PaceCharter
Google GenAI Specialist, Ultra Runner, and Tireless Community Curator.
GenAI Specialist
Google GenAI, Blackbelt
Ultra Runner
Mostly Trail, mindful running
Community Curator
Connecting & Inspiring
Data Evangelist
Visualizing Progress
Running Milestones & Annual Plans
2025 Annual Plan Refining Resilience
- Get back to peak fitness, resume research & writing
- RunArt.net full upgrade, integrating AI capabilities
- IEST to focus on media & tech, empowering clubs
Theme: Resilience & Adaptability.
2024 Annual Review Exceptional Achievements
- Completed HK100 Grand Slam & SCHK Marathon
- Launched RunArt.net tools, empowering the community
- Enhanced strategic partnerships & social media influence
Theme: Empowering the broader runner community.
2023 Strategy Solidifying the Base
- Strengthened aerobic base, increased endurance by 10%
- Initiated structured threshold training
- Aim for 40K-70K monthly mileage routinely, striving for 600KM
Theme: Building a solid runner foundation.
Projects
PaceCharting (Data-driven Pace Plans)
I help runners with data visualization, thus getting the name PaceCharter (aka 表哥 in Chinese, which means "bro that makes pace charts"). I release common pace plans for regular runners by collaborating with race organisers, as well as tailor make personalized pace plans for elite runners who are pushing absolute limits.
Here is a sample of WSER2024 Feel free to talk in more detail via emails.
RunArt (Running Art)
Overlay your Strava running metrics onto beautiful photos to make every exercise a memorable piece of art.
Generate yours now!2022 Run Log (Run Track Visualization)
Visualize a collection of GPX files using p5js. Based on this technology, my 7 years of running logs, totaling 5000 hours, were animated to depict the trails of Hong Kong, exhibited at ChinaVis 2024.
Watch the Vlog
UltraNotes (Ultra Running Notes)
My personal journey from an overweight person to an ultra runner. Sharing insights from losing 20KG, structured training, and developing data tools.
Book coming soon. Stay tuned!
耐力學社 IEST (Institute of Endurance Science & Technology)
Institute of Endurance Science and Technology (IEST) advocates scientific training, rational racing, and lifelong exercising. Our vision: Everyone can excel in sports and career with scientific training.
Visit IEST Official WebsiteCommunity Engagement
Calendar
Join me for a run, grab a beer, or hack on some cool projects.
- Registered races.
- Tentative holds (with "TBC").
- Schedule exercises
- Seminars & workshops
Other than that, my daily exercises are pretty casual and spontaneous. At a micro level, I DO NOT follow a specific training plan, in order to stay motivated and injury free (yes, a lot of injuries resulted from following rigid training plans without listening to one's own body). At a macro level, I rely on statistics including performance metrics, race reviews and physiological measurements to understand my fitness progression (example: 2022 running review).
Me in Data
20kg
Weight Lost
A New Chapter of Healthy Life after pandemic
3x
Ultra Finishes
100 miles or more: HK100 GrandSam + SCHKM, ChongLi 168 2024, UTMB 2024
5000+
Running Hours
Logged Over 7 Years in Hong Kong. Presented in ChinaVis 2024
5+
Academic Institutes
Seminars about Ultra x Data x AI with universities -- HKUST, CUHK, HKBU, CityU, LU
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