Mike Pak has a habit of going into things blind. Actually, it’s more like sprinting headlong into things blind. It started with Koreatown Run Club, which he co-founded with Duy Nguyen five years ago. Suddenly the pair found themselves leading a pack of 20 runners around their neighborhood, pointing out restaurants, planning new routes, organizing post-run drinks. The twist? They both swear they hate running. “It’s a love-hate relationship,” Pak explains, “but that’s the beauty of Run Club: everyone holds each other accountable.” Which might explain how Pak ended up in his first marathon, which he ran with 30 other KRC runners having maxed out at 15 miles in training. Last year, he went and signed himself up for five of them, blazing through them on one massive world tour.
He brought the same energy to Love Hour, a burger pop-up that he and Nguyen started up with restaurateur Jimmy Han with zero service experience under their belts. (It’s a hit.) Then one night, a slightly inebriated Pak committed himself to organizing a bicycle group to deliver meals to the unhoused in L.A.—now a twice-a-week operation with donations from local restaurants. All the guy does is get the gears turning, and suddenly he’s got full-blown businesses on his hands. It all comes together on his Instagram handle, @koreatown, a hub for all things K-Town that Pak often uses as a springboard to cull volunteers or send out Love Hour missives. It’s become so popular, Nguyen often jokes that Pak is the Unofficial Mayor of Koreatown…
Curated from: https://www.gq.com/story/real-life-diet-mike-pak