In the middle of 2018, my husband and I decided to set a goal of racing every state, or running a race in every state in the U.S.
It’s important to note that we identify as reluctant runners: we love the experience of race days and we enjoy the feeling of accomplishment from crossing another finish line. Where we struggle is the training. We often fall into the unfortunate habit of signing up for races, creating training plans, neglecting said training plans until we look at a calendar and realize the race is only a few weeks away, and then halfheartedly running a few times before we show up at yet another start line under-trained and under-prepared. Is this a great way to race? No it is not. Do we make it work? Yep, we sure do!
Read more about the why behind the goal in the full post HERE.
Below, you’ll find links to a race recap for every state we’ve run so far. If you have recommendations for a great race in a state that we haven’t run yet, let us know in the comments. We are always looking to build our list and get our next race planned!
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