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We are so excited to get back out there again. Shan is running the Medtronic Twin Cities Marathon on October 4, 2026. We could have just gone to Minneapolis for the race, but we decided to take the long way there instead - 312 miles across Minnesota, Shan running and Josh cycling alongside with the gear, the same way we've done it since 2021. This will be our first expedition since our West Coast Honeymoon trip in 2023 - shorter, but a completely different kind of scenery. No

A look back at fall 2025 and the summer of 2026 Vanlife 2025 route - 10/28 through 12/9 Between the fall 2025 vanlife trip and the one we just wrapped up, we crossed 25 states, spent 143 days, and covered 17,350 miles in the van. 2 trips, 143 days, 17,350 miles, 25 states We hit 15 national parks, cooked in the van more often than we ate out, and together logged 1,832.1 human-powered miles (cycling, running, hiking, walking, and paddling). Vanlife 2026 route - 4/20 through 8/

If you've been following along, you already know the setup: no campervan, no support vehicle. Just Shan on foot and me on my bike, towing everything we needed in a 55-pound trailer, covering thousands of miles over several months, more than once. What we haven't talked about yet is what a day actually looked like from the inside. We didn't have a routine so much as a system. Our system was built around a handful of non-negotiables: finish the running day early enough to actua

A few days into our West Coast trip, we camped at Deception Pass in Washington. We got to talking with other campers, and Shan started telling the story - his run across the country, our bike-and-run up the East Coast, the journey we were currently on. I stood beside him, doing what I always do, smiling like a dork, his biggest fan. At some point, I was ready to talk about my role: hauling our gear, handling all the logistics that had to happen so both of us could keep moving

Our worst night of sleep in five thousand miles happened on Day 3. Shan and I were camped at a marina in the Florida Keys - three days into our 3,000-mile journey from Key West to Canada - when a classic Florida thunderstorm rolled in. We'd already eaten and showered after a 35-mile day, so we settled under the campground shelter to watch. At first, it was almost pleasant: clouds gathering, rain coming down, lightning flickering distantly over the water. Then the sky changed

We had an eventful 2025, but one of our proudest moments was pulling off Shan’s run through all 169 Connecticut towns, raising more than $5,000 to support Medals4Mettle and the Connecticut Children’s Foundation. It was another challenge, another learning experience, and another extraordinary way to meet new people and share miles with friends. Thank you again for all of your support. The engagement, cheerleading, and donations meant more than we can say. On a more personal no

The finish line is so close - "only" 1 week and 185 miles away. After weeks of early alarms and miles and miles on winding backroads, we...

Woohoo!! It's been 3 weeks of running, and we are past the halfway mark! In less than two weeks, Shan will have crossed all 169 towns,...

📝 Shan ran 7 days last week, covering another ~230 miles and 33 towns. Along the way, we collected more medals, including a special “pay...

Where to find Shan 9/15 - 9/21 🙌 Shan covered 201.5 miles, 32 towns, and raised more than $ 1,100 during the first week of Run169M4M....

In just two weeks - on Monday, September 8th - Shan will set off on his run through all 169 Connecticut towns (Run169M4M) to support...

Running 169 CT Towns for Medals4Mettle

We made it to California! Only one more state to go. We also were not quite halfway, just about 1,000 miles to Mexico. Oregon couldn't...

Over the years we have gotten a lot of questions about our running/biking trips. We (I) have already blathered on about gear and training, so here are some thoughts on preparation, expectations, and how to get along with a partner during these trips. How do I prepare for something like this? Practice and experience. It would be tough to jump into a big expedition without some exposure to long-distance endurance events. It’s a good idea to get some practice with at least a fe

A journey is a person in itself; no two are alike. And all plans, safeguards, policing, and coercion are fruitless. We find that after...

And here we are again! Reliving another bike/run expedition, this one along the beautiful and scenic Pacific Coast loosely following the...

Vermont was hit with heavy rainfall and flooding shortly after Shan's run. The damage was devastating and will take years to recover and...

Route 100 meanders 200ish miles through Vermont from Canada to Massachusetts. It's a scenic road that passes through tons of cute little...

Plans are slowly coming together for our Pacific Coast Expedition to benefit the Adventure Cycling Association (ACA). Thanks to the ACA's...

Seventeen years ago I was taking a red-eye flight to Chicago from Miami after a 3-day music festival. I was looking for something to read...