3/14/2016 – Antarctica World! Antarctica World! Party Time! At-leech-na!

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3/14/2016 Kevin’s Log – Supplemental – 7:52 AM. The Ocean Notes newsletter posted each day around the ship always lists a Russian Word of the Day.  Today’s word is otlichno (pronounced ““at-leech-na”) or “excellent.”  While I assume this is in reference to everyone’s excellent showing yesterday at braving the elements and running in Maxwell Bay, […]

3/13/2016 – The Antarctica Marathon

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3/13/2016 – Race Day! Runner’s Log – Supplemental – 7:41 PM I have completed the seven continents.  And on top of that, I believe I’ve completed the seven continents with sub 4-hour times at each marathon!  It’s astonishing to think this adventure has come to a close… and even more astonishing that we still have […]

The Last Days of Internet (Part One)

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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 […]

The Argentine

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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 […]

Don’t Cry For Me

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  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 […]