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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 4/29/2005 AuntieNae placed it in The Secrets of Stonehaven Wisconsin - 31.91 miles  Visit Log
Grab It (Not from a Cache) 4/24/2005 AuntieNae grabbed it   Visit Log

Most interesting bug .. I see from the photo it was broken when it was sent out.

Retrieve It from a Cache 4/24/2005 Messa retrieved it from Asian Breakfast in Hartford Wisconsin   Visit Log

AuntieNae's niece, Messa just visiting your bug

Write note 4/22/2005 TrailRun posted a note for it   Visit Log

Maybe this mileage comparison thing wasn't such a brilliant idea, but at this point I'm only 5.09 miles behind. I'll see if I can catch up tomorrow and maybe get a lead.

Dropped Off 4/22/2005 EdRadakovitz placed it in Asian Breakfast in Hartford Wisconsin - 114.79 miles  Visit Log
Retrieve It from a Cache 3/31/2005 EdRadakovitz retrieved it from Bring Lunch! Illinois   Visit Log

This guy survived the rain and hail and made it safely back to my vehicle. I'll move him along this weekend.

Dropped Off 3/25/2005 TrailRun placed it in Bring Lunch! Illinois   Visit Log
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