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My first race as an adult was the OC Half Marathon back in 2006. I was running it with my oldest daughter, Lauren. We had trained together all summer, even running a 12 miler so that we would be ready for the “real thing”. During the event at mile marker 11, there was a split in the course: If you were running the half marathon (13.1 miles), the sign indicated to turn left. If you are running the full marathon (26.2 miles), the sign indicated to turn right. I did the math. Let’s see… carry the two… right! I blurted out “Lauren, if we were running the full marathon, we would still have 15.2 miles to go!” Both Lauren and I laughed out loud and then, at the same time, said: “That’s INSANE!” It challenge might as well have been to run across the USA. We were both in so much pain, even walking another 15 miles seemed impossible!

July 1, 2013 Darren Van Soye

Epic Multistage Ultramarathon Across the USA

One of the ideas that my wife, Sandy and I considered even before we left for Trekking the Planet was

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August 14, 2011 Darren Van Soye

Announcing Trekking the Planet

We are planning a 424-day around-the-world journey to six continents, visiting approximately 50 counties. During this time, we will be trekking to some of the most remote and unspoiled places in the world. The journey begins on 28 January 2012. We plan to engage students by providing enrichment materials: sixty (60) four-page weekly overviews (that correspond to where we will be) that use the framework of the Geography Standards of 1994 developed by the US National Council for Geographic Education. We plan to send out weekly supplemental emails with our impressions during our journey, as well as images and video from the road. Our materials are totally FREE to schools, administrators, kids and parents.