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 i cruised on the road with an actual shoulder. karen and will were pleased to usher in my best day in a while. not the 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. the further west i go the better the nighttime show. it is not yet the spectacle i expect to see in the desert during a 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 on a swivel. but i am past 1500 miles and heading for fort dodge. 1500 miles doesn’t sound like much, but it is really far. 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 it eliminated any concerns about running all night on the 4th. no one was going to be out shooting fireworks in this. the rain tapered 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 to be about 16) and the last 13 i got from mile markers on the highway (which i figure are right) knowing the route and 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 of starry sky overhead. 12.5 miles fairly sped by in the first 5 hours, and i was indulging in fantasies of a 30 mile day…. Read more…
make everyone happy ? piss everyone off? why is it in the same city as uni?