AK’s Adventures

Dana Hills XC runner and soccer player, 14 year old Megan Nicole Myers, collapsed at the 2 mile mark of a 3 mile race against Capistrano Valley High School — an hour later, she was pronounced dead at Mission Hospital.  An autopsy was performed, but proved inconclusive, so the death remains a mystery.
Over 800 mourners [...]

A Journey on the 2007
Tahoe Rim Trail Endurance Runs
September 29, 2007
Galaxy Theater - Carson City, Nevada
I realize it’s short notice but we’ve just worked out the final details to premier our new TRT Documentary, “A Glimpse of Heaven and a Taste of Hell” .
You’re all cordially invited to join us this Saturday morning at the [...]

Got this bad news the other day.  Their big event is coming up, and could use some help.
Dear Friends:
We are sad to report that on Saturday afternoon (Sept. 22) the offices of the Challenged Athletes Foundation (CAF) were hit by a catastrophic fire.  Fortunately, no one was injured. However the blaze, which apparently was electrical [...]

Foresthill runner takes aim at five California 100-milers in one season

By: Todd Mordhorst, Journal Sports Editor
Thursday, September 20, 2007
Foresthill’s Jack Meyer is attempting to complete the “California Slam” this year by finishing all five 100-mile endurance runs in the state. Meyer has a tough task this weekend as he lines up at the Rio Del [...]

As I was driving up to Pasadena on the 110 a couple hours ago, I could see smoke in the distance, but couldn’t really pinpoint the origin — it looked fairly west of the San Gabriels, and much farther north, but close enough that it was clearly visible. I found out now that that [...]

Yesterday, the Blue Planet Run came through LA, after touching down in San Francisco earlier this week, and heading down the coast to SoCal. I was hoping to see my friend Dot, but turned out that she’s on the late shift (3-8am), so didn’t get to unfortunately. I did manage to pace two [...]

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 [...]

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 [...]

Yup, that’s a Kwik-E-Mart. A handful of 7-Elevens turned their storefronts into one to hype up the Simpsons movie being released later this month.
See full story here.
Here are the list of stores.