A Quest to Run a Road Race in Every State
Emerging bleary-eyed from the Honolulu airport terminal after hours of travel from Maine, we were suddenly swathed in balmy night air. As we walked along the open-air walkway, the tropical smells and sounds were intoxicating. It was instantly clear that after more than a year of planning, we had actually arrived in Hawaii. Running in […]
As the pandemic restrictions were easing and we were reveling in our new-found freedom of being fully-vaccinated, we began to look for races in our ten remaining quest states. We had become whizzes at scanning the Running in the USA website to locate races in our target states. In the past, we had relished the […]
As soon as we entered the terminal at the Ted Stevens International Airport in Anchorage, we knew we were in Alaska. Of course, that was where we planned to be but the surroundings instantly confirmed it. Even though our plane had landed in the middle of the night after traveling from Maine, we were mesmerized by […]
Although we planned our long weekend in Savannah to run our Georgia quest race, we found that in addition to the quintessential Savannah landmarks, we uncovered several slightly less well-known gems.  Here are 10 of the things that we loved about Savannah. The Best Damn Race Having run the Best Damn race in Safety Harbor, Florida we knew that the inaugural Best Damn Race in […]
After considering a number of options for our run in Tennessee we decided the Zen Evo Chocolate Lover’s 5K would be a good choice. Our goal was to coordinate so that Amelia could run a race with us. Knoxville is about a 3.5 hour drive from their home in North Carolina so it was a […]
The following entry is our last post about a race that we ran prior to starting this blog. Although it is ridiculously belated, our trip to New Orleans was one of our absolute favorites on this quest so I am sharing our adventures to perhaps inspire others to add it to a travel checklist. We […]
I heard the text ping as Mike and I headed into the second mile of the Shamrock Run in Richmond, VA.  Although I didn’t look at the message then, I was pretty sure I knew what it would say. When Amelia ran back to us from the direction of the finish line she confirmed what I […]
Some portions of our Washington State and Oregon trip were planned in advance. We had registered for our races and made reservations at two hotels. But we had opted to leave some flexibility in our plans. There was so much flexibility, in fact, that after our visit to Mount Rainier National Park we had nothing […]
While the iconic Space Needle is synonymous with Seattle, flying fish, a ferris wheel that soars over Puget Sound, and a phenomenal blown glass exhibit were what really made our Seattle trip memorable. Having checked all but four states east of the Mississippi off of our quest list but only three to the west […]
With only a couple of weeks to go before Amelia and Matt moved away from Pittsburgh, we finally arranged a race in nearby Ohio. Matt’s M.B.A. graduation from Tepper School of Business at Carnegie Mellon University offered the perfect opportunity to coordinate a visit and a race. Perusing our traditional trusty race resource, Runningintheusa.com failed […]
