Articles by Tung Yin

About Tung Yin (275 Articles)

Law prof by day, runner all the time. Got off the couch in January 2011 and have been obsessed with running ever since.

The Ex-Fortysomething Obsessed Runner: 48 Hour PF??

September 18, 2020 // 0 Comments

I’ve heard of the “24 hour flu” before, but a couple of weeks ago, I had a weird 48 hour case of plantar fasciitis. I had two previous bouts with PF, one that took over a month to get rid of completely, so as soon as I felt that [read more...]

Race Preview: Uberthons Virtual Runs (replacing the seasonal events)

May 23, 2020 // 0 Comments

In a normal (i.e., non-Covid-19) year, Uberthons puts on four seasonal races, all with half marathon distance options, and one in the summer with a full marathon. All four also have quarter marathon options, and the non-summer ones have 5K as well. [read more...]

Race Preview: The Pear Blossom Run (Medford)

March 9, 2020 // 0 Comments

**GIVEN THE UNCERTAINTY OF THINGS DUE TO COVID-19, PLEASE NOTE THAT WE ARE PREVIEWING THIS RACE AS IF IT IS STILL OCCURRING . WE ENCOURAGE YOU TO FOLLOW THESE RACES ON SOCIAL MEDIA OR THEIR WEBSITES TO DETERMINE IF CHANGES ARE BEING MADE** The Pear [read more...]

Race Recap: 2020 Chocolalathon

February 25, 2020 // 0 Comments

The second Uberthons race of the year was the Chocolatathon, which was exactly what it sounds like: a chocolate-themed race. Race day was February 15, a day after Valentine’s Day, which may explain the color scheme of the bib and [read more...]

Race Preview: 2020 Chocolatathon (Tigard)

January 22, 2020 // 0 Comments

Some research suggests that chocolate milk is a great post-run recovery drink. What if you don’t have chocolate milk? Maybe chocolate chip pancakes, chocolate cheesecake, and hot chocolate would work. It’s worth giving a try, and that [read more...]

Race Preview: 2020 Oregon Winter Half/Quarter Marathon & 5K (Aloha)

January 12, 2020 // 0 Comments

It’s time for the Oregon Winter Half Marathon/Quarter Marathon/5K to kick off Uberthons’ annual quartet of seasonal races! For those who haven’t followed the Uberthons events, each seasonal race offers a half marathon and quarter [read more...]

The Obsessed Ex-Fortysomething Runner: Audiobooks that are dramatizations

December 15, 2019 // 0 Comments

It’s been a long time (5 years!) since I last blogged about listening to audiobooks while running. Since then, I’ve made some new discoveries about audiobooks. First, if you are a fan of “The Princess Bride” (and come on, who [read more...]

Race Preview: 2019 Resolution Run 5K & Polar Bear Dive (Seattle)

December 1, 2019 // 0 Comments

This is Run Oregon, so presumably most of our readers are from Oregon or southwest Washington. But if you’re from Seattle — or you plan to be in Seattle for New Year’s — check out the Resolution Run 5K and Polar Bear Dive. [read more...]

Race Preview: 2019 Turkeythons (3 locations!)

November 15, 2019 // 0 Comments

Thanksgiving is coming up — what are you going to do in the morning? Football doesn’t start until 10 a.m. (if you’re into watching), and food prep can wait until late morning/early afternoon. You might as well do a turkey trot; [read more...]

Race Recap: 2019 Halloweenathon

November 7, 2019 // 0 Comments

I’ve always had fond feelings for the Halloweenathon. I’m not much into costumes myself, but I like seeing the variety and creativity that people display at races like this. It’s such a festive event! As has been the custom, the [read more...]

Race Preview: 2019 Halloweenathon 5K/10K/fun run

October 17, 2019 // 0 Comments

The end of October is not far away, and that means Halloween is upon us. Halloween is on a Thursday this year, but no one races on Thursday. (Well, except for Thanksgiving, which is always on a Thursday and is the home of lots of turkey trots. But [read more...]

Race Preview: Great Columbia Crossing 10K (Astoria)

September 23, 2019 // 0 Comments

Oh man, if I weren’t busy on Sundays in the fall, the Great Columbia Crossing is a race that I would definitely want to run. Held this year on October 13, it takes you from Washington to Oregon via the Astoria-Megler Bridge, which is the [read more...]

Race Recap: 2019 Oregon Fall Half Marathon/Quarter Marathon/5K (St. Josef’s Winery)

September 19, 2019 // 0 Comments

As if on cue, the Oregon weather turned from summer to fall on a dime right in time for the Oregon Fall Half Marathon/Quarter Marathon/5K at St. Josef’s Winery. The several hundred runners who showed up in Canby on the morning of September 7, [read more...]

The Ex-Fortysomething Runner: A Tale of Two Cities (running in Taipei and Victoria, Canada)

September 2, 2019 // 2 Comments

It was the best of times, and it was the worst of times… Well, not exactly, but the two places that I visited over the summer did offer a pretty striking contrast in climate-friendliness to running. Taipei First up was Taipei, Taiwan, in [read more...]

Race Preview: 2019 Oregon Fall Half Marathon, Quarter Marathon, and 5K

August 23, 2019 // 0 Comments

Fall is right around the corner, and so too is the Oregon Fall Half Marathon/Quarter Marathon/5K. This is the fourth and final installment of Uberthons’ seasonal races throughout the areas surrounding the Portland metro region. The Fall Event [read more...]

Race Recap: 2019 Oregon Summer Quarter Marathon

August 7, 2019 // 0 Comments

July is the month for Uberthons’ big summer event in Vernonia/Banks, where it staged its very first full marathon several years ago. As in recent years, this was a big event with distance options of full, half, and quarter marathon. The half [read more...]

What Run Oregon is Wearing: Garmin Forerunner 35

July 31, 2019 // 0 Comments

My trusty Garmin Forerunner 220, a birthday gift from my wife six years ago, went totally haywire a few days ago, at first claiming that my easy running pace was around 14 min/mile, and then later changing its mind and deciding that, no, I was [read more...]

Race Recap: ORRC 5 on the 4th

July 16, 2019 // 0 Comments

I normally run the Freedomthon on July 4, but with that race on hiatus this year, I looked around for another Independence Day race. The ORRC 5 on the 4th checked off all of the boxes: on the southwest side of town, not too early, flat course with [read more...]

Race Preview: 2019 Oregon Summer Marathon, Half Marathon, Quarter Marathon (Banks-Vernonia Trail)

July 11, 2019 // 0 Comments

The weather’s been mildly warm, but the calendar says it’s summer, which means it’s time for the latest in race organizer Uberthons’ seasonal half marathon series. The Oregon Summer Marathon will take place on July 20 in [read more...]

Race Preview: 2019 Superhero 5K (Tigard)

June 8, 2019 // 0 Comments

Did you walk out of “Avengers: Endgame” thinking, That superhero stuff looks pretty cool; I’d like to be one? Well, short of finding some source of gamma radiation to expose yourself to (and hope to survive), or taking a massive [read more...]

Race Recap: 2019 Oregon Spring 5K (and more)

June 7, 2019 // 0 Comments

I always like to kick off Memorial Day weekend with Uberthons’ Oregon Spring race. In past years, however, it’s been a challenging race for me to participate in because the law school graduation ceremony has been on the same morning. [read more...]

Small Race Preview: 2019 Dick Inukai 5K (Hillsboro)

May 25, 2019 // 0 Comments

Oregon businessman Richard “Dick” Inukai has been instrumental in rebuilding the former Hillsboro Boys and Girls Club, now known as the Inukai Family Boys and Girls Club, among other philanthropic ventures in the Portland area. The [read more...]

Race Preview: 2019 Run with the Eagle 5K and Fun Run (Beaverton)

May 23, 2019 // 0 Comments

Now in its 6th year, the Run with the Eagle 5K is a low-priced neighborhood run in the Sexton Mountain neighborhood in Beaverton. It’s described as “a joint partnership of the Sexton Mountain Parent Teacher Club and the Sexton Mountain [read more...]

Race Recap: 2019 Stoller Community 5K

May 17, 2019 // 0 Comments

On April 28th, I got to run in the 7th (and possibly last) Stoller Community 5K race. As you might guess from the name, this is a local community race centered around Stoller Middle School in Beaverton. Local, yes. Small, not so much — over [read more...]

Small Race Previews: 2019 Focus on Hope (Roseburg) and Rhody Run (Florence)

April 28, 2019 // 0 Comments

This is a preview of a couple of smaller races. First up is the Focus on Hope in Roseburg, Oregon, followed by the Rhody Run in Port Townsend, Washington. The Focus on Hope 5K/1 mile race is the Roseburg Community Cancer Center’s “annual [read more...]

Race Preview: 2019 Oregon Spring Half Marathon/Quarter Marathon/5K (St. Paul)

April 26, 2019 // 0 Comments

It’s hard to believe that it’s been more than two months since the last Uberthons event (the Chocolatathon); the long gap was due to the absence of the Luckython, which had been run every year starting in 2011. But never fear, if you [read more...]