A Quest to Run a Road Race in Every State
As we’ve traveled across the United States on our quest we have been delighted with the opportunity to see a multitude of varied landscapes. But we have also enjoyed being unofficial ambassadors for our state of Maine. Yesterday I checked out of my daily routine and soaked up a beautiful Maine summer day. An […]
Even though we can get to New Hampshire from our home in Maine on foot without considering it our long run, we thought that heading to Iowa in this election season would be a classic time to visit. We had scrolled through possible options on Running in the USA and settled on the Lagomarcino Cocoa Beano […]
Traveling to Philadelphia to see our daughters when they were in college gave us an easy opportunity to pop over the border to New Jersey. Having visited them to see Hannah’s collection in the Philadelphia University’s fashion show on Saturday evening, we drove over the Ben Franklin bridge on Sunday morning and… voila, we were […]
A couple of years into our quest, when we needed to venture further from home in order to reach a new state, we figured Labor Day weekend would offer us an extra day for travel without dipping into limited vacation time. We decided that Wisconsin would be a cool place to spend the weekend and […]
We began our search for a West Virginia race when we realized we could visit Amelia and Matt in Pittsburgh and easily make a side trip to West Virginia. After perusing the Running in the USA, website, our go-to website for finding races, we settled on the “Capes 4 a Cure” 5K presented by Hope 4 Hunter. The website […]
We traveled to Maryland in May 2012 to attend our nephew’s graduation from the Naval Academy. As you would expect, the ceremony was dignified and filled with tradition and pomp. We were able to fit in a race during the weekend festivities. After perusing several options, we settled on the Mission Possible 5K in Reisterstown, MD. […]
Shortly after we began our 50 state quest, Mike gave me a trip to Newport, Rhode Island as a birthday gift. Although during the years we have been running we had previously run races in Maine, New Hampshire, Massachusetts, Pennsylvania, and South Caroline, we were now purposefully pursuing our quest. We chose a small 5K […]
To use a Maine phrase, you have to be “wicked” fast to run the Beach to Beacon 10K. And this has nothing to do with your running abilities. Registration for this incredibly popular race literally fills up within about 5 minutes! This year’s online registration opens to the public on Friday, March 13 at […]
Running the Hangover Classic in Salisbury, MA has become a quasi-New Year’s tradition in our family. Amelia and I ran it first in 2009 when we decided to sign up for the Will Run For Beer Series (who could resist?!). The Hangover Classic was the first race of the series. The night before the race there […]
Deciding to go to the ASHA (American Speech-Language-Hearing Association) Convention in Chicago a year ago was easy. Having the opportunity to immerse myself in my profession for several days has always been something that I’ve enjoyed. But now that we were on our quest to run a road race in every state, the opportunity to […]
