The endurance activist trying to save California’s water

Running 100 miles is nothing for Iröndäd, so he’s using his superhuman abilities to raise awareness of the dire environmental issues surrounding the Salton Sea in Southern California.

The Salton Sea Run

This weekend, a man is going to run approximately 90 miles around the largest lake in California. So what? I wrote about 200-mile races last week. Distance-wise, this is small fry, relatively speaking.

But this is the third annual Salton Sea Run, one of the most unique runs in the country. And Iröndäd is the man running along the rapidly-receding shoreline to raise awareness of the problems around water management in Southern California.

Mapping for a cause

I heard about Iröndäd’s environmental activism either last year or the year before, but it took until this year to grab me. It was the compelling visual aid of the mapped shoreline that suddenly had the attention of this Geography graduate and self-professed map geek.

While Iröndäd is predicted to run less than 90 miles this weekend as he circumnavigates the dying body of water, last y…