5000 MILE PLAN....

IT IS MY GOAL TO WALK 5000 MILES...

averaging 100 miles in all 50 States....  and complete this goal (I hope) upon my 50th birthday???  That's a 10 year (now 9 year) goal...  So, how do I calculate my miles?  Do "training walks count"?  If so, then I count each lap around Costco or Target with the shopping cart?  No....   Some walks are what I call officially registered walks... "Walk for..." and a certain km/mile attached...  And some will be my own "Fun Walks" that I will post as they happen.....  If someone proposes a certain walk or recommends a particular path or course, please, share it and I'll see if I can walk those miles too...


So, Here's my list of States, Walks, and Locations...  If there is a BOLD NUMBER....  that means I have so far walked that many miles in that state...  Of course California will get extra walking miles in as it is where I call home... but the rest of the country is beautiful and I'm going to make it a goal to see it... a lot of it...

ALASKA

ALABAMA

ARKANSAS

ARIZONA

CALIFORNIA = 45.2 miles (Updated September 9, 2013)
     DiDi Hersch - Walk for Suicide Prevention - September 2012 - 10K - As part of "Team Lifesavers" I walked in memory of Elizabeth Szucs.  My best friend. 
     RELAY FOR LIFE - TEAM TOWERS TIMBERWOLVES - April 2013 - 4 miles 
     AVON WALK FOR BREAST CANCER SANTA BARBARA - September 2013 - 35 Miles*
          This was a 39.2 mile walk for 2 days... 26.2 miles on day one, 13 miles on day two.
I took a shuttle from mile 16 to 18 due to dehydration and a muscle cramp in my leg, got out of the heat for few minutes to a hydration-station at marker 18 and then moved on with the walk.. Miles 20 - 24 were UGLY SORE AND NOT FUN... On Day two, and mile 34 my first blisters showed up, so again I took what I call the "Band-aid bus" to get me to the next rest stop where I could tend to my blisters properly... and then continue walking the last 3 miles and finish the walk.  The last 3 miles were the best and worst.. the last 3/4 of the last mile being the longest....

COLORADO

CONNECTICUT

DELAWARE

FLORIDA

GEORGIA

HAWAII - PLANNING FOR SUMMER 2014

IOWA

IDAHO

ILLINOIS

INDIANA

KANSAS

KENTUCKY

LOUISIANA

MASSACHUSETTS

MARYLAND

MAINE

MICHIGAN

MINNESOTA

MISSOURI

MISSISSIPPI

MONTANA

NORTH CAROLINA

NORTH DAKOTA

NEBRASKA

NEW HAMPSHIRE

NEW JERSEY

NEW MEXICO

NEVADA

NEW YORK

OHIO

OKLAHOMA

OREGON

PENNSYLVANIA

RHODE ISLAND

SOUTH CAROLINA

SOUTH DAKOTA

TENNESSEE

TEXAS

UTAH

VIRGINIA

VERMONT

WASHINGTON

WISCONSIN

WEST VIRGINIA

WYOMING