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
july 3 day 55 27 miles total 1,434 last night started out great. heading out of cedar falls at 2300 it was already cool. soon we were out in the quiet countryside cruising down the moonlit road with the dark fields tracing out to the horizon and an enormous bowl Read more
make everyone happy ? piss everyone off? why is it in the same city as uni?
the good news is i am getting in solid miles. the bad news is they don’t seem to be getting me closer to my destination. finding paved roads in iowa is no mean feat. fort dodge was 83 miles away when we ran out of road. after nearly 8 miles Read more