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The Journey Begins...

Glaciers, Bald Eagles, Totem Poles, and Fishing Boats... those are just a few of the things I saw on this first day of P.A.C.E. Trek 2009. It was a great start of this journey through Alaska and I'm officially underway! I logged the 25 miles in about 4 1/2 hours and am now back at the home of my hosts, Scott and Katharine Miller, resting and preparing to shower and then ice my legs (a standard treatment at the end of each day). The Miller family has been so wonderful to be with for the past few days. I appreciate their hospitality. I began my day in front of the Mendenhall Glacier - which is about 12 miles in length. That's a lot of ice! I ran to Auke Bay where I stopped at a native totem pole and then turned toward Juneau - where I stopped for the day at the capital building. I even ran past the Governor's home - which is the home of Sarah Palin when she's in town. Her usual residence is in Wasilla, Alaska. I had a few moments of light rain, but generally the weather was simply overcast with the temperature reaching around 45 degrees. I actually saw the sun come out after I had finished the day's run. After finishing at the capital, I had a nice lunch with my parents and then did an interview at KTOO radio in downtown Juneau. You can listen to my interview by clicking here. It was about a 10-minute interview and I'm near the beginning of the show. Tomorrow I have a couple of school assemblies to do (Harborview Elementary at 9:45 a.m. and Gastineau Elementary at 1:10 p.m.). I'm looking forward to meeting their participating students. I see that schools have started posting mileage and it appears that several schools have had a good start. I appreciate the kind words that have been written in my guestbook and that show of support truly helps to keep "Bob" and I moving forward. As you've probably seen by the schedule, I have the next three days off of the road due to the need to have to ferry and then by transported by vehicle up to the Alaska/Canada border east of Tok. This is big territory and I have no choice but to be transported across Canada. This gives teams an opportunity to get a jump on me and acquire mileage. After I reach the border, I'll be logging some big mileage days. Thanks for stopping by to see how things are going. I'm very happy with how today went and I hope you like the pictures and videos that I've posted. Audio files are posted by my friend, Rob Remler, who has helped me to keep this web site updated throughout each P.A.C.E. Trek I've done. Thanks Rob! He posts audio files later in the day (he's a teacher) and you'll have to be patient for those! By the way, whenever you see a red check mark next to an audio file or a video file listed in the right-hand column of these pages, it means that those files have been uploaded and are ready to view/watch. Also, you can click on the small pictures in the right-hand column for larger pictures.

Just How Big Is Alaska?

Children typically have a difficult time comprehending the size of Alaska. It's a huge state... the largest of the United States. Measuring from north to south the state is approximately 1,400 miles long and measuring from east to west it is 2,700 miles wide. It would be impossible for me to run either the width or length of Alaska in 3 weeks... particularly since there are no roads spanning Alaska from edge to edge. At 586,400 square miles, Alaska is larger than Texas, California and Montana combined. Alaska's coastline extends 6,640 miles. When including islands, Alaska has 33,904 miles of shoreline. How many times would your state fit into Alaska? Click here to know!