Saturday, March 03, 2007

2007 AT&T Austin Marathon

The Austin Marathon this year had a new sponsor and a new course. At the start, I started off slow up the first hill on South Congress. Quite a few people passed me here including the 9:45 group. I paused near the 2 mile marker to remove my throwaway long pants. Then I passed ...Read the rest of this post...

Wednesday, February 28, 2007

I Got Published

The March issue of American Fitness magazine published one of my photographs taken during the 2006 Pikes Peak Marathon. ...Read the rest of this post...

Saturday, February 17, 2007

I Made the News

The KXAN tv station has been using a picture of me running last year's Austin Marathon as a background image for graphics in their coverage of this year's marathon. No doubt a tribute to my awesome athletic performances ;)
This got me thinking about where they got the picture from. ...Read the rest of this post...

Saturday, January 20, 2007

2007 Bandera 25K/50K/100K


Last week I ran the Bandera 25K trail run. There were also 50K and 100K runs.

I drove out to Bandera the day before. I got there just as dinner started. There was a large mess tent that fit a couple of hundred and we had pasta for dinner. I ate with some folks from my recent trail running training programs. Then I ...Read the rest of this post...

Sunday, January 07, 2007

2007 ARA 20 Mile Race

The day started with me hitting the snooze I think and not remembering it ...Read the rest of this post...

Sunday, December 31, 2006

India -Part 2: Southern India

Photos:

Photo Album, Part II

Trip Report

After 3 weeks of work in Delhi, I had one week of vacation in India. Originally, I had looked into options to visit areas near the base of the Himalayas, but many of the tours had started to shut down in winter. Then I looked into tours through ...Read the rest of this post...

Sunday, November 26, 2006

India -Part 1: Delhi, Agra, and Rajasthan

I am in Noida, India, which is a suburb of Delhi. I am 2 weeks into a trip which will include 3 weeks of business travel followed by 1 week of vacation. During the first two weekends, I have visited Agra, Delhi, and Jaipur, capital of the state or Rajasthan.

Photos

Photo Album, Part I

Agra Day Trip

The first weekend after a week of work, I arranged a day trip to Agra through ECO, the car rental company recommended by my office. They have a special arrangement ...Read the rest of this post...

Friday, November 10, 2006

2003 - Peru and the Inca Trail Trek

This is the story of an old trip, posted after someone asked for details.

Travel Report

This was a 2-week independent itinerary arranged by Amazon Adventures. The tour operator worked out my transportation between cities, and arranged either for a guide or for me to join a local day tour in each city. This gave me something more ...Read the rest of this post...

Sunday, November 05, 2006

Pikes Peak Video

Dan K. made a cool video compiled from pictures taken by several people (including a bunch of mine) of participants taken during the Rogue 2006 Pikes Peak marathon training program. Click HERE for a larger view.

Locations in the video include Barr Trail (up to Pikes Peak), Guadelupe Mountains National Park, Hill Country State Natural Area near Bandera, and the Rogue Trail Series races in Austin. ...Read the rest of this post...

Tuesday, August 29, 2006

2006 Pikes Peak Marathon

Links:
- Photo Album
- Austin Area Results
- All results
- Route info (from last year)

On August 20, I ran the 2006 Pikes Peak Marathon, which runs up a 7800ft elevation gain to Pikes Peak (14,110ft) and back down. Arkansas has traditionally boasted one of the largest contingents outside Colorado to participate in the races. This was the year that Texas runners (primarily from the Austin area) edged out other states for the largest out of state contingent. ...Read the rest of this post...