Nine years and 2 weeks is a long time. Specifically the 3,299 days between April 25, 2009 and May 9, 2018. Of those 3,299 days, I spent an approximate total of 10.5 days attempting to run a marathon in all 50 states (yes, even Hawaii and Alaska...). As I found out, a lot can happen to a person in 3,299 days. There's the good, there's the bad, and there's the in between.
Many friends who've watched me knock out the states have suggested I document the heartbreaks, setbacks, and celebrations I encountered over the years. I imagine recounting my races will take me several weeks or months as I feel inclined to write about them. The first few states will be easy to recall, since I blogged about the races at the time. Some were so amazing they are vivid in my memory; others were so boring (I’m talking to you Fargo and Lincoln) that I was just desperate to finish them and barely remember running them. I remember the lows, and there were SO many lows, more than some of the highs. Some of my memories will be more of the trip than the race itself, especially in the cases where the race was an inconvenient blip on a great vacation destiny. It will be interesting to travel back in time to see what random tidbits I remember.
It all started on April 25, 2009. The day is long enough ago, that historic events don't stand out. As far as momentous occasions, the only news of the day that I can find was that Heidi and Spencer from the MTV "reality" show The Hills were married. Hmpf. However, I do remember quite perfectly that in Nashville, Tennessee, it was close to a record-breaking 87 degrees that day, which begins the perfect start to the rocky adventure that became my journey to run a marathon in all 50 states.
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