AK’s Adventures

Well, I now had a reputation for getting lost, and probably won’t hear the end of it for a while.  I got up at 3am again, then made the drive out to La Jolla, where the Ray Miller trail junction is, and the Backbone ends.  It also happens to be where the new Santa Monica [...]

3am - awake, but barely…typically, I go to bed around that time, but needed to get to the meeting spot at Kanan Dume by 5am.  I got there just before, and Chris and another vehicle were already there.  Soon, others started showing up, I got in akaBill’s rental with Melissa and Paul, and we’re off [...]

Peter Basinger finished the short course (350 Miles) establishing a course record on his bike, with the rest of the field leaving the last CP (Nikolai Mile 300) early this morning.  The first runner checked out of CP4 (Puntilla 165 Miles) a day and a half ago.  Diane Van Deren is still at CP4, having [...]

Here’s a quick mileage/elevation breakdown:
Day 1: 45 miles; 8640′ up, 7530′ down; 9:16Day 2: 36 miles; 5520′ up, 6570′ down; 6:57Day 3: 7 miles; 1200′ up, 1200′ down; 1:07Day 4: 42 miles; 9080′ up, 9080′ down; 8:47Day 5: 38 miles; 7610′ up, 7610′ down; 7:45Day 6: 20 miles; 3410′ up, 3410′ down; 3:56
Total: 188 miles; [...]

PQ will be on “hold” until further notice. I received this e-mail the other day.
Also, Danelle Ballengee, who barely survived a serious fall only a couple months ago, is slowly making her way back to recovery. In addition to regaining her strength and mobility, Danelle is faced with another enormous challenge — the [...]

Charlie Engle, Kevin Lin, and Ray Zahab have just completed what many thought would be impossible — running 4000 miles across the Sahara in 111 days, running between 44 to 50 miles each day, while dealing with issues such as temperatures in the 100’s and strong winds.  Their goal was to raise awareness for the [...]

Charlie Engle, Kevin Lin, and Ray Zahab have just completed what many thought would be impossible — running 4000 miles across the Sahara in 111 days, running between 44 to 50 miles each day, while dealing with issues such as temperatures in the 100’s and strong winds.  Their goal was to raise awareness for the [...]

Well…just got back from H’ard’s pre-race dinner of Baja Fresh and some cold beer.  It was nice to see some old faces — Gary Knipling, Melissa and Paul, akaBill, Mark, Krissy, Bill Kee, etc.
We’re meeting at the Kanan Road trailhead at 5am tomorrow, then we get dropped off at Will Rogers — should end up [...]

I got there just as Akos Konya was finishing the 100K in just under 8 hours — no one else was even close.  I heard Michelle won the 50K — don’t have any other info unfortunately.  I then headed over to the 5K turn-around where Jeff, Fred, and Gus were, and stayed there the rest [...]