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Little did I know what a TRULY long path I had started down. My wife, Pam, ran with me and in short order she was ready to run another, and another … took me longer than her to catch the multi-marathon bug, but once we both had caught the bug we REALLY caught it. Found out that there was a club for insane folks seeking to run marathons in every state and quickly joined
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Arlington, VA 2003
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Hawaii 2005 – A state SO beautiful it's sure hard to leave!
Whales frolicking just yards from shore…
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My better half (not even a close call!)
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Sunriver, Oregon 2005
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Hiked here immediately after the marathon… put a hurting on already sore legs!
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Salt Lake City 2005
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Deseret News marathon actually ends by running through the Pioneer Days parade!
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Humboldt CA 2005
Something about running through giant redwoods gave this race a near magical quality… one of the least painful marathons run to date as majority of time was spent in awe of surroundings
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Folks in several of the Pacific Coast states we’ve visited do a great job on their local building art…
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New Orleans, LA 2006
Had run beautiful race year before Katrina, but this year it was a visit to try and help the community by again being a tourist… one picture can’t do justice to the changes we saw but it was a far different experience…
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Still, the human spirit persists (and as only it can in New Orleans
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Macon, GA 2006
Local one but Macon’s mass community planting of cherry trees gives good reason to name the race the “Cherry Blossom” marathon!
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Big Sur, CA 2006 – Stunning course!
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Couer D’Alene, ID 2006
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Williamson WV – Hatfield & McCoy 2006
Grandfather was a WV coal miner and I have Hatfield relatives, so this one was special in it’s own way… also hilly and a hot race run in June
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Cocoa, FL 2006 & Disney 2007
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Bart Yasso gives wife some well-deserved hardware at the Space Coast marathon!
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Hotter than Hades at Disney so taking every chance to “chill”
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Apache Junction AZ and Albuquerque NM 2007
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Whidbey Island, WA 2007
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First place visited after the race!
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Bar Harbor, ME 2007
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Had to take a pic of this boat – love the name!!!
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Baltimore, MD 2007
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917 marathon miles down and at least 655 to go
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