july 28 day 80 28 miles total 2,086 back in rushville they told me the farmers might pay me to come back if i brought so much rain. by chandler they were ready to pay me to leave. the ground was saturated plowed fields were washing away dirt roads had turned into mud pits cut hay was rotting in the field because it couldn’t dry out. there can be too much of a good thing. Read more
july 28 i stepped into wyoming. it was a fitting end to my time in nebrainska a continuous crash and roar of thunder shook the hills while bolts of lightning flew about willy nilly. thick trunks of electricity were hammering the ground all around. gale force gusts of wind knocked me about in the torrents of freezing cold rain. only an idiot would have been out there…. or someone who just did not give a Read more
july 27 day 79 27 miles total 2,058 it is nebraska. so it was raining when i got up. but it stopped by the time i was ready! things started out well for me. but poor harold was stuck driving a short distance behind me until daylight. i had smiled and nodded when locals advised me to be wary of mt lions running at night. after law enforcement told me i shouldn’t walk alone without Read more
near crawford nebraska heavy rain last night raining all around this morning. it never ends!
I’ve been trying to write a final update and farewell for a few days, but my brain’s been operating at about 8% capacity since I got home. Last night was the first time I didn’t fall asleep at 8pm with the kids…..here goes. Where to begin? First, thank you to all the entrants. Volstate wouldn’t be anything without the special group of crazies that show up to run. We appreciate your enthusiasm, and truly hope Read more
july 26 day 78 27 miles total 2,031 it will go down as a narrow win over the “marathon” a day average i am now striving to beat. it felt like a miraculous salvation of a day that teetered on the brink of disaster. it started out as just another day in nebraska. clouds obscured the sky when we arrived at the starting point, and lightning lit up the skies to the south, revealing a Read more
76 days 7 hours 27 minutes and 30 seconds after wetting my feet in the atlantic ocean at brenton point in newport rhode island i reached 2,000 miles just west of rushville nebraska. if it weren’t for the 5 hour delay this morning for the biggest electrical storm i ever saw, i think i would have virtually identical thousands. if not for a week of electrical storm delays in rainy nebraska i would have negative Read more
july 25 day 77 22 miles total 2,004 the mileage was disappointing. but we spent 5 hours huddled in the car during the most impressive electrical storm i have ever watched. staying in the car was not a matter of not getting wet. it was about survival. everything in nebraska is endless. the horizon the sand hills the kindness the state the storms. the day was further complicated by no fewer than 5 law enforcement Read more