My blog rarely ventures outside of New England and most of the time focuses on my mundane running exploits. These expolits now seem exponentially mundane when you read about Ryan Johns. Ryan is a recent Columbia University architecture graduate and a friend and teammate of my son Anthony on the Columbia University cross country and track teams. Anthony has related many stories over the last few years about the adventuresome Ryan, but this summer Ryan has outdone himself as he runs from Amsterdan to Athens…. carrying just the bare necessities on his back (see photo of his gear above). He has no hotel reservations, no money for lodging, just 6 lbs. of gear and is depending simply on the hospitality of strangers. He has kept a fascinating blog of his trip with the use of a small hand held device (the reason you will find frequent typos). He has posted many wonderful photos. Ryan’s trip (he is running about 20 miles each day) will take approximately four months as he makes his way through seven countries and 2300 miles. As I type this blog entry tonight, Ryan is in France making his way toward the German border then to Switzerland. Here is his blog which I encourage you to read and follow along on this incredible journey.
http://www.ryanlukejohns.com/runseurope/
My blog rarely ventures outside of New England and most of the time focuses on my mundane running exploits. These expolits now seem exponentially mundane when you read about Ryan Johns. Ryan is a recent Columbia University architecture graduate and a friend and teammate of my son Anthony on the Columbia University cross country and track teams. Anthony has related many stories over the last few years about the adventuresome Ryan, but this summer Ryan has outdone himself as he runs from Amsterdan to Athens…. carrying just the bare necessities on his back (see photo of his gear above). He has no hotel reservations, no money for lodging, just 6 lbs. of gear and is depending simply on the hospitality of strangers. He has kept a fascinating blog of his trip with the use of a small hand held device (the reason you will find frequent typos). He has posted many wonderful photos. Ryan’s trip (he is running about 20 miles each day) will take approximately four months as he makes his way through seven countries and 2300 miles. As I type this blog entry tonight, Ryan is in France making his way toward the German border then to Switzerland. Here is his blog which I encourage you to read and follow along on this incredible journey. http://www.ryanlukejohns.com/runseurope/
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