A Quest to Run a Road Race in Every State
We were so pleasantly surprised to receive a notice from theoldfellowgoesrunning that he had mentioned our blog and nominated us for a Liebster Award in his Blogiversary post. Thank you, Carl! This award has six simple rules that I will attempt to follow successfully. I have gratefully acknowledged the blog that nominated me so I will […]
We stayed in Pittsburgh when we ran our West Virginia race. Â Here are some photos of the city. We loved the view from our hotel room. I was enthralled with the bridges… and this building. As we enjoyed a beer in Market Square, Mike researched traditional Pittsburgh food. Â We were pleasantly surprised to realize we […]
In my post just before the Fourth of July I suggested that it might be fun to celebrate the day with a variety of fours. Â We gave it a try. Mike and I started our Fourth with our new traditional “Independent Four on the Fourth” (i.e. we ran four miles on our own instead of […]
Mike and I think we have run the York Four on the Fourth about 20 times. It’s tradition! Â Listening to “The Star Spangled Banner” sung by a local vocalist at the start of the race never fails to give me chills. The course along the beach, lined with enthusiastic spectators, is beautiful and festive. Â And […]
Although the majority of the races we sign up for these days are in a new state, when Mike suggested we run the Market Square Day 10KÂ again in nearby Portsmouth, NH, we decided it would be a good training run at a festive event. The morning of the race was sunny with comfortable temperatures. After […]
To use a Maine phrase, you have to be “wicked” fast to run the Beach to Beacon 10K. Â And this has nothing to do with your running abilities. Â Registration for this incredibly popular race literally fills up within about 5 minutes! Â This year’s online registration opens to the public on Friday, March 13 at […]
When I chose going someplace new each day as my “try something new for 30 days” plan for February, I assumed it would be a breeze.  We were already planning to travel to Houston for four days to visit family and friends and to run the Houston Rhythm and Blues Half Marathon. Since we had […]
After weeks of training on snowy roads in single digit temperatures, clad in our special winter running gear, with our bodies covered in snow and our faces numb from the wind we were rewarded with 13.1 miles of running in nearly perfect racing conditions. The Houston Rhythm and Blues Half Marathon provided this much needed respite […]
When we began our quest to run a race in every state, we had already run multiple races in New Hampshire. Â So as we thought about our quest, we chose the Half at the Hamptons as our official New Hampshire race. Although we have both run the race, we have never actually run it together […]
I was recently inspired by a TED talk by Matt Cutts who talks about doing something new for 30 days. Instead of making a traditional New Year’s resolution, I decided to embrace this idea for 2015. My January activity was to cook something new every day. This has been a pretty easy task with which to […]