven. My first stop was Vertigo Moon Bar located…
Fall fares to SE Asia have gone on sale and there are some great deals to be had. Here’s an overview of some of the ultra cheap fares (all prices are roundtrip and include connector flights): San Francisco: visit Bangkok…
The Races – South Korea The 2016 Seoul Marathon is on March 20th and it’s a relief to finish the registration process. Key steps in the registration process were only in Korean and you needed to download and install a browser…
Training Recap This week was a training breakthrough. The run that set this week apart was a 12 mile out and back. I ran 10:06 miles for the first six downhill miles and then neg splits for the final (uphill)…
Earlier this week, I found a fare from Washington DC to Bangkok starting at $564. Bangkok was the second most visited city in 2015 (see: 10 most visited cities of 2015), so I’m sure many of you would like to go! Travel…
If you enjoy hefty, information laden reports from financial institutions then you already know MasterCard recently published the 2015 Global Destination Cities Index data. For everyone else, I want to do a quick rundown of what I consider the highlights of the report. Let’s…
I’ll review the marathons and first class transpacific segments separately but here is a rundown of the trip. Description below.
I just finished the registration process for the Standard Chartered Bangkok and the Mt Fuji marathons! These will be marathons (and countries) #4 and #5 for me. I plan on spending four days in Bangkok before moving onto Japan. This will be…
Here’s a quick look at a dozen marathons I hope to run in the next couple of years! No particular order, but I would like I to do Africa, South America and Oceania quickly to hit all six continents. Bangkok Marathon…