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A below-freezing Thanksgiving Day 5K – Overland Park, KS
Thanksgiving morning in Kansas City means more than prepping for good food – it means all throughout the area, people are waking up early to participate in one of many “turkey trots.” This year we opted to tackle the Thanksgiving Day 5K, hosted by SportKC. As our BodyPump instructor says, we had to “burn before…
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Gobbler Grind 10K: Pre-Thanksgiving Miles in Overland Park, KS
The Gobbler Grind Marathon is one of Kansas’ longest-running traditions, held every year the Sunday before Thanksgiving in Overland Park. With marathon, half marathon, 10K, and 5K options, it draws runners from across the region to the paved trails around Corporate Woods and Indian Creek. With having just completed our first-ever half marathon the week…
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Yeti Endurance Weekend: Our First Back-to-Back Challenge – Kansas City, MO
This November, William and I took on something we hadn’t originally planned: the full Yeti Endurance Weekend at Longview Lake in Kansas City. What started as a simple idea to run just Saturday’s races (choice of a 5K or 10K) turned into a two-day adventure that tested our endurance, patience, and pacing strategies. Saturday: 5K…
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LMCC and the Gateway to the West – St. Louis, MO
After our visits to Manhattan and Bentonville, our whirlwind November continued with a trip over to St. Louis so I could attend the Library Marketing and Communications Conference. We began the journey with ride aboard Amtrak’s Missouri River Roller, which proved to be not quite as leisurely as we imagined. Catching the River Roller The…
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Wandering through Crystal Bridges & the Time Loop – Bentonville, AR
In between conference trips early this month, Nate and I joined our friends Toni and Bev for a quick road trip down to Bentonville, Arkansas. Why? To visit Crystal Bridges, the art museum and pet project of Walmart heiress Alice Walton, and to experience the Time Loop. A Museum of American Art With scenic highways…
