Olympic National Park
Date: 2022-08-25
State: Washington
Visitors: Scott
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ET Full Moon Marathon
ET Full Moon Marathon
Date: 2022-8-13
Location: Rachel, NV
Finish Time: 4:44:25
Official Results
Race Website
Highlights:
- Checked off a pretty remote National Park (Bristlecone Trail, Glacier Trail, Alpine Lake Trail, Baker Creek Trail and Lehman Caves)
- So many silly Area 51, UFO, ET related landmarks
- Finally, another use for all that night running gear I bought for various Ragnars
Low-lights:
- The truth was out there, unfortunately that truth was that I’m old and slow
- Saw a grand total of 0 UFOs
- If you start to walk the desert flies attack
Thanks:
- To Shannon for once again letting me run off on my own to some strange place in the middle of nowhere
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Great Basin National Park
Great Basin National Park
Date: 2022-08-12
State: Nevada
Visitors: Scott
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Virgin Islands National Park
Virgin Islands National Park
Date: 2022-07-02
State: US Virgin Islands
Visitors: Scott
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Red Island State Half Marathon
Red Island State Half Marathon
Date: 2022-05-17
Location: Warwick, RI
Finish Time: 1:43:11
Official Results
Race Website
Highlights:
- Fox Harb’r, Cabot Cliffs, Cabot Links, Kebo Valley – So much pre-race golf
- Training run tour of Stephen King Derry sites (Paul Bunyan, the Standpipe, that sewer on the corner of Jackson and Union, the Barrens)
- Warm-up runs through two National Parks (One US, One Canadian)
Low-lights:
- Still not very good at golf and apparently I got Covid at some point
Thanks:
- Shannon for granting permission for a guys golf getaway that coincided with her birthday
- The weather gods who allowed us to comfortably get in 6 rounds in Nova Scotia in May
- The New England Challenge team for hosting an event on the random Wednesday morning that I was in Rhode Island
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Yosemite National Park
Yosemite National Park
Date: 2022-04-21; 2024-10-04
State: California
Visitors: Scott, Luke, Dylan; Scott, Shannon, Luke & Dylan
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Kings Canyon National Park
Kings Canyon National Park
Date: 2022-04-21
State: California
Visitors: Scott, Luke, Dylan
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Sequoia National Park
Sequoia National Park
Date: 2022-04-20
State: California
Visitors: Scott, Luke, Dylan
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Joshua Tree National Park
Joshua Tree National Park
Date: 2022-04-19
State: California
Visitors: Scott, Luke, Dylan
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Tallahassee Marathon
Tallahassee Marathon
Date: 2022-02-06
Location: Tallahassee, FL
Finish Time: 3:47:45
Official Results
Race Website
Highlights:
- Two rounds of winter golf in Hilton Head including a virtually private round at Harbour Town Golf Links
- Breweries in three different states, finally completed growler acquisition from Georgia and Mississippi
- Checked off two more state capitol buildings (Florida and Tennessee)
Low-lights:
- Misplaced a few golf balls
- The world’s largest cast iron skillet not ready unveiled until the following summer
- Display housing the world’s largest cedar bucket closed on Mondays
Thanks:
- To Bill and Marge for the Hilton Head lodgings
- Shannon for letting me run away for a few days
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