Monday, September 08, 2008

Peru Trek 2008 - Chaskiq Nunan, Part 1

Earlier this year in May, I took a trip to Peru with a several friends I know from the Rogue trail running programs. The trip was excellently run by the tour company IncaRunners. It involved some sightseeing, and a week of trekking and mountain running ...Read the rest of this post...

Wednesday, August 27, 2008

Rattlesnake

I had my first encounter with a rattlesnake yesterday. ...Read the rest of this post...

Sunday, August 24, 2008

Pikes Peak Bust 2008

I wasn’t planning to do this race again so soon, but then a family member offered to schedule her trip to Colorado Springs around the marathon if I wanted to go up for a visit. So, when registration opened in March, I signed up for the ...Read the rest of this post...

Friday, August 01, 2008

Tibet Trip, Part 3: Everest and Nepal

As I catch up on this blog, let me finish the trip report for last years trip through Tibet arranged through GAP Adventures. The remainder of the trip included a visit to the Everest base camp on the Chinese side, and drive through Nepal to Kathmandu. ...Read the rest of this post...

Tuesday, June 24, 2008

Tibet Trip, Part 2

Well, it’s been awhile since I started writing about last year’s trip to Tibet with GAP Adventures. As I approach the 1-year anniversary of this trip, it seemed time to come back to finish the report for the second week before the details slip from my mind. This post covers travels through the rural towns of Tibet. ...Read the rest of this post...

Thursday, June 19, 2008

Mexico City

I stopped off in Mexico City over Memorial Day weekend on the way back from spending 2 weeks in Peru. The Peru trip was excellent, but it deserves a few posts of its own when I catch up with this blog. If I had come straight home from Peru, it would have put me in Austin on the Friday before Memorial Day. Since it was a long holiday weekend, I started looking for someplace in South America to add on a side trip while I was in the region. But it was so much more ...Read the rest of this post...

Sunday, April 13, 2008

Malibu Creek 25K

Malibu State Park, by John FriersonI visited Los Angeles for a weekend. I saw the Body Worlds exhibit (recommended) and also did the Malibu Creek 25K. The Malibu Creek trail run was in Malibu Creek State Park just outside Los Angeles. The route ran through areas used in the filming of the television show M*A*S*H. ...Read the rest of this post...

Saturday, December 15, 2007

Runtex-2-Rogue 20 Mile

Today was the Runtex-2-Rogue 20 mile training run with the Rogue training group. It was the best run of this distance in a long time, especially after ...Read the rest of this post...

Sunday, October 07, 2007

Cancun Ironman 70.3

I completed the Cancun Ironman 70.3 Triathlon. Apparently races of this distance are no longer officially called “Half-Ironman” distance triathlons, but instead are branded as “Ironman 70.3” triathlons. ...Read the rest of this post...

Thursday, July 26, 2007

2007 Tahoe Rim Trail 50k

I went to Lake Tahoe for the Tahoe Rim Trail 50k.

Info:
- My Tahoe Photo Album
- Event website
- Course Description

I tried to save some vacation time by flying out of Austin on Friday evening ...Read the rest of this post...