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…
july 2 day 54 26 miles total 1,407 setting out in the middle of the night paid off with a sweet 26 miles in 12 hours. i was moving better than that until we hit waterloo and had to make those time-eating route checks on the magic phone. one more Read more…
july 1 day 53 25 miles total 1,381 miles. i began this journey feeling like i understood a lot about journey running. after all. i have been taking vacations on foot for nearly 40 years. i knew there were differences between my previous long trip of 9 days and a Read more…
june 30 day 52 24 miles total 1,356 june total 792 miles. really disappointing to miss 800 miles for the month. i think most people would consider 800 to be a decent monthly total, but less than that and you really haven’t done anything. i would have made it, except Read more…
june 29 day 51 22 miles total 1,332 illinois tried to drown me. iowa seems intent on baking me. don’t know what it topped out at but it was over 90 before noon. native iowans introduced me to the concept of corn sweat. if you don’t intuitively know what corn Read more…
june 28 day 50 28 miles total 1,310 lots of big landmarks today. i crossed the mississippi. something that leaves me agog. that puts this journey in the realm of things my heroes have done. no matter how slow i am, just to be on the same page as them Read more…
june 27 day 49 28 miles total 1,282 staying on pavement made a huge difference to my feet. it meant a lot of zigzagging early on but was well worth it. only the uncooperative little toe gave me trouble. and even that only late in the day. i have been Read more…