I have been frequenting this particular blog for the past 30 or so days.  I was first made aware of this blog and its writers by a Saint Rose Blackboard: Picture of the Day that depicted the three boys, Andy, Ken and Matt, who make up Nation Run! 

The three guys are 22 and 23 years old and all NY natives, in fact 2 of the team members are as local as East Greenbush!  They attended SUNY Oneonta and graduated last May and this past January.  Their quest to run across the nation grew out of their passion for running and their dream of “living the dream.” 

Their website, www.nationrun.com gives their audience and supporters information about them and the plan and the scholarship that they are raising money for through there efforts. 

The website also links to their blog, http://nationrun.blogspot.com/ which is updated daily.  (I have found it frustrating–as I have been come pretty obssessed with their blog and their entire journey, that as they’ve moved across time zones the updates come later and later as they near their ultimate finish line of San Diego, CA.  Their blog is updated by a variety of people; when they have the access and time, actual members of Nation Run provide the updates, otherwise the blog is updated/typed by friends from back home who receive the updates via a telephone call from the boys (they act much like a stenographer providing us a transcript of their conversation). 

On the Dalily Update page of their website, http://nationrun.com/Daily_Updates.html readers will find a photo journal of their trip.  This is not updated as regularly as the blog as the boys themselves have to have the access to a computer in order to upload their photos.  Never-the-less the wait for a photo update is always worth while as they have done a fantastic job of documenting their journey on film as well as in the print.

 

I think the reason I became so obsessed with this travel blog is because it is so inspirational.  I can not imagine running 28-40miles a day for 4 months…driving from GA-CA seems tedious…I can’t imagine running it!  But these guys are, and they’re getting the opportunity to see the country from a perspective that 99% of us never will and it makes me jealous. 

There blog has really inspired me to do something on a bigger scale–I love taking vacations/ traveling and being able to see new places–but I realize it could never compare to doing something like this and being the vessel of your own discoveries.