AK’s Adventures

Best of luck to everyone running at the Grand Teton races this weekend.
Live updates here.

Ok…I’m still not sure if this is useful, or even slightly interesting for that matter, but I started using Twitter.  What is it?  Well, think of it as a mini blog, which has nice utilities and methods to make it very easy to send updates.  For example, you can use your favorite IM client by [...]

Mark your calendars!
Announcing the Dos Lunas 100M/100K ultras, full moon weekend of March 21-23, 2008, Los Padres National Forest trails, Ojai, CA. Over 25,000 feet elevation gain in the 100 miler. Qualification requirements for the 100M similar to that of Hardrock.  Staggered starts based on anticipated finishing time of 8:00 AM Sunday, 40 hour limit [...]

Ok…everyone’s had it at some point or another.  After a training session or race, you feel something strange in your foot or leg, it doesn’t hurt at first, but it’s uncomfortable — it just doesn’t feel right.  A little while later, the discomfort turns to pain, and your original action of ignoring it, now turns [...]

Interesting timing on Greg Crowther’s blog about altitude and its effects on athletes.  In 2005, when I was able to successfully complete Leadville, I arrived 6 days prior to the race.  This year, which resulted in getting timed out at Twin Lakes (2 hours behind my pace), I got to altitude only 2 days before.  [...]

It was unusually cool at Malibu Creek St Park yesterday during the 16th running of the Bulldog 50K Ultra. I’ve been involved with this race since I ran it as my first trail ultra in 2001, this year ending up as a volunteer, marking the course again.
The race is a 2 loop [...]

Just to make it easier to follow, I’ve created shortcuts below:
Top 10 MenTop 10 Women
Top 50 MenTop 50 WomenPeter Bakwin 2207Stephanie Ehret 2521Topher Gaylord 42Scott Jurek 3612Dean Karnazes 1505Nikki Kimball 3699Hal Koerner 3583Glenn Mackie 2379Karl Meltzer 2771Mylinh Nguyen 3584Chau Pham 3604Michelle Schwartz 2003Diane Van Deren 1502

According to my calculations, the race should start in about 5 minutes — 18:30 local time.  Some local US runners competing this year, include Scott Jurek (#3612), Karl Meltzer (#2771), Dean Karnazes (#1505), Topher Gaylord (#42), Hal Koerner (#3583), Nikki Kimball (#3699), Diane Van Deren (#1502), Peter Bakwin (#2207), Stephanie Ehret (#2521), Glenn Mackie (#2379).
Live [...]

From their new website, it looks like they’ve moved it from the Cleveland Natl Forest to Cuyamaca State Park due to threat of fire. It’ll now be 2 loops, and have a 50 mile option.

Just got back from Leadville to find out our friend and fellow ultrarunner Gary Hilliard (Mt Disappointment RD) has been seriously injured in a motorcycle accident, and is in very critical condition.  Updates on his status can be found here.
Those who are wondering about what happened to me over the weekend, I’ll be posting my [...]