The Alameda County Sheriff’s Office said that the search for a missing runner would be scaled down after he vanished during an exercise at the Pleasanton Ridge Regional Park.
37-year-old Philip Kreycik went missing Saturday morning after telling his wife that he would be going for an 8-mile run and back home in an hour.
“Philip is an endurance athlete and is in top physical condition. He is also well versed on rural terrain and outdoor environments,” Sheriff Sgt. Ray Kelly said.
“Temperatures that day on the ridge were about 106 degrees but were not a deterrent for Phillip who thrives in extreme environments.”
“This is a very bright man who went to Harvard and MIT, a man that’s analytical in his thinking, a guy that runs ultramarathons.”
The five-day search for the father of two involved several agencies over 300 volunteers, dogs, drones, as well as an airplane and drones with thermal imagery.
“I know in my heart of hearts he’s out there,” wife Yao Gen said. “He’s out there and he’s alive and he’s waiting for us. And maybe he’s dehydrated, maybe injured, delirious.”
