AK’s Adventures

I’m now listed as one of the entrants for this year’s Grand Slam, so all I have to do now is show up (and finish of course). I’m also planning on doing Old Dominion and AC for the Last Great Race, assuming I don’t go broke.

I’m now listed as one of the entrants for this year’s Grand Slam, so all I have to do now is show up (and finish of course). I’m also planning on doing Old Dominion and AC for the Last Great Race, assuming I don’t go broke.

I just uploaded videos I made from races I participated in.
The Coastal Challenge
Angeles Crest 100
Leadville Trail 100
The Tahoe Triple
Miscellaneous Photos

This small suburb of San Francisco is trying to pass what could be the most stringent anti-smoking ordinance in America. What makes it so strict is that it could potentially ban people from smoking in their own homes, which is absolutely ridiculous. I can understand public places, but to not be able to [...]

It started with a run from Gary and Pam’s house up to Orchard Camp along the Mt Wilson Trail — a short but steep out and back 8 miler, which happens to be the same route as the annual Mt Wilson Trail Race. Afterwards, Gabor fired up the grill for some burgers/dogs, along with [...]

Jim Hamm was attacked by a mountain lion in Prairie Creek Redwoods State Park Wednesday, and was rescued by his wife who stabbed the animal with a pen and hit it with a branch, which eventually led the cat to let go of her husband. Full story here.
This reminds me of my only encounter [...]

My buddy Bill pointed this out to me today. We both ran this race last year, and there’s supposed to be a documentary on it to be released at some point.
Here’s a preview:

A 3-year old girl and her family were told to get off an Air Tran flight because she was not behaving. I feel the airline was completely justified in doing so, and wish other businesses, including movie theaters and restaurants would do the same when faced with similar situations. Rude and obnoxious children, [...]

76 out of 100 (70 is passing) was my score on my CCIE (Cisco Certified Internetwork Expert) routing and switching recertification exam I took earlier this evening. This was my fourth time (you have to recertify every 2 years) since I originally got certified in January of 1998, and I dread having to study, [...]

That was the name of the contest that radio station KDND in Sacramento conducted — the rules were simply, whoever drank the most water without going to the bathroom would win a Nintendo Wii. Jennifer Strange, after drinking over 2 liters of water, died from hyponatremia. A lawsuit has been filed against the [...]