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Announcing Trekking the Planet
We are planning a 400-day around-the-world journey to six continents, visiting approximately 50 counties. During this time, we will be trekking to some of the most remote and unspoiled places in the world. The journey begins on 28 January 2012.
We plan to engage students by providing enrichment materials: sixty (60) four-page weekly overviews (that correspond to where we will be) that use the framework of the Geography Standards of 1994 developed by the US National Council for Geographic Education.
We plan to send out weekly supplemental emails with our impressions during our journey, as well as images and video from the road. Our materials are totally FREE to schools, administrators, kids and parents.
Visit TrekkingThePlanet.net to learn more.
Announcing the 100-Mile Endurance Challenge
The 100-Mile Endurance Challenge is a point-to-point, urban 100-mile ultramarathon. The route cuts through the heart and hugs the coast of Southern California. Athletes who participate in this event will run through three counties and 15 cities. This event starts at the William McKinley Elementary School in Corona, CA on Oct. 23 at 8:30am and finishes some time the next day at the Santa Monica Pier. All proceeds go to the 100 Mile Club® charity.
The 100 Mile Club® (www.100mileclub.com) is a non-profit organization whose mission is to provide to all individuals the opportunity to experience the powerful feeling of physical fitness and TRUE personal success by accepting the Challenge of running (or walking) 100 miles at school during a single school year. The 100 Mile Club has grown to serve over 15,000 students in 5 states and earned an Outstanding Non-Profit Organization award for 2009.
Avalon 50 Mile Ultramarathon 2010
I completed my first Ultramarathon in January of 2010. Technically, an “ultra” is defined is a running race over 26.2 miles.
This is a short 2-minute video of my experience at the Avalon 50 Mile Ultramarathon in 2010. Avalon is the town on the island of Catalina – 26 miles off the coast of Southern California.
