Who we are - what brought us here

We’re Shan and Josh. We created this site to document and share our adventures. Our backstories include a mix of solo pursuits, including ultrarunning, charity-driven treks, and endurance cycling. After we met, our desire to challenge ourselves evolved into shared goals. After Shan ran across America in 2020, we realized we didn’t have to wait for the right conditions, the right gear, or the right phase of life to start something big. We could just go - and we did. Since our first run/ride on the Erie Canal Trail in 2021, we’ve covered more than 6,000 miles together, traversing both US coasts and tackling a few multiday “fun runs” along the way. Our most notable trip was the East Coast Greenway - after 78 days and 2,960 miles of running, Shan dropped to one knee at the finish line and proposed. Josh happily said yes. We tied the knot on October 1, 2022. 

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Most recently - Run169M4M

On October 11, 2025, Shan completed a 34-day, 1091-mile run through all 169 towns in Connecticut with a final lap at the Eversource Hartford Marathon. The run, orchestrated by Josh and followed (both virtually and literally) by dozens of friends and family, raised more than $5000 for Medals4Mettle and Connecticut Children’s Foundation.​  Read more about the run here.

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So what's next?  

For a while the honest answer was "we're wondering that ourselves." Now it's Minnesota — U.S. Bicycle Route 20, 312 miles from the North Dakota to Wisconsin borders, with a stop at the Medtronic Twin Cities Marathon along the way.