Futurama rama

The Globetrotters might be my favorite characters on Futurama, one of the best TV shows ever.

1:41.01

A couple big events in the last seven days in track: two world records in the men’s 800m run! That’s my event. Seb Coe’s 1:41.73 lasted for 16 years until the Kenyan-turned-Dane Wilson Kipketer tied it, then broke it twice in 1997, eventually lowering the mark to 1:41.11.  Over the next 13 years a few people ran 1:42 (Borzakovskiy, Bucher, Bungei, …) but nobody was threatening the mark until the last couple years when Abubaker Kaki of Sudan and David Rudisha of Kenya started running really fast while still really young. Rudisha ran 1:41.51 earlier this year before breaking the WR last Sunday (1:41.09) and again this Sunday (1:41.01). Rudisha’s dad is an Olympic silver medalist in the 4×4, David can run 45-low in the 400m. He’d beat me by a straight-away over two laps.

This is interesting.

surfing part 2

Donovan and I returned to Waikiki, but without Pat, our verbally abusive surf instructor (especially if you’re Taiwanese), it was harder to read the waves and figure out when to start paddling. Most the waves rolled right under us while we were enthusiastically trying to shred. This will require more practice! Which I am willing to put in!

surfin safari

I surfed today, all was going well until I almost decapitated Donovan on a sweet wave. We both now are master surfers.

I’ll see you at the banzai pipeline in january bro.

Look Up

Ancient Hawaiian Petroglyphs in Lava

Igneous!

South Point

This is the most southerly point in the United States! So rednecks probably built this wooden thing while playing the banjo.

Lava World Wanderers

Do not taunt Pele.

Mauna Kea vaselined-lens summit photo