Introduction

A couple years after getting into long distance running, I decided to try to run a half-marathon or marathon in each state. After crossing off my fifth state, I recounted the race to my sister. As I described the hills, puddles, cows, lightning, thunder, and cornfields, she suggested that I begin a blog about my experiences and races. While it’s hard to imagine the many different races running together, I could see how it might happen. So, I looked back in my mind (and with the help of my t-shirt drawer) am going to document my runs through all 50 states. End of 2015 update: 16 states done!

7/12/2014

Jamestown Half Marathon (RI), July 12th, 2014

I decided to make the most of my marathon training and booked 2 halves in July.  By “making the most of my marathon training,” I meant run as little as possible after the full and still be able to survive the two halves.  I survived both, barely.

As a teacher, summer provides me lots of time to take road trips and see new places without worrying about having to get back to work.  I found the Jamestown race and decided to tack it onto a trip to visit my parents in Delaware.  Somehow I convinced my mom to join me for the trip further north (she has been my most consistent travel partner over the course of my races).

Jamestown Island is a small residential island in Narragansett Bay.  The race started earlier than most, which I soon realized was not so that we could clear the roads early, but that it gets warm quickly that far north.  It was a quiet, pretty race through the wooded streets of the small island.


Thankfully the warm finish of the race was followed by a quick dip in the ice-cold ocean, lunch at a typical New England diner and a scenic road trip back to Delaware.

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