AK’s Adventures

I’m headed up to NoCal to help Catra do her solo Ohlone 100 miler.  I’m supposed to meet up with her along the course for support, then pace her from around the half-way point, then we’ll eventually join up with the actual race to finish in her goal of around 34 hours.  Sounds pretty crazy, [...]

…at the 2008 Old Goats 50M/50K
Akos Konya (8:18:49) shattered David Dean and Ashley’s shared winning times from last year, as temperatures soared into the 90’s — both stats were entered in the record books.  Keira Henninger (9:08:10), who was second fastest last year, managed to do the same again, but became first overall female.  Ted [...]

Blind Athlete Takes on Incredible Challenge to Run Seven Back-to-Back Marathons in One Week
LOS ANGELES, CA - On Tuesday, April 8, Pasadena will become the third stop on an incredible journey for Dave Heeley, a blind athlete from England, who is taking on the ultimate mental and physical challenge — to run seven marathons, in [...]

Ok…I meant to do a year-end summary, but of course like all my previous race reports I was going to write, it just didn’t happen.  Oh well…maybe I should make that a goal for 2008, but don’t hold me to it.
So my race year will start off again with the HURT 100 — one of [...]

A friend of mine forwarded this to me from the Ultra list.  Pretty interesting statistics.  Over 2000 runners completed at least 1 100 mile race this year, and almost 300 finished 2, with only 20 finishing 5 or more.  I think it would be somewhat interesting to also see how many more started a race [...]

I wrote Greg an e-mail when I didn’t see my name on the list, and he informed me that my application didn’t arrive until 2-3 days after the deadline.  ??? :-(  I found that to be odd, since I mailed it at least a week before — 8+ days for first class mail to [...]

Well it’s been a while since I’ve posted anything, but am hoping that I’ll get back to regularly blogging again.  (No, I was not in jail, btw.)  First, I’m very happy to say that I’ve begun a new chapter in my life — I recently gave up my 3 year stint as an independent consultant [...]

90 degree temperatures, plus 80% humidity, left a Michigan police officer dead, and more than 300 people were  admitted to hospitals.  There were 10,000 (out of 45000 registered entrants) DNS’s, and 10,934 DNFs.
Here’s a message from their website:
Attention Participants and Spectators:
Due to the rising heat index and higher than expected temperatures, LaSalle Bank Chicago Marathon [...]

Mexican politician runs into time warp

A presidential candidate whose past is marked by charges of dishonesty turns in a fast but questionable time in a marathon.
Former Mexican presidential candidate Roberto Madrazo disappeared midway through the Berlin Marathon on Sunday before reappearing nine miles later, winning first in his age group and shaving an hour off [...]

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 [...]