For me last week was one of those times when you discover that the internet can be dangerous. I had a spur of the moment flight booking for my 35th state this coming February.
Review of my 16 remaining states:
States with top 25 half marathons as listed in various publications: 3 [WV, MA, DE]
States close enough for potential back to back halfs: 7 [ND, SD, NE, KS, IA] [RI, CT]
States that I should have gotten when I lived in New Orleans: 1 [MS]
States with National Parks that I'd like to visit: 3 [MT, OR, WY]
States with LSU football away game same weekend: 1 [WA]
States other than above: 1 [HI]
I opted for the other than above state and booked what I've been told is a pretty cheap nonstop round trip flight to Honolulu last Thursday. I'll be participating in the Run for the Whales half marathon along the scenic coast of south Maui Saturday, February 7th. It looks to be a nice local around 500 participant event from what I've seen on the website. It should be a nice change from the 33,000 plus runners that were in Chicago and the 18,000 expected in Houston.
At some point, I'm going to have to knock out all those midwestern states with no big races. Just looking briefly at races in those states, there does appear to be potential to get another Saturday/Sunday back to back trip in. I've really enjoyed the 2 back to back races that I've done so far.
Tonights track workout has 8-12 400s on the schedule. Hopefully the weather will cooperate as there is a 70% rain chance out there. I should opt for the 8 as I've got the 10 for Texas 10 mile race on my schedule Saturday morning. Should be great racing weather Saturday.
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