Buena furtuna a Jon Olsen in Italy

Congratulazioni to Modesto's Jon Olsen for being named to the U.S. World Cup Team running in the IAU World 100K Championships, April 22, in Seregno, Italy.

For non-metric types, 100K is about 62 miles.

The announcement came less than a week after Olsen narrowly missed three-peating in the Modesto Marathon.

Olsen was more than 6 minutes behind the leader and eventual winner Clyde Behunin of Utah at the marathon turn-around.

Olsen made up time and was only 2 minutes behind just before the over-crossing with less than 2 miles to go.
He lost to the eventual winner by just 15 seconds, clocking a 2:33:01, a new PR for Olsen.

Behunin won with 2:32:46.

Olsen also plans to run Western States 100-mile Endurance Run June 23-24. The race starts in Squaw Valley, goes over the Sierra and ends in Auburn, Calif.

Adventuring must be in their genes

The two sons of Adrian Crane, the man who has never met a mountain he didn't like, have their own claim to fame when it comes to adventuring.

Chris and John were part of the four-person Team Epoch that rowed across the Atlantic Ocean.

It took them 56 days to row the boat, dubbed Limited Inteligence, from the Canary Islands to Barbados.

They landed on terra firma on Jan. 31, greeted by father Adrian.

Adrian, by the way, will be attempting to summit Mt. Everest a year from now. Twice before bad weather turned him away before he reached the top.

Read more about the Crane brothers in the Modesto Bee.