Completed Counties Archives - Page 6 of 17

May 5, 2022September 3, 2023

Lenawee

Lenawee County run

I planned this trip for three counties (which turned into four). I am heading south over the Zillwalkee Bridge to get to the southernmost counties.

I passed a huge flag and wanted to get a picture of it, but when I finally got my phone out and around, I had passed it. But this flag was flying too, so I took a photo of this one. You all know the “big” flag I’m referring to on 75.

Once I got closer to the southernmost counties, the traffic increased.

The church was the first thing I saw of interest in Macon.

Heading south

I ran across a home that had chickens. LOTS and LOTs of chickens. They were loud, and I wondered if they would attack me. When I took my phone out, they started going toward the other chickens. Probably the highlight of this run.

I ran across a home that had chickens. LOTS and LOTs of chickens. They were loud, and I wondered if they would attack me. When I took my phone out, they started going toward the other chickens.

The fields were super big on both sides of the road.

Have I told you yet that I love barns?

I was confused when I got to this corner; it didn’t look like my map. I started running west but realized that it would be A LOT longer to run in that direction, so I turned around and headed east.

New growth started in the fields.

A lot of big barns in these fields.

Have I told you that I like barns? What a cool area to run!

Heading toward Monroe to do another county run.

I decided to go down to the southernmost part of Michigan and finish a few counties off. I would hit Lenawee County, then go over to Monroe and finish up with Washtenaw the following day. As you can see, my planned route was Northeast of Macon. But the route I took was to the Southwest of Macon. I was in a hurry because I didn’t want to run out of daylight. It took me over three hours to get here, and the day was ending soon. I just started running without really figuring it out.

Lenawee County

Addison

Adrian

Blissfield

Britton

Cadmus

Cambridge

Cement City

Clayton

Clinton

Deerfield

Dover

Fairfield

Franklin

Hudson

Jasper

Macon

Madison

Medina

Morenci

Ogden

Onsted

Palmyra

Raisin

Ridgeway

Riga

Rollin

Ridgeway

Rome

Sand Creek

Seneca

Tecumseh

Wellsville

Woodstock

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.

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April 25, 2022September 3, 2023

Shiawassee

Shiawassee County Run

The second run of Monday. My sister and I needed to pick up Someone from the Flint airport in about an hour, and I asked her if it would be cool to knock another county down. Thank you, Vicki!

After running South, I ran into this traffic light at Curunna Rd.

Just a very long straightaway heading south was this run. The right side of the road was Shiawassee, and the left side of the road was Genesee County. I ran on the right, not because it was the correct side of the road to run on, but because it was the correct county.

The name of the town I was going to run through was Lennon. A super small town that I had never been to in the past. It made me think of John Lennon.

I couldn’t see much into Shiawassee territory until I ran across this field. A huge field.

I loved seeing those tall towers down the railroad tracks in the town of Lennon. I thought it was cool also to see a drawing of Lennon.

The photo above was looking west down the other main road in Lennon.

The same street, but I dug to see the town sign. It was probably another mile down the road to encounter the 69 expressway to the airport. Shiawassee was the second run of today, and I was tired.

There was no real plan for this one. My sister and I needed to pickup Matt from the Flint Airport and had some time to kill. I asked if she would be okay just waiting for me to finish this county and she agreed. Thank you so much Vicki!

Shiawassee County

Antrim
Bancroft
Bennington
Burns
Byron
Caledonia
Corunna
Durand
Fairfield
Hazelton
Laingsburg
Lennon
Middlebury
Morrice
New Haven
New Lothrop
Ovid
Owosso
Perry
Rush
Sciota
Shiawassee
Venice
Vernon
Woodhull

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.

April 25, 2022September 3, 2023

Genesee

Genesee County Run

Here is the worst Strava entry ever. I was in a town I didn’t know well and accidentally hit the stop run button on Strava. Once you restart the run, you can’t see where your car is. I had to stop a restart the run three times until I got back to the car. Then I did some math and realized I needed .3 miles more.

Vicki (my sister) drove me to this location to start the run.

I was looking back toward the car and a stadium in the background.

Wait, this was supposed to be a city, not country!

Saw about ten squirrels in this little area on both sides of the path. They were for sure the highlight of my run.

This big guy stared me down.

Here is a video of two of them on the same tree.

Picture of those two squirrels!

I was shocked by such a pleasant pathway through this part of town.

I followed a garbage truck for a little while.

What a great day running by the football field.

And a school…

…and apartments.

Here is a goofy picture of me, but the name of the street is Lisa’s maiden name.

Running down Collingwood Drive.

The drive lead to this path.

Here was a cool sign that read Davison.

When I got back to the car, I asked Vicki to add the three numbers from the first three entries. She said it was like 2.78 miles. I told her I would have to finish up the 5k. SO I ran .4 miles more. I then asked her to add it up again, and she said, “Oh, now you’re at 3 miles!” (knowing that I just wanted her to say 3.1) Then she laughed and said 3.24 miles. Sometimes sisters are mean.

My plan for this county was to visit my Uncle Mark and my Aunt Judy and then run a couple of counties around the area.

Since my cousin Paul’s passing (Paul was my age), I also talked with their son Patrick. Patrick was about nine years younger than us. So for almost two years, we got to know each other through phone calls and texts. It turned out we had a lot in common. We spoke of weight control, diabetes, and business ideas. He started a McCatty restoration business, and I was talking with him about social media advertising. I’ve had experience with media advertising, but not as focused on geo-type advertising. I designed this logo for him and was answering questions he had about websites, advertising, and such.

We were planning on working together to help get some more business for him. Unfortunately, we lost him due to an infection. I was so bummed but so glad I had gotten to know him over the past couple of years. This trip down to Genesee county was for his funeral – he was only 41 years old. I have recently lost my cousin Tim, Paul, and now Patrick. Those two previous losses made me not only contact Pat but also helped me focus on running. My three cousins were much too young to be lost. So sorry Pat, that we didn’t have the opportunity to do more together.

Genesee County

Argentine
Atlas
Burton
Clayton
Clio
Davison
Fenton
Flint
Flushing
Flushing
Forest
Gaines
Genesee
Goodrich
Grand Blanc
Lennon
Linden
Montrose
Mount Morris
Mundy
Otisville
Otter Lake
Richfield
Swartz Creek
Thetford
Vienna

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.

April 7, 2022September 3, 2023

Calhoun

Calhoun County Run

Woke up at 6:30 to get to this place at the crack of dawn was a light rain a the time.

Above was heading out of Kalamazoo toward Battle Creek. I was thinking of my cousins and aunt who live down here and was bummed that I couldn’t visit or eat dinner with them, but I was planning many miles for this short trip. 9.3 miles in 15 hours.

I was about in this location when those two photos above were taken.

Finally arrived right at the crack of dawn. I had hung my coat up in my car to dry out from my first run the day prior. I should have hung it inside out as it was still soaked from the sweat from the Allegan County run. It sucks putting on a wet coat when it’s cold out.

I felt a little sore but was surprised at how soon I felt great on this run.

Heading south

Sheffield road was a little rougher. Saw my first car here.

Then it turned into a dirt road. Very much in the country right outside of a big city.

Here I am on the third road heading north but looking west.

Looking east.

Here I am coming up to the North west corner of the run.

There were big fields all over on this run. I’m heading east back to my car.

Finally, I can see my car!

My car was an incredible sight after 9.3 miles of running and 1 mile of walking over the last 15 hours!!

I had difficulty finding this on my phone because the map looked so different, and the road names were too tiny to read. Cody helped me out, and I went to the exact place I wanted and ran exactly the route planned. Thanks, Cody!

Calhoun County

Albion
Athens
Battle Creek
Bedford
Burlington
Clarence
Clarendon
Convis
Eckford
Emmett
Fredonia
Homer
Lee
Leroy
Marengo
Marshall
Newton
Pennfield
Sheridan
Springfield
Tekonsha
Union City

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.

April 6, 2022September 3, 2023

Allegan

Allegan County Run

So I’m planning to do two runs today Allegan and Barry County. I left work at 2:30 pm and arrived here around 3:10 pm. But it was very bright, and I couldn’t see my phone. So I got mixed up as to where I was supposed to run. I should have done the block to the west (a 5k), but I did the block to the east for 4 miles. I ended up just walking that extra mile.

It was raining when I headed south. My nephew Cody told me I could stay the night at his apartment, so I planned to do three counties in these two days. Thanks, Cody James!

I found this tractor business where I parked my car. I don’t know why this shot of that business didn’t turn out. Here is what looks like a snowy shot, but it was a lovely day, as you can see in the following picture.

Here I’m heading north on the west side of the run. Wow, this is my first outdoor run since Christmas. I have been running in a gym for the past three months. It felt rough with my legs hitting something other than a treadmill. The start of this run didn’t go well because I was unsure of my map and couldn’t see my phone.

Here I am, about halfway through the west side of this run.

At the northwest corner of this run, I couldn’t decide which way to go, east or west. I chose wrong.

So I decided to head east—what a beautiful day. I started to notice that my jacket was soaked with sweat, and it was too warm out to be wearing a jacket on the run.

I’m not 100% sure, but I think I’m still heading west. Each one of these straights was a mile each.

I think this was at the north part of the run about halfway through. I think this was looking north.

Here is the same spot but looking south.

The road heading south was a dirt road. By this time, I was starting to feel comfortable running. I stopped a few times to take photos and check my map.

Around halfway down this road, I encountered two women walking in the opposite direction with two kids. Both were about 3 or 4 years old. I crossed to the other side of the road and smiled and waved to the kids. the first one smiled and waved back, the second one looked up at the mom as if to ask permission… the mom gave her the okay, and the little one also smiled and waved back—very cool part of this challenging run.

Looking at the field to the west.

Another.

Here the run is finished, and I’m heading west; my car is a mile away from this spot. I think I’ll walk this mile. Off to the next run in Barry county!

Above is the planned route that wouldn’t have me walking a mile at the end of the run. Next time, turn west, WEST!

Allegan County

Allegan
Casco
Cheshire
Clyde
Dorr
Douglas
Fennville
Fillmore
Ganges
Gun Plain
Heath
Holland
Hopkins
Laketown
Lee
Leighton
Manlius
Martin
Monterey
Otsego
Overisel
Plainwell
Salem
Saugatuck
South Haven
Trowbridge Valley
Watson
Wayland

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.

Category: Completed Counties

Lenawee

Lenawee County

Shiawassee

Shiawassee County

Genesee

Genesee County

Calhoun

Calhoun County

Allegan

Allegan County

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