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Travel Bug Dog Tag Trophy

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Released:
Monday, February 14, 2005
Origin:
Illinois, United States
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Current Goal

Trophy Travelbug by TrailRun

I love running trails, and mud's the best,
Please give me a hand in running west.

Basic mission: WEST Please move me west if possible, but if not I'd just like to keep moving. My owner will post his running mileage and see if he can outrun me. My preference is to hit some good trails on the way west, and then to make the jump to Lahaina, Maui.

About This Item

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Although I'm a long way from winning hardware, I love to run, and geocaching has provided me with a lot of new and interesting destinations.

Around the time I turned 40, my brother inspired me to run my first marathon and it has been very rewarding.

I began trail running during marathon training and my favorite events have been on trails, including Dances With Dirt (www.danceswithdirt.com), and the Tecumseh Trail Marathon (www.dinoseries.com).

The starting cache for this TB is near one of my favorite trails. The mud on the trophy was inspired by the "This Sucks" leg of Dances with Dirt. Here's my loooong race report from DWD 2005: (Visit link)

Up until March 12, 2007 I was holding my own against Trophy, but it made a big move and I have some catching up to do. The graph below shows the mileage over time. On November 17, 2007 Trophy reached its goal of reaching Lahaina, Maui and it is now stopped (I hope) with my brother. Maybe sometime I'll catch up. I plan to keep logging miles here as I make progress. (That will be slow in the near future until some knee problems are resolved.)

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Tracking History (12574.4mi) View Map

Dropped Off 6/23/2005 Panther in the Den placed it in NORMAL Summer Cache Bash 1 Illinois - 94.24 miles  Visit Log

Just a touch west. ... but near a big highway junction.

Retrieve It from a Cache 6/23/2005 Panther in the Den retrieved it from For my Friends - Travel Bug and Cache Resort Illinois   Visit Log

:) I like the mud on his shoes. Nice touch.

Write note 5/23/2005 TrailRun posted a note for it   Visit Log

Time for Trophy to hitch a ride in this tortise and hare story. I'm now up by 7.1 miles.

Write note 5/6/2005 TrailRun posted a note for it   Visit Log

Just wanted to get under 100 miles behind. Only 98.75 miles to catch up, and Trophy is still kicking back in a cache.

Write note 5/2/2005 TrailRun posted a note for it   Visit Log

Ha! Trophy has returned home within a couple miles of the starting location, and it's even a little further west.

But with some serious mileage too. Unfortunately I have not run since my last note (unless you count three attempts at a 100-yard dash at a kids camp out) so I am now 129.36 miles behind.

Actually, I need all the distance I can get. Let's call it 129.31 miles behind.

Dropped Off 5/1/2005 green & gold placed it in For my Friends - Travel Bug and Cache Resort Illinois - 125.55 miles  Visit Log
Retrieve It from a Cache 4/30/2005 green & gold retrieved it from The Secrets of Stonehaven Wisconsin   Visit Log

I'll see if I can get Trophy near a major airport, where it has a chance of catching a flight west. Will drop it off soon.

Dropped Off 4/29/2005 WAUKESHA WIZARDS placed it in The Secrets of Stonehaven Wisconsin   Visit Log
Retrieve It from a Cache 4/29/2005 WAUKESHA WIZARDS retrieved it from The Secrets of Stonehaven Wisconsin   Visit Log

Picking up this bug, but will share it with some one at the event on Saturday.

Write note 4/29/2005 TrailRun posted a note for it   Visit Log

Doh! If it wasn't for that section lunch - I missed a run. I'm behind by 3.76 miles.

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