AK’s Adventures

It started early Saturday morning — Lucy and I had planned to go out for a run, something we usually don’t have a chance to do based on our busy and mismatching schedules. This would also happen to be on trail, which we’ve never done since I met her over 2 years ago. [...]

How come mine are never this fun?
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Seems like a lot of people don’t know that daylight saving time will be changing this year — the first time since 1966, thanks to the Energy Policy Act of 2005. Starting this year, clocks will be set ahead one hour on the second Sunday of March (instead of the first Sunday of April), [...]

That’s what I told my buddy Jeff what I thought our finishing time could be for the TwinPeaks 50/50 we ran on Sunday.  Having never done the entire course, and only having run bits and pieces of it during training, I really had no idea, and said that my estimate would likely be off.  All [...]

Based on the outcome of both the Hardrock and Wasatch lotteries this weekend, I should go and buy me a ticket or two.  I can’t believe I was chosen for both of them, even though if I didn’t get picked into Wasatch, I would’ve been able to enter based on the Grand Slam provision.
When I [...]

I’m referring to my previous post regarding stuff that was happening over the weekend.
The Coastal Challenge is still ongoing — Juan Carlos Zuniga and Bev are both doing well. They were the winners of the inaugural race. Updates can be found here.
Rocky Raccoon results are here. A couple outstanding performances from the [...]

The Coastal Challenge starts at 10am tomorrow from La Fortuna, Costa Rica.Updates at Checkpoint Tracker.
Rocky Raccoon 100 — winners should be done shortly.
Twin Peaks 50/50 — pre-race dinner/briefing in a couple hours, and the race starting in the morning.
Pacific Shoreline — marathon, half-marathon, and 5k in Huntington Beach
Desert Rage AR — the first Desert Rage [...]

Jack Kirk, AKA The Dipsea Demon, died last week at the age of 100. He was a renowned runner, having completed The Dipsea Race, which started in 1905, a record 67 consecutive times, winning the race twice (age handicapped). Jack’s last complete finish was in 2003 — the following year, he made it [...]

Last night, we attended the newest addition to Old Pasadena, called Red, White, and Bluezz on the N/E corner of Raymond and Green where Spencer’s used to be.  From the street, it’s hard to determine how large the venue is until you go there and see that there’s a whole separate lounge area in the [...]