Will Run For Miles

The Dead Sea  What was the best part of visiting the Dead Sea?  It was the Dead Sea itself and Masada.  The rest was…  so surreal, so weird, so warped, so man-made, so Disney in Times Square, so Lucy in the Sky, so  ….  I don’t know what! Lets take a step back.  I visited … Read More

This afternoon, I received an email from KLM Airlines. It said this: Hi Kathy,  Today, KLM starts weekly flights from John F. Kennedy Airport in New York to Amsterdam Airport Schiphol using sustainable biofuel. Flight KL642 is operated by a Boeing 777-200 every Thursday.This series of flights partially powered by biofuel recovered from used cooking … Read More

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Will Run For Mile’s 2012 flights Maps generated by the Great Circle Mapper – copyright © Karl L. Swartz. These are the flights I took in 2012 – all tolled – 75,000 miles! I used the Great Circle Mapper to draw this map.  In case you are curious, go to the top of the Great Circle … Read More

I don’t post a lot of contests here, but this one is too good to pass up! Enter KLM’s Sweepstakes to win a trip to the Comrades Marathon in Durban, South Africa. The Comrades Marathon is actually an ultramarathon of approximately 89 km (approx. 56 miles).  It is both famous and prestigious – it is run … Read More

I was one of the lucky people who booked a seat on the inaugural United Airlines flight from Denver to Narita (Tokyo) on March 31, 2013 on a Boeing 787 Dreamliner. I booked the flight last May for $979, along with about 40 other aviation enthusiasts.  I’ve never been on an inaugural flight but heard … Read More

This has nothing to do with Travel or Running, but, I had to share this.  I’m a huge Radiohead fan!  I love Radiohead! Atoms For Peace is a  musical project consisting of  Thom Yorke (Radiohead’s lead singer), Flea (Red Hot Chili Pepper’s bassist), Nigel Godrich (Radiohead’s producer), Joey Waronker (of Beck and R.E.M) and Mauro … Read More

While on the plane in Tel Aviv, waiting for the longggggggggggggggggggg flight back home to New York to begin, I took a copy of El Al’s magazine, February 2013 edition, entitled Atmosphere out of the seat pocket and started reading (note: the magazine is also available in digital version). On pages 28 and 29, I … Read More

As I mentioned in a recent post, this past weekend, I was feeling the pressure doom excitement of the impending announcement of the newest airline merger between US Airways and American Airlines. What does a points and miles girl do at a time like that – she applies for more credit cards of course!  I … Read More