Imogene Run

Breathing Through the Sky: My Imogene Pass Run This weekend I had the privilege of lining up at the 52nd annual Imogene Pass Run, one of the most beautiful, brutal, and humbling races I’ve ever attempted. The Start: Breathless From the First Steps From the very first few miles, the altitude grabbed hold of me. I was breathing hard right away, trying to find rhythm while surrounded by so many strong runners. The biggest contingent came from Flagstaff, a town that clearly knows how to send mountain-ready athletes. ...

September 7, 2025 · 2 min · Naoko Reeves

Running Post Hysterectomy

You might be reading this because you are told that Hysterectomy is the best option for removing uterine fibroids which has been bothering you a lot … but your biggest concern is how soon you can get back to your beloved activity - running. It’s a bit of a dilemma, isn’t it? On one hand, you want to take care of your health and get the surgery done, but on the other hand, the thought of being sidelined from running can be a tough pill to swallow. In fact I postponed for a year or two myself but so glad I got it done. ...

April 1, 2023 · 2 min · Naoko Reeves

Refinance

realtor.com has great tool to show mortage trend here Then there is this nerdwallet refinance calculator can give you precisely what might be your saving etc by entering your current mortgae and projected morgage rate. from there you can click “Get Started” link at the bottom to see rates offered. I locked rate at 1.75 with points (APR 2.0) last week. You should check it out and see how much you will be saving! Make sure to consider: ...

February 19, 2021 · 1 min · Naoko Reeves

Smile every time you sudo

If you want your terminal prompt to look like this every time you sodo, please continue reading. note: i did on ubuntu so for other flavor, file path might be slightly different step 1. download this amazing ascii art text and move to /etc/sudoers.d/sudoers.lecture ❯ curl -O https://caferock.org/chris/groot.txt ❯ sudo cp groot.txt /etc/sudoers.d/sudoers.lecture step 2. edit /etc/sudoers (or /etc/sudoers.d/privacy) Defaults lecture = always Defaults lecture_file = /etc/sudoers.d/sudoers.lecture Let’s see this magnificent art <3 # reset timestamp ❯ sudo -k # some sudo command ❯ sudo -l Cheers!

February 18, 2021 · 1 min · Naoko Reeves

Don't let your money sleep

You loos your money if you have your money in saving account What? How? The best saving rate today is like 0.5%. So if I have $10,000 then you will earn $50 a year so how that is loosing money? Because currency devalued over time (cause of an increase in the money supply is one of the biggest reason) and its rate is shown below: You see no year has inflation rate below 0.5% thus you are loosing money although you maybe earning 0.5%. ...

December 20, 2020 · 3 min · Naoko Reeves