3/11/2016 Runner’s Log – Supplemental – 7:30 AM I’ve officially used a treadmill in Antarctic waters! I signed up for 6:30 AM but it wasn’t working when I first arrived. No lights, no power, no indication. I pushed every button on the front panel I could but I resisted the impulse to try power cycling […]
3/10/2016 – Stabilizers are Failing! Shields Down to 78%! Evasive Maneuvers! One hand for the ship. That’s the repeated advice from crew members and in the welcome binder. A free hand to steady oneself should the ship roll as a result of heavy seas or a sudden change in course (say, to avoid an iceberg […]
3/9/2016: Set a Course for South… and Straight On ‘Til Morning Kevin’s Log – Supplemental – 9:04 AM The night was dark. After a delicious dinner at Puerto Cristal (more on this in a moment) I got us lost… again. We were walking in a well-lit but discomforting part of town; we couldn’t be far […]
Dry Land™ is not a myth! I have returned from the South. I’m not sure how best to post what has happened, whether I should do the update in one big go or post the daily journal piecemeal. My personal logs were written contemporaneously and are riddled with inaccuracies and typos. Some are vastly superior […]
Prologue: There’s a chance I may be able to post from Ushuaia. But for all intents and purposes, this may be my last post before I return from Antarctica. I lied, just like everybody in the House, MD, narrative-verse. I couldn’t bring myself to run this morning. Partly to blame for my lack of motivation […]
Today was a non-running day. I may regret that later but sometimes you just need to sightsee and not run. It was a surreal night of half-sleep. I was inexplicably wired from the wine overflows and power point slide shows and didn’t get to la-la land until probably 12:30/1am. I got up around 6:15/6:30 with […]
It was a fitful red eye to Sao Paolo. One of those flights where I just couldn’t get comfortable. And I ate too much — they brought me food and I ate it. But now as I sit on my connecting flight to Buenos Aires, I’m flying a bit under the weather. The stomach […]
Yogi Berra was smarter than the average baseball player. I don’t know if he had a penchant for stealing picnic basketballs or bases but he was certainly full of sage wisdom. One of his most quoted “Yogi-isms” might be “It’s like déjà vu all over again.” I’m certainly feeling that way today as I once […]
Question: How far you going, Mister? Answer: 26.2 miles, same as always. I’m flying out tonight and I’m unsure when I’ll next have internet access to post updates. I may be “off the grid,” as I’m out of the office, out of the country, off the continent. I’ll be writing each day (or o I’ve […]
As I attempt the second draft of packing for Antarctica, it seemed like a great time to post a flashback race memory courtesy of my running quilt. So here’s a rundown on cell block E4 – The Austin Marathon, February 19, 2012. This marathon was another Hanna Brothers marathon. Steve and I were going […]