( Each pin point on the map represents places we have been over the past month. From Portland, Oregon, to Yellowstone National Park to Georgia to North Carolina and back again.)
Somewhere in the planning stages I thought it would be fun to try and run in each state we drove through. After all, how many chances will I have to do something like that. So I decided I would try to run at least 5k (3.1 miles) in each state, But knowing we would only have three days to drive nearly 3,000 miles I knew that would be tough. Plus the second day of driving we would hit 6 states. That would mean driving a thousand miles and running 21 miles all in 15 hours.
A pretty ambitious plan. One thing I didn't figure on was how cold it would be in the first few states we passed through. It's been six months since we moved here from Hawaii and I still don't have cold-weather running clothes.
I can say I didn't hit my 5k goal in every state and I did skip running when we passed through Tennessee, our sixth state in one day. It was dark, cold and I was tired.
Nonetheless, we had a blast. There were a lot of firsts for me. The first time driving across America. First time being in most of the states we've been in. First time in the eastern time zone. First time I've ran in 5 states in one day. (How many people can say that?) And my first time to see the Atlantic Ocean. Not bad for a couch potato.
So get off the couch fellow couch potatoes and get out there and do something. Have fun, get healthy. Life is calling ...
(Maddie and me making faces for the camera)
(Daniel and I at the beach at Camp Lejeune)
(Running in Georgia)
(Karen and Rebecca at the beach)
Karen and I at the beach)
(Maddie)
(I got the chance to shoot with some Marines at the shooting range.)
(Running next to the Atlantic Ocean)
(Echo Canyon in Utah)
(Daniel and Dawn's wedding)
(Running in Utah)
(Running at sunrise in Iowa)
Maddie and I shopping
Zoey.
(Running in Missouri)
The Atlantic ocean
(Stepping into the Atlantic)
(Rebecca at the beach)
