The Plan and You Must Be Crazy!

Raymond Lynn Benson, father, hiking in the Agua Tibia wilderness in 1983

Dateline: Vista, California (20180315)

The Plan

101 Marathons. 5.3 million steps. 85 miles of vertical elevation gain (and loss).

I am going to go a long way, but I’m not going to attempt to complete the full trail in one season. I’m going to split the 2650 mile trail into two parts: 1) California in 2018 and 2) Oregon and Washington in 2019.

So, that makes it only 65 marathons in 2018. No biggie.  (Side note: I’ve never run a marathon in my life!  Maybe in my dreams, but not in my life.) Continue reading “The Plan and You Must Be Crazy!”