About

The Author

Kevin Lu is an engineer, currently working in the field orthopedic devices. He received his B.S. and M.S. from NJIT in biomedical Engineering. As a self-proclaimed runner, he enjoys all things running immensely. Prior to recreational running, Kevin has never participated or excelled in sports – not when he was young, and certainly not today. Before he laced up and ran around his block for the first time in 2009, it was beyond Kevin’s wildest dreams to consider running as an integral part of his life.

Sitting on a fallen tree after Hurricane Irene ravaged his town.

In addition to running, Kevin is also passionate about science. This passion for science is the main reason he enjoys learning about the latest in technology, medicine, and gadgets. Driven by his enthusiasm in science and technology, Kevin regularly volunteers for the World Science Festival in New York City. Although his love and passion for running manifested only recently, a sedentary lifestyle was never a choice of his. Throughout his upbringing, Kevin has always stayed healthy and fit from an array of casual and recreational physical activities. These factors greatly contributed to his vastly positive experience with running when he decided to embark on his quest to become a runner.

First trophy and medal from winning a 5K race.

Besides running, Kevin’s favorite activities are mostly outdoors – such as hiking, biking and camping. However Kevin is a frequent visitor to museums, exhibits, and galleries for he finds them soothing and enriching. Kevin loves sharing and connecting with others. In addition to maintaining Beyond Distance, he is also the tech columnist on a popular running site iRunnerBlog.

The Website

Upon partaking his journey as a long distance runner, Kevin began to get a grounding sense of his own strengths and weaknesses. He has become more compassionate, more forgiving, and more understanding through through his humbling experience in running. More, he has set foot into a mystical realm so primal and profound that, from time to time, he regrets not starting earlier. As a result, the inception of Beyond Distance was largely based on his desire to propagate and promote running and its accompanying benefits to the general public.

The emphasis of Beyond Distance is long distance running, and all the rest of it. From the past, Kevin has been enlightened to see and reach things that only exist at the end of a long run – and he would be selfish to keep this to himself. Moreover, time and again Kevin has received help from countless enthusiastic runners, to be able to reach where he is today. So it is his utmost priority to pass it forward. In hopes of reaching out to other like-minded individuals in the running community, it is Kevin’s mission to inspire, motivate, and invite anyone to join and share.

Don’t forget to follow Kevin on Twitter (@SweatEngine) or contact him via the contact form.