AK’s Adventures

Later tonight, I’m off to Vegas with Mercy Malick, a good friend of mine I used to live with, to help her finish filming her movie, Tales from the Catholic Church of Elvis. She is an incredible singer, writer, and actress, so I’m very much looking forward to seeing how her movie turns out. [...]

On August 1st, the team from Blue Planet Run will touch down in San Francisco, then make their way south, arriving in the Los Angeles area this Sunday (Aug 5th). It looks like they’re running down the coast, going through Malibu, Santa Monica, Venice, and Manhattan Beach, before heading inland. I’m hoping to [...]

My weekend started with some trail maintenance work with Gary Hilliard and Gabor Kozinc — they both finished Badwater just a few days prior.  We primarily worked between Red Box and Newcomb Saddle on the sections of the upcoming Mt Disappointment trail races.  I must say that the conditions are excellent — best of any [...]

Ok…I count 580 entrants for this year’s Leadville, which happens to be celebrating its 25th Anniversary. That’s a lot of people. I can’t imagine any other race past/present that can top that. I wonder how many will finish.

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Saturday July 28th, 12 Noon Pacific
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Witness the jaw dropping, adrenalin pumping, sweat flying adventure of the Western States Endurance Run presented by Montrail®. This event is one of the oldest ultra trail events in the world and certainly one of the most challenging: one day-100 miles. Extreme mental and physical [...]

Weather doesn’t look too bad for my race in Vermont this weekend — mid-70’s to 80 with 65% humidity, and showers/t-storms. Tahoe will have similar temps, but lower humidity of course. Death Valley, on the other hand, will be a toasty 117 on Monday — that’s just wrong.
The Tahoe 100 mile women’s [...]

I really wanted to do a decent run this weekend, but had to force myself to take it easy — there would’ve been absolutely no benefit from doing so. There’s less than a week now until Vermont, so I probably should go through my dropbags from WS that have been sitting unopened in my [...]

Friday night (yes, night) was my first significant run after finishing Western States — 6 of us started at Chantry around 11pm, attempting to cover the last 25 miles of the AC100. Most people who have done the race will agree that this is the crux of the course — 2 long steep climbs [...]

My bud Steve Mackel of SoCalRunning.com documents his first ultra at this year’s Holcomb Valley Trail Run.
Check out his video here.

Ok…I count 580 entrants for this year’s Leadville, which happens to be celebrating its 25th Anniversary. That’s a lot of people. I can’t imagine any other race past/present that can top that. I wonder how many will finish.