AK’s Adventures

There was an amazing story in the LA Times on Sunday (and today) about a runner and his daughter who were attacked by a grizzly in Glacier National Park, Montana. Johan Otter suffered most of the injuries between the two — his scalp was completely torn off from his hairline to the base of his [...]

Well, I’m now officially entered into Old Dominion. Ray Waldron wrote: > Andy, > check recieved today! We’ll have your confirmation and rule book is in > the mail to you tomorrow! Take care and see you soon! > > Wynne Waldron > Co-race Director.

That’s what I said I’d do before I headed out beyond the Curtain Saturday morning for an OCTR-sponsored training run in Chino Hills. There was a good turnout — I think Krissy and I were the only foreigners amidst a Grove of Oranges (I don’t know what the collective term is for people from The [...]

Sunday was the first official AC100 training run from Chilao to Chantry Flats — miles 53 to 75 on the course, totaling 22 miles with 3000′ gain and 6000′ of descent. A lot of that downhill consisted of the near 1 hour quad-buster from Shortcut to the bottom of Newcomb — very similar to the [...]

I decided to put together something. It’s definitely a work-in-progress…but you can see what I have so far. http://lgr6.com http://6×100.com http://400miles.com http://sixhundredmiles.com Whatever is easiest for you to remember/type — they all go to the same site.

This morning was my first run back in the ‘hood — that meant heading to Del Cerro Park in Rancho Palos Verdes, a 5 minute drive from my house where I moved back to on Wednesday.  I hadn’t been there in at least 2 years, and last I remember, it was pretty barren from the [...]

This morning was my first run back in the ‘hood — that meant heading to Del Cerro Park in Rancho Palos Verdes, a 5 minute drive from my house where I moved back to on Wednesday. I hadn’t been there in at least 2 years, and last I remember, it was pretty barren from the [...]

It is billed as the toughest 50 Miler, and it’s this Saturday. The race definitely attracts some talented runners — I see that Anton Krupicka, last year’s Leadville winner who holds the second fastest course time next to Matt Carpenter’s record-breaking performance in 2005 will definitely challenge Dave Mackey’s 7:51. Also can’t ignore Karl Meltzer [...]

8:30 — I’m going to do my final load of laundry. Lucy is still getting ready — she has a Dr’s appt, so didn’t go into work this morning. She’s sitting on the floor with her laptop open, frantically searching for American Idol news, because she couldn’t watch it last night since her TV is [...]