The Birth of the Challenge

In the beginning of June 2009, I was reviewing the website runeveryday.com which lists individuals who have run at least a mile per day for at least a year (over 40 years for some). Since I had just completed my second marathon and was running 6 days a week, I said "Why not?' and started my running streak. As I checked out the website further, I came across a list on the website that showed members who have ran the most counties in their state. It was at this time that I came up with my latest personal challenge of running a race in every county in Michigan. I did a little research to see if every county had a race and I found out that all 83 counties had a running race or triathlon. I will use this blog to update my progress throughout the state. I hope you enjoy reading about my exploits, struggles, and successes as much as I enjoy experiencing them.

Thursday, December 31, 2009

And It Starts Tomorrow

At 1pm tomorrow, I will be starting my quest of running a race in all 83 counties in Michigan by running in the John Daley Memorial One One Run. It will be the first time that I will run in Kalamazoo and should be a fun time running around Spring Valley Park a couple times for 4.4 miles. Running that race distance will definitely be a first for me. It looks like it will be a little chilly and windy for the race tomorrow, 23 degrees with a wind chill of 9. I just hope that the route is not too icy.

I hope this challenge brings a year of meeting new runners across the state, seeing the state one county at a time, and setting some new PRs. Talk to you tomorrow with the race rpeort from Kalamazoo.
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