Category: running

Smallpox, dying ox, encounters with Sioux, heavy rain, bitter and sweet waters. Quite a bit happened on the trail these past few days. Let’s hear from Bartlett: Monday 17 Rolled out 7. Roads rough—crossed 3 bad ravines—cooler A.M. P.M. very hot. Met 3rd Mormon train at Buffalo Creek where we dinnered. In camp 6½ on…

Keeping up with the writing is nearly as difficult as keeping up with the running. The last we left the saints they were being pelted by hail the size of hen’s eggs. Thursday morning they’d be drying out. Thursday, June 13th Camp drying up – scarcely an article in the train escaped a good wetting—Creek…

The saints push through some hardships over these three days. I work through my own too. My difficulties feel a bit trite in comparison. Still, I am a little worn out. Tomorrow I’ll run a 10k and then the saints stay put for a day. I am looking forward to a day of rest. We’ve…

Seizures Bartlett gives us a short but somewhat harrowing entry for June 8, 1861. Started at 8.—cool and cloudy. Took dinner on the ; 6 miles—In camp on Badger Creek. Dist. 16 miles. Last part of the road quite bad. many bad sloughs—Bro. P.B. Jolley had a very violent attack this morning resembling a fit.…

My running reminds me that if I want to get things done I need to engineer my environment to reduce resistance. For example, If I want to increase the chances I’ll get out of bed for a morning run I need to get my running gear ready the night before. I’d better have it all…

There are 72 days of this… The wind was fierce today. Fortunately, it was at my back. I set out to run an out and back, but 10k in it occured to me that I really did not want to run into the wind. So, I made a call to my support crew… aka, Lisa.…

This choppy day’s entry feels a little like my day. Cle[a]r and warm—Last night dark and rainy: camp called out in the night to bring in Guard <cattle> which had escaped the Guard: Camp broke up at 8½ a[.]m. e[x]cept one wag. (Barzee) delayed by his cow—In camp at 3.P.M. last wag. 3—North Bend—water from the Platte,…

It sounds like the saints had a hard day. Despite broken wagon tongues, and getting bogged down in the mud, they made 16 miles (about 26k). Morning rainy—Came off fair about 7 AM: Rolled out at 9½—Bottom roads not as bad as was expected or reported—First came in sight of the Platte today—A Big Muddy…

Have you ever noticed that hills are far more intimidating from a distance? I ran the same route as I did yesterday and I have this thought nearly every time I run it. There are some intimidating looking hills out here. The prairies are vast and rolling. dropping into the river valley the hill climbing…