Aug 15 2024 - Day 1 AT SOBO - pure joy

Project 49 to 49 success! 68 days - 2158 miles

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I have so many thoughts about this wild adventure from Alaska to Washington. It was a unique adventure in every possible way, I'm pretty sure I'm one of the few people who've ever done anything like this and I understand why.

Want the coolest parts of this adventure was how much road magic I received from complete strangers that saw me running everyday. People offer me food, water, places to stay and even rides. Of course I never took them 😂 a wonderful man in Prince George even gifted me a brand new pair of running shoes, my third and final pair. I had met so many cool and nice people on this adventure, maybe more than I'd ever met on a previous adventure and I think that's a result of the uniqueness of this project. 

My favorite section of the whole adventure was definitely running down the cassiar highway. It was remote and beautiful with very light traffic which I appreciated. The towns were spread out every 100 miles or so which made the stroller essential. If I were to recommend doing anything similar to this or if I were to go back and do it again myself, I would just focus on running the cassiar highway.

It's the hardest and worst part was for sure the section between Prince George and the border. There was so much traffic and there really wasn't much wilderness or wildlife. It felt more like running thru Farmland more than anything. Additionally, there was a heatwave going on around that time plus smoke from nearby wildfires made it hard to breathe many days. 

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Project 49 to 49 success! 68 days - 2158 miles

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Aug 15 2024 - Day 1 AT SOBO - pure joy

Project 49 to 49 success! 68 days - 2158 miles

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