A Quest to Run a Road Race in Every State
When Mike and I were in Boston on Saturday we unexpectedly came across the Janji pop-up store. I had seen some Instagram posts recently and had been vaguely aware of a Newbury Street location. Â However, I was unfamiliar with this company and the work they are doing. Â So when we walked by their storefront with […]
With a hand shake, the deal was sealed. Mike and I were enjoying drinks at our hotel in Boston the night before we were due to fly to Pensacola to begin our trip to run races in Mississippi and Alabama. But the forecast was predicting a winter storm to begin the next morning pretty much […]
If you look carefully you can see our spiffy “Running Fifty” shoe tags that were created for us by Run Inspired Shoe Tags. Â I ordered a pair for Mike for Christmas and got a set for myself, too. The tags arrived within a few days with a lovely hand-written note commenting on our quest […]
Considering that my sister, Kate, lives in Vermont and that it is an easy three hour drive from our home in Maine, it was surprising that we didn’t run a race in Vermont until three years into our quest. Â However, we eventually chose the Kotler 5K which is part of the Maple Leaf Half Marathon […]
Because we started our blog several years after we began our quest to run a race in every state, I have been adding posts about these earlier races periodically. Now that winter has truly arrived in Maine, I am happy to think back to our lovely visit to Myrtle Beach, South Carolina. Â This was the […]
My year of trying something new for 30 days is coming to an end. Here is a recap of the final months. I had designated August as the month when I would read for an hour a day. I love to read but I was seldom allowing myself the luxury of just sitting down with […]
As we enter the Christmas season, I want to share two ways to give that won’t cost you a penny and will take just a few minutes. The Charity Miles app lists more than 35 different charities that you can choose to donate to every time you do an outdoor walk/run, indoor walk/run, or outdoor […]
As the saying goes, “A picture’s worth a thousand words”.  So to mark the one year anniversary of our first post blog, I’ve decided to fill this post with images from the past year. We would like to extend our most sincere thanks to everyone who has taken a look at our reflections on our quest […]
Choosing to eat locally for my “Do Something New for 30 Days” Â for the month of July was an easy choice. Â I knew there would be plentiful fruits and vegetables from a multitude of sources. Early in July I went to our favorite farm, Butternut Farm, where I picked cherries for the first time. Strawberries […]
After we decided we wouldn’t try to sign up for the Beach to Beacon 10K Road Race this year, we realized we could still be a part of this incredible event by volunteering. Â We have been involved in developing and organizing several small, local road races but we had never volunteered for a race of […]
