Day 29 (7/14): Iowa City, IA --> Rockford, IL Personal Miles: auqajogging! (0 miles ran) Team Miles: 174 miles Today we finally entered back into my home state, Illinois! It is exciting and comforting to be back in familiar territory. Today I gave a personal dedication, asking for my entire team to dedicate their milesContinue reading "Week 5: Welcome to the Midwest"

Day 22 (7/07): Pierre, SD --> Mitchell, SD Personal Miles: 0 Team Miles: 167 miles Today we were tasked with asking an assigned teammate to our "4K Prom!" Thankfully, I was partnered with my gal Tyler B (may or may not have been rigged) and I was beyond excited to go to prom with her.Continue reading "Week 4: World’s greatest cheerleader"

Day 15 (6/30): West Yellowstone, MT --> Bozeman, MT Personal Miles: 7 miles Team Miles: 92 miles Running Partner: Justin Today I had a lovely time running with Justin! We came up with lots of songs during our runs, incorporating the challenges we faced and shared lots of laughs. In between all of our miles,Continue reading "Week 3: Slippery downhilll slope"

Day 8 (6/23): Ely, NV --> Delta, UT Personal Miles: 12 miles Team Miles: 150 miles Running Partner: Abby Wiley Today was an amazing day running on the Loneliest Highway! I wasn’t the least bit lonely with Abby. We have very similar strides, which made running the miles super easy. We also had amazing conversationContinue reading "Week Two: Growing Hearts & Gaining Miles"

Day 4: (June 19) Burney, CA --> Sparks, NV Team Miles: 170 miles Personal Miles: 10 miles Running Partner: Ryan Litwin Ryan was an amazing running partner. He is a cancer survivor himself, so it was really interesting to hear and chat about what it was like for him to battle cancer in high school.Continue reading "The remainder of week 1!!"

Sorry it has taken me so long to post these blogs ~ I haven't had much service up in the mountains these past few days! Day 2: (June 17th) Yuba City, CA --> Red Bluff, CA Team Miles: 109.3 Personal Miles: 9 miles Running Partner: Jackie Katz Today was HOT! The heat index got upContinue reading "Days 2 & 3!!!"

Hello everyone!! I have officially finished my first day of running across the country and am ready for the next 48 days! Day 1 was definitely a test. We started out running as a team across the Golden Gate Bridge! It was quite and amazing experience running with 27 other people across a famous landmark.Continue reading "Day 1!!!"

Friday: WOW has it been a long two days. I left for my flight for San Francisco, CA at 4:30am CT on Thursday. After sitting in traffic for a solid 45 minutes and running to my gate to not miss my flight, I had just enough time to grab some iced coffee at Starbucks beforeContinue reading "Traveling to San Fran & Orientation"

I'm sitting in a Starbucks in Racine, WI after my last day of my co-op, trying to wrap my head around what the next two months will hold... in less than 48 hours I will be in San Francisco, California, a day I've been counting down to since I began this whole 4K journey backContinue reading "T-2 days until take off…."