Dear Friends, This summer I have finally achieved a lifetime running goal of circling the earth at the equator. On or about July 26 I completed mile 24,901.55. Thanks to Brother Bill for issuing the challenge about three years ago. While the pace has slowed considerably and the distances seem to be longer, I can say with some degree of certainty that I have, sort of, run around the world. It took only 38 years averaging 655 miles per year. Among the places I have run through or at least the ones I can remember at this point, are, in alphabetical order: Accident, MD Annapolis, MD Arlington, VA Atlanta, GA Baltimore,MD Bar Harbor, CT Berwyn Heights, MD Blue Ridge Summit, PA College Park, MD Denver, CO Dewey Beach, DE Edisto Island Beach, SC Emmitsburg, MD Faulkner, MD Gettysburg, PA Glenwood, MD Gloucester, MA Greenbelt, MD Jacksonville, FL Lewes, DE Lynchburg, VA Morgantown, WV Ocean Beach, NJ Outer Banks, NC Philadelphia, PA Rehoboth Beach, DE Seacaucus, NJ St. Louis, MI Tampa, FL Tarp, Germany Upper Marlboro, MD Virginia Beach,VA Washington, DC Wernersville, PA The races? Marine Corps Marathon, The Virginia Ten Miler, The Annapolis Ten Mile Run, The Army Ten Miler, The Cherry Blossom Ten Miler, The Atlanta Peach Tree Road Race, The Upper Marlboro Day 10K, The Hecht Company 10 Miler, The Ignatian 5K, The Terrapin Trot, The Cardinal 5K, and many Runners World and local races too numerous to mention. Special thanks to my wife Mary for putting up with my training and meeting me at so many finish lines with 1 or 2 or 3 or 4 or 5 kids in the rain, sleet, snow, heat, humidity, and occasional sunshine. Thanks also to my sister-in-law Barbara who for every Christmas for the last 37 years has given me the Complete Day by Day Runners Log, begun back in the day by running guru Jim Fixx. Ive already started to think about my next challenge ... running around the block.
Posted on: Mon, 01 Sep 2014 21:28:28 +0000
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