I run, therefore I am…919 kilometers farther than I was Dec 31 2007
I thought I would be ready because of my running at high altitudes during my trip. But we got back two days before the race and I felt really bad during the run. I could not seem to breathe. I seriously considered packing it in after the first 7 km lap but [...]
You’ll notice that these new posts have been backdated to when the run actually occurred. So if you are interested you’ll have to start from May 30th! I am still working on June 3rd run in the Black Hills and June 8th in Yellowstone. Hopefully I will be done those by Sunday. [...]
Too high, too … well … stinky. I ran the Firehole Lake loop for a number of reasons. The most important reason had to do with not being eaten by a grizzly bear. After my incident in the Black Hills (see June 3rd post) we decided that it would not be wise [...]
On the 5th of June I ran where lieutenant-colonel Custer fell at the Battle of the Little Big Horn. It was an emotional moment for me since this battle and geographical area is of great importance in American history from the perspective of the native Americans, and of the whites too. There is [...]
I don’t have any pictures of this event because I ran alone in the back country and I did not carry the camera. Marilyn dropped me off at a trail head to Centennial Trail. The plan was for me to run along the trail in a northerly direction, always keeping to the left [...]
I ran a little over 10 km here. Again it was raining and windy but somehow I managed to find a 2 hour window where running was perfect. And the route I choose was part of a trail system through the Badlands and it was dry enough that I did not have any [...]
