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Posted on November 11, 2015August 22, 2019

Cross County Trail Marathon 2015

State #49, Virginia–motherf–king Virginia–the Old Dominion State, completed at the Cross County Trail Marathon in Springfield, Virginia. Fun fact: Springfield is probably most famous for the “Mixing Bowl”, the interchange between Interstates 395, 495, and 95 that was once more of an M. C. Escher drawing than traffic interchange; it has gotten better in intervening…

Posted on June 20, 2015December 21, 2019

Mayor’s Midnight Sun Marathon 2015

20-JUN-2015 Anchorage, Alaska, USA Alaska, the last frontier, state 39. Done. Fun fact: In 1867 Sec. Of State William Seward–who was also nearly killed the same April 14, 1865 night as Lincoln in a Confederate terrorist plot–purchased Alaska, which is almost 3 times larger than Texas, for 2 cents per acre.

Posted on June 14, 2015December 23, 2019

Swan Lake Marathon 2015

14-JUN-2019 Viborg, South Dakota, USA State 38. Hot, humid day. Did a lot of talking and walking on what is a boring course at a Christian Camp. Fun fact: South Dakota is the home of the Dakota, Lakota and Nakota tribes, which make up the Sioux Nation.

Posted on June 13, 2015December 23, 2019

Marathon to Marathon 2015

13-JUN-2015 Marathon, Iowa, USA State 37. Moderate temp, very humid. Fun fact: Quaker, in Cedar Rapids, is the world’s largest cereal company. Not so fun fact: Today is the day 6 years ago when my dad died. I very much miss him, but it made me very clear-eyed about the people, things, and activities that…

Posted on May 31, 2015December 23, 2019

Rockford Marathon 2015

31-MAY-2015 Rockford, Illinois, USA Rockford Marathon is in the files. State 36, Illinois, the institutional corruption state–er, Land of Lincoln. Fun fact: Rockford is known as the Screw City. Read that however you like.

Posted on May 24, 2015December 23, 2019

Med City Marathon 2015

24-MAY-2015 Rochester, Minnesota, USA State 35, Minnesota, the Gopher State. Med City Marathon in Rochester (home of the Mayo Clinic), cold and wet, rough race for me today. Fun fact: Minneapolis has a skyway system connecting 52 blocks (nearly five miles) of downtown, which makes it possible to live, eat, work and shop without going…

Posted on May 9, 2015December 23, 2019

Fargo Marathon 2015

09-MAY-2015 Fargo, North Daktoa, USA State number 34 done, North Dakota, The Peace Garden State, and first of my -ota state hat trick. Time was going well despite pain in the right shin, up until the last 5 miles when the 3:50 pacer made me walk the plank. At that point my spirit was crushed….

Posted on March 15, 2015December 23, 2019

Tobacco Road Marathon 2015

15-MAR-2015 Cary, North Carolina, USA It’s March, and that can mean only one thing in North Carolina: Tobacco Road Marathon! Just beat 4 Hours for state 25. Fun fact: founded in 1789, UNC is the oldest state university in the US. We won’t be discussing Notre Dame.

Posted on May 4, 2014July 23, 2019

Kalamazoo Marathon 2014

I forgot how awesome Kalamazoo was. This makes 10 states, and I can join the 50 staters. Best $10 I’ll ever spend.

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