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Gladwin

Gladwin County

Gladwin County Run

County Complete
On the way to Gladwin.
I showed up at the recreation area. Nobody around, and it was a fantastic day!
Was what looked like a fairly new, but well defined trail.
I had such an incredible time running through the woods.
I did see the road several times because this long route was in a minimal area and repeated the same area several times.
Was rough at times.
... but clean and smooth in other areas.
In several places, you could see another part of the trail in the same area.
In some area's it wasn't as well defined. However, there wasn't much struggle to stay on the path.
A lot of slight uphills but so many!
There was a little interesting placed bridge.
Very cool older trees.
At times I wish I was riding my mountain bike through this trail. Very cool.
Finished.
Great Design Plan to run the county for this website

Two thoughts about running this county. This was one idea:

But the idea that won out was running this 5k in the Gladwin Recreation area. It just seemed very interesting to run a single track that I didn’t think would be busy, and I was right. I saw no one there. However, it was clear that people have ridden it this year.

Gladwin County

Beaverton
Bentley
Billings
Bourret
Buckeye
Butman
Clement
Gladwin
Gladwin
Gladwin
Grim
Grout
Hay
Sage
Secord
Sherman
Tobacco
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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Midland

Midland County

Midland County Run

County Complete

This run started on the wrong foot. I was driving through a neighborhood, trying to find a place to park. It was either in front of somebody’s home or in front of a mailbox. I couldn’t find a good place to get over and off the road. I found a backyard that had an area that allowed me to get off the road. So I parked there. I did a couple of things in my car to prepare for the run, then got out of the vehicle. The owner of the property was yelling at me and NOT happy that I parked on his grass. He gave me few “f” bombs, and I was more than happy to find another place to park. I’m sorry that I did that and found a parking spot at a gas station a block away. I took down his address and will send him a card and a gift card of some sort as an apology. But not fun to get greeted in a new community in that way; lesson learned.

I wanted to lead with this picture. Here is a beautiful sign about 3/4 of the way through the run.
Neighborhood with beautiful grass lawns.
Here are some very cool houses on the west side of the town of Coleman.
Huge silos of some sort, maybe grain.
I was downtown on the main drag heading east. There were a lot of cars on this main road.
Considering that we are on the 105th day of 2021, I'd say the Coleman fire crew had many runs.
Saw this and just had to take a closer look.
So impressive! Glad I stopped for a picture!
I loved the birch trees on the east side of town on Saginaw Rd.
I thought this was such a cool name for a road.
I saw this impressive house on the east side of town with a large private pond.
School in the forground football field in the back ground and the water tower in the far back ground!
I love old barns and corn silos.
Far across this field is the express way. I could see cars traveling on it.
Saw another barn/garage toward the end of my run.
I ran past the baseball diamond. I hope it sees some activity in the next couple of months!
Another shot of that water tower up close!
Here is the gas station by the expressway that I had to park at after irritating one of the locals.
Great Design Plan to run the county for this website

Today’s run wasn’t a  planned county. Just one that I wanted to hit that is near the edge of where I’ve hit already. I’m trying to convince Lisa to go with me soon to the thumb area for a weekend and knock a few counties down. I decided to do the town of Coleman. I’ve never really been there, but my parents owned a fantastic home in Hope, and I’ve been to the city Midland a million times. The only thing I know about Coleman is my cousin Keshia is from there.

Midland County

Coleman
Edenville
Geneva
Greendale
Homer
Hope
Ingersoll
Jasper
Jerome
Larkin
Lee
Lincoln
Midland
Mills
Mount Haley
Porter
Sanford
Warren
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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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
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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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)

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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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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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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