AK’s Adventures

18 year old Jesse Zweig, who set out on Thursday at 2:50pm to run 200 miles to raise $20,000 for Children’s Hospital of OC, covered 124 miles before he was forced to stop Friday at 1:15am due to severe blisters and cold. Full story here.

That was what my odometer read when I got home Saturday night. My day started with my alarm going off at 5am, and I was out the door on my way down to RSM in OC to meet with the group for the last training run for TP 50/50. That was my first 70+ miles.I [...]

Nike Athlete Ian Adamson Announces Retirementposted Jan 11, 2007 @ 11:00 AM by Press Release Ian Adamson, seven time adventure racing world champion and three time world record holder for endurance kayaking, announced today that he is retiring as a full time professional athlete. Adamson, who twice captured the Guinness World Record for endurance kayaking [...]

Race report is on its way. Some highlights from this year: Matt Estes sets new men’s course record (20:43) Krissy Moehl sets new women’s course record (26:15); 2nd overall Karl Meltzer sets new 100k men’s course record (12:37) Jimmy Wrublik becomes youngest finisher Monica Scholz completes all 7 HURT 100′s Record number of 100 mile [...]

I get asked that question quite often in reference to the amount of mileage my training consists of. Personally, I am a believer in low-mileage/quality training, instead of the 100+ mile weeks that some people feel is necessary to complete longer ultras. My weekly total is surprisingly very low — it’s probably on the average [...]

If anyone’s having a difficult time deciding what to get me for my birthday coming up in a couple weeks, here’s a suggestion below. It doesn’t have to be red though — I’m not that picky. Or if that’s a bit above your budget, I’ll settle for this one. Don’t worry, I’ll take you for [...]

Well, I did my last run before HURT yesterday — just a quick jaunt up the Wilson trail to first water and back. I feel good…more confident going into the race this time than last year. I don’t think I mentioned it in my race report, but I had a nagging pain in the back [...]

Fortune Magazine just released the 100 Best Companies to Work for list — Google, surprisingly made their debut at #1 this year. Since I’m looking for work currently, I think this will be helpful, especially this list — pretty funny how the tech sector ends up at the bottom. Man, I’m in the wrong industry… [...]

My good friends Rich and Anna of Glycerin performed at King King last night. I got there a bit early, so decided to walk down to Hollywood and Highland, since it had been a while since I’d been in that area. Not much has changed, other than a few nicer bars and restaurants — the [...]

My good friends Rich and Anna of Glycerin performed at King King last night. I got there a bit early, so decided to walk down to Hollywood and Highland, since it had been a while since I’d been in that area. Not much has changed, other than a few nicer bars and restaurants — the [...]