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Saturday September 12 2020 Before the insanity of pandemic response, Maine had been one of only two states not planned on my state running schedule for the proceeding 12 months. The other state was Alaska, which remains currently unscheduled, but as so many other races fell to the sword of cancellation, a race that hadContinue reading “ME”

Sunday July 26 2020 Having seen that there was a half marathon taking place in Billings, MT, (The 406 Race Company Queen Bee, ‘Drone’ 13.1), we quickly planned a trip out west around it. Originally, I had docketed Montana for Easter next year – although with one of our main focus points for the tripContinue reading “MT”

Saturday July 11 2020 I’d been looking at a website analysing which of the US states were the least restricted by governor mandates, and of those states listed highly that I hadn’t yet run in, Utah was up there.  So I jumped on runningintheusa, and found the Bryce Canyon Half Marathon – still on!  WhatContinue reading “UT”

Saturday July 4 2020 With Corona virus hysteria at fever pitch, my excruciatingly carefully planned multi-state race calendar for 2020 has been taking a battering. The events have been falling like dominoes, often with the profiteering race director not even having the honesty to cancel, but instead announcing the exciting switch to ‘a virtual race’.Continue reading “IN”

Saturday March 7 2020 Becca and I headed west on Thursday afternoon, via Phoenix, arriving into Boise (the local pronunciation of Boy-see acting as a shibboleth), late on Thursday night. We were picked up by friends – Abby & Ryan. Both went to IU and Abby is a former field hockey star student of mine,Continue reading “ID”

Sunday February 16 2020 Because of its nauseatingly formulaic pseudo Irish revelry, Boston, with its green-washed history is not a place heigh on my travel list. But Massachusetts is a state that needs running just like any other. In fact, it’s a state and a part of the world where running is actually a bigContinue reading “MA”

Saturday December 7 2019 This was my last race before a break for Christmas – The Jingle Bell Run 10K for the Arthritis Foundation, in Detroit MI. I have nothing else scheduled until Massachusetts in February. This was a weekend we had scheduled quite some time ago, to get up to Ann Arbor, Michigan andContinue reading “MI”

Thursday November 28 2019 This was a race that fitted nicely into my schedule. I was in Tampa coaching Ambush U16s at the National Hockey Festival anyway, so I had been looking for a race that fitted in with the schedule. Luckily, I found a ‘Turkey Trot’ on Thanksgiving Thursday, 7am, and our games onContinue reading “FL”

Saturday November 23 2019 This was a quick solo trip, but an interesting way to see a bit of Mississippi, and get another tick on my states racing list. I flew into Jackson after work on Friday, arriving at my Air BnB early evening, having stopped to pick up my race packet at Jackson SalvationContinue reading “MS”

Saturday November 16 2019 This was a fun little getaway and a cold race! We flew Friday after work to Omaha, Nebraska, jumped on the hotel shuttle and were staying downtown – right near the College World Series baseball stadium. We went out to a fancy steak restaurant, picking up my race packet en route,Continue reading “NE”