One step at a time
So much took place in 2020. The COVID-19 pandemic shook up everyone in one way or another. It helped many of us see what was actually important in our lives and then take the appropriate steps to make sure those items filled more of our time. I learned to value races as they weren’t always [...]
During the summer months, Kaela realized that we might have a two-week span to travel coming up in October. Due to the closure of her office in April, there weren’t many 6 month checkups scheduled which left some gaps in their schedule. We weren’t clear on what would happen but we started to brainstorm what [...]
Well 2020 has been an interesting year, hasn’t it? After running in Arkansas, the COVID-19 pandemic escalated quickly causing everything to be flipped upside down. Large events, such as races, weren’t able to go on and I slowly saw my race schedule dwindle down to nothing. Some races just cancelled right away. Others postponed to [...]
Throughout this journey, I have come across some races that I have written down as the “must do” for a state. They may not align with the schedule for that year but I will make them work at some point. This was the case for the Little Rock Marathon. I’m not a sucker for overhyped [...]
“Didn’t we already go down to Jackson?” This was Kaela’s response when I told her about the first race I was planning for 2020. If you remember from my Nashville race report, the Mississippi Blues marathon was supposed to be completed in 2017. The only problem was that upwards of a ¼ inch of ice [...]
Back to back races always make for an interesting adventure. Over the past few years, whenever I find a race I like, I take a look at the surrounding states and see what else I can do. After finding the race in Hartford and seeing that another race was happening the next day just a [...]
Considering I came into this race just a few weeks removed from Morgantown, with only about 26 miles of training, I was surprisingly feeling pretty good. It was time to make our first trip out to the New England states to start chipping away at them. In typical fashion, Kaela and I wanted to make [...]
One of the most asked questions when people look at my race map is “why? Why would you put your body through that?” Which, to be fair, is a quite logical question. My response is always “why not?” The second most asked question is “how come you have done all these states but still haven’t [...]
After wrapping up the Timberline Marathon, Kaela and I were ready to start our week vacation of the Pacific Northwest. My next race was 7 days away but we were going to make the most of the time that we had, especially after the fun travel experience on the way out. I wasn’t sure how [...]
When Kaela and I started planning out races for this 50 states journey, we knew the west coast would be a challenge. Since we would not have the ability to drive in a weekend, flights were going to be the main mode of transportation. Due to cost and time this made planning difficult. After I [...]
