A very nice guy let me borrow his phone at the airport to get ahold of the hotel and confirm pickup this morning (?!) at 1:30. Delays “due to the plane lated” caused us to arrive in Bali an hour late… and immigration while smooth took a bit of time as A LOT of flight […]
What’s it like to run with potentially a couple of bruised ribs? And how about with a possibly bruised tailbone/left butt cheek? I’ll tell you Sunday. The rain from this morning made the stairs a little slippery. I was even being careful but apparently not careful enough. I missed a step or slipped on the […]
I don’t know what time it is. I don’t know what day it is. I don’t even really know where I am. The nice people next to me, a mom and her son who were returning to Guangzhou from a two month holiday spent traveling all over the US, tell me it’s Thursday. I wrote […]
I’ve tried to track down the title tack to Road to Bali. Apparently, the studio recut the movie after some test screenings and only a very brief snippet of this song exists during the opening titles. There is however a 17-minute LP of the soundtrack, one that replaced Dorothy Lamour’s singing with Peggy Lee. I […]
The entire staff of RunKevinRun.com is mortified and embarrassed. We have contributed to the ever-increasing wrong information floating about the internet and for that we are so very, very sorry. Yesterday I mentioned “In Plane Sight,” season 2, episode 14 of The A-Team. I misquoted Templeton “Faceman” Peck. My brother called me out on it […]
I feel like the blog post title would make a great technothriller cover. “The Guangzhou Layover.” It feels like William Friedkin should direct the adaptation. After struggling with being shut out of various tours (odd that in a land of a one-child policy they’d be so anti-singles), I stumbled upon China Highlights, a website proffering […]
From Season 2, Episode 14 of “The A-Team” entitled “In Plane Sight”: B.A. Baracus: Hey, Hannibal, I ain’t flying, man. Now I don’t know how you guys be getting me in and out of these planes, but this time I’m ready for you. This time… Face, Hannibal: Eclipse. [B.A. falls into a hypnotic trance] Yes, […]
Assuming the world is still here, I’m set to run the Bali Marathon in a week. I’m trying to sort through logistics as I sit here at my computer. It’s not going smoothly. But then, much like true love, the course of marathoning road trips never did run smooth. I purposefully booked a long layover […]
My brother is a good sport. Despite a series of unfortunate events last night that had us scrambling to make plans, reschedule, break, rebreak, reschedule, and then throw up our hands, he still agreed to head down to Long Beach with me at 7:30 AM this morning. And per usual with me, despite being told […]
I’m skipping a race this weekend. There’s always a possible marathon every weekend and while I was tempted to try and get some mileage in in anticipation of Bali next week, I’m just not feeling it. The closest, easiest option is another one down in Long Beach and I’ve run those courses too often recently […]