AK’s Adventures

Officially June 11th — no coincidence that it is the first day of the Apple WWDC expo. Samsung may give it some competition with this — unfortunately, it’s a Sprint phone.

Just finished getting ready for my run this weekend — not too much to do really, other than prepping a small drop bag for Cozy Dell, roughly the half-way point where we’ll get to around sunset.  I’m meeting Mark Weineke, and Bob/Darcy Africa at the Ojai Cafe Emporium at 9:30 for breakfast.  We’ll go over [...]

60 hours and 35 mins, covering 350Km — Cyril Jay-Rayon, Aaron Rinn, and Jen Segger paddled in to San Felipe for another win.  The rest of the teams are about another 24 hours away.

ESPN article here. Coming up: April 7: St-Pierre vs Serra (PPV) UFC 69 May 26: Liddell vs Jackson (PPV) UFC 71

Unless they have at least 30 DNS’s, Umstead will have the largest number of starters in its 12 year history — 259 registered.  I don’t like how they have a “50 mile option” though, just like HURT has a 100K option.  If 100 mile races choose to offer shorter distances, runners should have to declare [...]

Rono tries to distance himself from troubled pastThe runner, who broke world records in four events in short period in 1978, says his life is on the upswing after alcoholism and homelessness.By Jerry Crowe, Times Staff WriterMarch 26, 2007 Henry Rono, once the world’s preeminent distance runner and some say the greatest of all time, [...]

Teams have made it through to CP1 already.  My friends from Kayak Lake Mead (Robert, Druce, and Brianna — father/son/daughter) were first to arrive along with Team Stride.  Shortly after, reigning champs DART/NUUN came in — they will be one of the teams to watch. Keep an eye on here for updates, and at SleepMonsters [...]

Did Robert Garside (AKA Runningman) really set the record for running around the world?  You decide. Official Reuters article here. Ultramarathon World summary and links here.

What’s the first thing that comes to your mind?  Ok, don’t answer that… Anyway, that’s what Carmela kept calling part of the route we did yesterday up to Mt Wilson — it seems that Hiker Bob’s connector to Jones Peak and over through Hastings is still a section that even locals are unfamiliar with.  We [...]

My good friends Rich and Anna (AKA Glycerin) opened up for world famous British DJ Pete Tong at the Vanguard Saturday night. If you’re familiar with electronica, you’ll know who he is, and if you’re familiar with the LA club scene, you’ve most-likely have been to Vanguard. Glycerin was fortunate enough to go on about [...]