iowa tough love
so you want to take a side road to avoid 20? we will bring 20 to you. (enjoy the trucks)
so you want to take a side road to avoid 20? we will bring 20 to you. (enjoy the trucks)
july 8 day 60 25 miles total 1,567 another day of working too hard for too little result. even tho a lot of the problems are all the time eating delays off course that just seem to materialize every day. i am not disappointed in my effort. but these old Read more…
july 7 day 59 28 miles total 1,542 it is amazing how much difference running conditions make. night running on the hell road was easy and we had only a few moments of indecision passing thru fort dodge in the dark. we “got out of dodge before sunrise” come daylight Read more…
july 6 day 58 27 miles total 1,514 last night was about as good as a night can get. the long drive to lodging had me starting an hour later than i prefer, but the shrinking moon rises later every night so we had several hours of moonless sky overhead. Read more…
ignored the magic phone which told me my only choices were a gravel road or climbing a barbed wire fence and cutting thru a cornfield. so i am on a human scouted paved road. there’s a lot of traffic and like all iowa roads no shoulder. so my head is Read more…
july 5 day 57 24 miles total 1,487 almost to 1500. that will be a big milestone, as i think 1500 will give me some credibility that 1400 just doesn’t have. miles were hard to come by today. starting with pouring rain and lightning storms on all sides. at least Read more…
just crossed I-35 iowa falls finally behind me webster city here i come! laz
july 4 day 56 29 miles total 1,463 i feel really good about today’s output. i finally seem to be hitting that 2.5 mph stride. i put in a solid 12 hours with a 20 minute breakfast break. troy’s garmin read 17 for the pre break distance (which i figured Read more…