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Oceana

Oceana County

Oceana County Run

County Complete
This one was the start of the above run… I accidentally hit the end button.
Wow! On the drive over there were TONS of windmills!
Looking north on Lake Michigan!
Looking south
Getting into Pentwater, cool small town!
Pentwater River
Westside of the lake. Time to get those boats back in the water!
Road with houses near the lake.
Running out of town.
A lot of lake to the road on the north end of the lake.
Northside of the lake those barriers made me run close to cars.
Two friends, I made on this run, didn't like my interruption.
Pentwater Lake
Asked the gentleman on the left if he had caught any, he said a few sunfish. Looking south across the bridge at the east side of the lake.
Several people were out fishing.
A couple of swans were at the north side of the bridge.
Loved the view of the marina with all the masts sticking up.
Downtown, very empty at around 7:30 pm.
Back to Lake Michigan after a long slow run of 5.4 miles. It's getting late, now for a long drive home!
Great Design Plan to run the county for this website

Thinking about running around Pentwater Lake in the town named the same. This is a little more than a 5k, but it would be great to do a long run and then take a couple of days off. Trying to find a taxi service now. Don’t know if I will feel up to it tomorrow, but possibly.

Note: wasn’t able to run “around” the lake… Uber driver said she would have to come from Ludington and it would be $34, just to get her to Pentwater… Also called another uber driver that said he no longer does driving. Also emailed Pentwater Taxi. Turns out this taxi is a boat and isn’t in the water yet. So I had to do an out and back.

Oceana County

Benona
Claybanks
Colfax
Crystal
Elbridge
Ferry
Golden
Grant
Greenwood
Hart
Hesperia
Leavitt
New Era
Newfield
Otto
Pentwater Rothbury
Shelby
Walkerville
Weare
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Montcalm

Montcalm County

Montcalm County Run

County Complete
Start of my run in Howard City. I've only been in this town once before to get gas.
Super quite little town very little traffic, but lot's of people playing outside, mostly kids.
Found this little creek early on in the run.
Likes seeing the little fruit tree farm.
Found a school and playground.
The water tower. I often take pictures of water towers. This one welcomed everyone to Howard City.
I noticed the the mail box numbers were larger than normal at this house.
Cool little park in the middle of town. I got turned around and wasn't sure where I was just before this point. But was back on my planned path right after.
Saw this cool old building in the back. Looked like a governmental building or an old school.
I think this was one of the main streets. This one did have a little traffic.
Empty playground/park.
Towards the end of my run I found this really cool trail. Loved it!
Back in town... Liked the paint job on this building with the red canopies in front, great contrast.

This run was a little slow and difficult because I was tired. I’ve been doing a lot of driving in the past week and just exhausted. But it was super warm and probably about time to start wearing shorts again. Hoping to knock a few more counties off soon!

Great Design Plan to run the county for this website

Thinking I might try this run on Friday. A little worried as I will be super tired and will need to run it in the dark… Which kind of won’t be good for photos. Also, I will be on a return trip from Georgia, and if possible I will try to hit a run in GA. I probably won’t have time to do a run in GA but maybe. The point is if I don’t get a run done in GA, and I’m not too tired I may try to hit this town on the way home. Super cool path and will be nice exploring this little town.

Well that didn’t go as planned. I did stop in this town to get gas, but I was tired and didn’t want to get home at 2:30 in the morning… Still think I will hit this on a trip down to GR, but I don’t know when.

4/6/21 I’m thinking this will get done late this week or possibly next. It bums me out when I plan a county and then it doesn’t happen for several weeks, or I do another county prior because of where I’m at… Need to stick to the plans.

Montcalm County

Belvidere
Bloomer
Bushnell
Carson City
Cato
Crystal
Day
Douglass
Edmore
Eureka
Evergreen
Fairplain
Ferris
Greenville
Home
Howard City
Lakeview
Maple Valley
McBride
Montcalm
Pierson
Pine
Reynolds
Richland
Sheridan
Sidney
Stanton
Winfield

Any place in Bold and Red are townships / towns / cities I’ve run a 5k for the county run (or the closest city to my county run)

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Any place in Bold and Green are townships / towns / cities I’ve done website / hosting / design work – best website builder for small business – WordPress design hosting and search engine optimization. I’m a small business website builder – contact me to get a website that works! If no Green color is on this page, please talk with me (Click Here). I’ll be encouraged to change one to Green!

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Mason

Mason County

Mason County Run

County Complete
When I arrived at the lake my phone was only charged to 37%. I took a little 20 min break to let my phone charge. I didn't want to lose my phone halfway through the run. I've found when you don't have great reception it drains your battery quick. However, it was fine and I only used 10% of the battery on this run.
East side of the lake running north.
My first glimpse of the lake on the east side looking west.
So many deer tracks on the start of this run on the east side of the lake.
Great little creek. Scared two ducks out of this area, but again not fast enough to get pictures!
Such a cool forest area. Loved seeing not many houses around this lake.
Saw a very young man riding a motorcycle on the left side of the road here. He waved at me.
Seeing the lake for the second time!
Pano picture of all of Tallman Lake, very cool!
Northwest side of Tallman Lake.
Photo of the north side of the lake.
Northwest side of the lake. Found some birds in this area and tried to get photos but those birds were quick and I didn't get any great photos.
West side of the lake.
Western most corner ahead. I just loved the forest area, it looked like great wildlife area, and I heard many many animals running for cover.
Small side road on the southwest corner of the lake.
Heading East of the Southern most stretch. Ended up walking a bit of this because my 5k was finished.
On the ride home. This one took a little out of me, but loved seeing the area for the first time!
Great Design Plan to run the county for this website

No real plan, but I found a lake that was about a 5k around. This lake was on the east side of the county, and I was in Reed City earlier in the day. I started a job today, and I am happy to be employed again. Things are looking up! I didn’t get the job in Georgia. I am disappointed because it seemed like a good company and a great group of people, but the new team I am on is impressive so far… more details to come.

Below are some pictures of Tallman Lake and my plan for running around it. Very pleased with the website: mapmyrun.com. You can find a perfect path!

Mason County

Amber
Branch
Custer
Eden
Fountain
Free Soil
Grant
Hamlin
Holton
Logan
Ludington
Meade
Pere Marquette
Riverton
Scottville
Sheridan
Sherman
Summit
Victory

Any place in Bold and Red are townships / towns / cities I’ve run a 5k for the county run (or the closest city to my county run)

Any place in Bold and Blue are townships / towns / cities I’ve run anytime in the past.

Any place in Bold and Green are townships / towns / cities I’ve done website / hosting / design work – best website builder for small business – WordPress design hosting and search engine optimization. I’m a small business website builder – contact me to get a website that works! If no Green color is on this page, please talk with me (Click Here). I’ll be encouraged to change one to Green!

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Cass

Cass County

Cass County Run

County Complete

Above was my first of many looks at Barron Lake. So much easier to see this lake than the run earlier today.

I was running north on the middle west side of the lake. I did miss my turn at the north side of the lake because the road said “no outlet,” but I realized that it did have a path that went from one street to the next, so I turned around.

Another great look at the many incredible homes on this lake. This is the perfect 5k lake with lots of great views around the lake.

One great view after the next. Such an improvement from the previous run today.

Another peak. I think this is on the North side of the lake, but I may be wrong.

I think this is on the east side of the lake looking west. Such a cool run! It was super hot at this time because it was just afternoon. I think it was high eighty’s, maybe low nineties.

Here I am a little more than halfway through this run and also halfway through my goal to run all Michigan Counties. This is 41.5 counties complete! Whoo HOOO!

Here is another great view of a spot that doesn’t have a house on it. Many homes were RIGHT next to each other on the East side of the lake. One right after another.

I liked the handling of this giant tree in somebody’s front yard.

Another Lyon photo that is nowhere near as good as Gen does. I should learn from her and get closer.

Here I am on the southwest side of the lake. I walked a bit when my 5k was complete. What a perfect day!

Great Design Plan to run the county for this website

So this was my plan. I loved that I found this little 5k lake right on the Indiana/Michigan border. The above was my second run of the day, so both runs were extremely slow. Also, I had an extra 2.7 mile of unexpected walking because of a mistake I made in Berrien County. What a perfect little find!

Cass County

Calvin
Cassopolis
Dowagiac
Edwardsburg
Howard
Jefferson
LaGrange
Marcellus
Mason
Milton
Niles
Newberg
Ontwa
Penn
Pokagon
Porter
Silver Creek
Vandalia
Volinia
Wayne

Any place in Bold and Red are townships / towns / cities I’ve run a 5k for the county run (or the closest city to my county run)

Any place in Bold and Blue are townships / towns / cities I’ve run anytime in the past.

Any place in Bold and Green are townships / towns / cities I’ve done website / hosting / design work – best website builder for small business – WordPress design hosting and search engine optimization. I’m a small business website builder – contact me to get a website that works! If no Green color is on this page, please talk with me (Click Here). I’ll be encouraged to change one to Green!

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Newaygo

Newaygo County

Newaygo County Run

County Complete
Today March 4th was Melodies and Grandma Grey's birthday! They share the same day. One turned 5 and the other 72. We met up in Cadillac to have breakfast at After 26 Depot Café. Was very nice to have breakfast out as it's been months since I've eaten out.
Alex (and Creig – not in the picture) came with us and it was a fantastic Breakfast.
This is Hardy Dam I had to cross this dam to Meet up with Sally and Fritz. They were kind enough to offer me a room because I had to go to Georgia for an interview the next day, and had to fly out of Grand Rapids. Thank you SO much Sally and Fritz!
This was the planned route on "map my run" I'm amazed at how closely I followed that path for my final run.
Parked my car at the northern part of the Dam.
Was cool to see the snow is finally starting to melt.
Lots of ice is still out on the pond.
Heading south west.
Lots of tracks out on the ice.
Not sure why but this shrub got my attention on the run.
Was amazed to see fishermen still out on the ice.
Water on both sides of the road.
Me about two mile into the run.
The sun was peaking it's way onto the ice!
Loved seeing this church almost to the road.
This is the other side where the water has movement. No ice here.
Photo of me after the interview in Georgia. If I do get the job I might have to shelve the MI 5k challenge, but regardless I will continue to run and post. I may start the same thing down there. After the interview I was very pleased with the company and the people I might get the opportunity to work with, I think they liked me and realize what I can bring to the table. We'll see.
Great Design Plan to run the county for this website

It is my new plan to knock this county off on the 21st of January. My step-father is getting surgery on his ear, and I am going down to Kent County to support my mother and family. We will stop by my Brother and Sister-in-law’s home on Thursday and maybe even get them to run with my son and me. I am so happy, and I can’t wait! It has been a while since I’ve run outside. I don’t know how well the conditions will be, being the middle of January, but it might be doable. 

New plan: My son had to work on the 21st, so we headed back on the 20th and was unable to do this county on this week. I’ll possibly attempt this in the next couple months. 3/1/21 Thinking of running this on Thursday this week. Have to fly out of GR to GA on Friday and plan to stay the night with my brother and sister-in-law Thursday night. Will be great to finally get this county checked off!

Newaygo County

Ashland
Barton
Beaver
Big Prairie
Bridgeton
Brooks
Croton
Dayton
Denver
Ensley
Everett
Fremont
Garfield
Goodwell
Grant
Hesperia
Home
Lilley
Lincoln
Merrill
Newaygo
Norwich
Sheridan
Sherman
Troy
White Cloud
Wilcox

Any place in Bold and Red are townships / towns /cities I’ve run a 5k for the county run (or the closest city to my county run)

Any place in Bold and Blue are townships / towns / cities I’ve run anytime in the past.

Any place in Bold and Green are townships / towns / cities I’ve done website / hosting / design work – best website builder for small business – WordPress design hosting and search engine optimization. I’m a small business website builder – contact me to get a website that works! If no Green color is on this page, please talk with me (Click Here). I’ll be encouraged to change one to Green!

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Such a fun weekend! Tackled three counties! Eaton County, Jackson County, and Livingston County Headed down after work on Friday and headed back after my Livingston run at 10 am Saturday morning over 9 miles of running in about 14 hours.
Eaton, Jackson & Livingston Counties
Eaton, Jackson & Livingston CountiesMay 17-18, 2024
Memorial Weekend and I decided to knock a few counties in the U.P. off the list. Schoolcraft was also planned but Friday I had an appointment that ran late and I had to drop a run So I did Delta County, Dickinson County, and Menominee County!
Delta, Dickinson & Menominee Counties
Delta, Dickinson & Menominee CountiesMay 24-25, 2024
Ran my final lower peninsula county! Had a graduation party in Davison so I decided to drive to Macomb to get this final one complete. Now to the UP! Macomb County.
Macomb County
MacombJun 15, 2024
My wettest run of the challenge. I'm heading up to the U.P. to knock five counties off my list: Schoolcraft County is the first, followed by Gogebic, Ontonagon, Houghton, and Iron.
Schoolcraft
SchoolcraftJuly 3, 2024
This Fourth of July weekend, I ran 5 counties in 5 days. Schoolcraft County already listed, then Gogebic County, Ontonagon County, Houghton County, & Iron County
4 U.P. Counties Ontonagon, Houghton, Gogebic and Iron
Ontonagon, Houghton, Gogebic & IronJuly 4-7, 2024
These three counties were planned for Memorial weekend, but paused because of car issues. Finally done. Alger County, Baraga County, & Marquette County
Alger, Baraga, & Marquette Counties
Alger, Baraga, & Marquette CountiesSept 19-20, 2024

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