AK’s Adventures

This was the third day — half way through the last C4P.  Luckily, we got to take a little bit of a break, having to do only 7 miles — a big clockwise loop that finished up on the Ray Miller.  As I drove over, the sky was dark and cloudy, and I ended up [...]

Got to downtown much earlier than I needed to, but it was better than having to deal with traffic.  I parked at the Wells Fargo lot, a little farther than where I used to park (Arco), but it was free (for signing up early).  I walked over to the Pershing Square Metro station a couple [...]

Tomorrow will be my 8th LA Marathon, and I’ll be joined by 25,000 other runners along a new point to point course, which starts near Universal Studios, and finishes in downtown like before.  I’ll be parking at the finish, and taking the Metro (for my first time) to the start.  Some interesting news…Borat’s sidekick and [...]

Steve Reifenstuhl was the first to reach McGrath (350 Miles) on foot, which took him 5 days and 11 hours.  It seems that all other runners have dropped except for Berni, who is supposed to be doing the long course to Nome (1100 miles).  Unfortunately, Diane Van Deren was one of the runners to drop [...]

First runner Steve Reifenstuhl reached CP6 (Nikolai Mile 300) this morning, but has not left for the last 50 miles.  The website still shows that Diane Van Deren, Ghirardi, and Berni have not left CP4 yet.