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Welcome to my video taken during the marathon run at White Sands National Park on May 8, 2021. My friend Corey Keppel joined me for 22 miles of the run. The run was around 10 miles on paved road, 10 on sand and six on packed sand road. It was a clear, hot day but a lot of fun! #runningtheparks #chatty #nationalparks #whitesands #whitesandsnationalpark #newmexico #lovetoexplore #achieveyourgoals

This is my review of my new Runners Sunglasses "Spartan" model. They have classic stying, are very lightweight, have spring temples and honestly don't slide down your face when you get all sweaty during a run. Check them out at runnerssunglasses.com. Use the code "runningtheparks" for 15% off your order. Cheers

A few days after running the marathon at Wrangell St. Elias National Park I was out exploring. The hike/run to the Bonanza Mine at Wrangell St. Elias National Park was my FAVORITE place of all the areas I visited on this trip to Alaska. The scenery is spectacular! It was a strenuous climb up amongst the clouds (3,800 feet of elevation over 5 miles) but once to the top near the mine you have swe...

This footage is from my marathon run at Wrangell St. Elias National Park in Alaska back in August 2019. I did a 13.1 out and back on a combination of the Tanada Lakes Trail, the Nebesna Road and the Copper Lake Trail. While all of Alaska is beautiful this route in Wrangell St. Elias was flatter and had a little less contrast than Denali or my time running around the southern part of Wrangell St...

A couple of days after running the marathon at Denali National Park I wanted to loosen up a bit so I did a run on the Savage River Trail. The official trail is fairly short, I believe around three miles, but there is an informal trail that goes and goes. It parallels the river for a long ways and seems fairly well trodden. The valley was beautiful and the trail a lot of fun. It is always fun to...

While at Denali National Park in Alaska this summer I splurged on a flightseeing tour with Denali Air (www.denaliair.com). I didn't expect to go on the flight but talked myself into it since I will be back in Alaska soon but probably not at Denali for a while. The flight circumnavigates the mountain providing majestic views of one of the tallest mountains in the world. The views are white and b...

My first Alaskan park was Denali National Park. I ran a marathon on the park road between Sable Pass and the Eielson Visitor Center. I saw caribou, a fox and grizzly bears. It was sunny, cloudy, rained a bit and even sleeted on me during the five hour run. I even got to see Denali unobscured by clouds. The claim is that only 30% of visitors actually get to see the mountain. I was fortunate. Whi...

I ran my marathon at the newest national park, Indiana Dunes National Park on June 8, 2019. I was joined by Paul "Crazy Legs" Stofko, a race directory, accomplished ultrarunner and a board member of the Friends of Indiana Dunes, an organization chartered with protecting the dunes and the land around it. He was a fountain of knowledge about the park and runs on the trails there several times a w...

Just out for a jaunt in the snow at the Fish Creek Falls Recreation area in Steamboat Springs, CO

I was at a campground in Abilene, KS birthplace of Dwight D. Eisenhower. This is what almost every night looked like for a year when I was traveling around the country running marathons at all the U.S. National Parks. Minute rice, beans, rest in the chair, darkness. Repeat.

I was honored to be the keynote for the San Juan Mountain Runners Annual Event on 12-10-18. I spoke about my trip running marathons at 52 of the 60 U.S. National Parks. I covered how I got myself in the mindset to make the change, how I fueled myself for a marathon a week while living out of my car and I hit on safety tips and gear for running in the backcountry.

Haleakala National Park was spectacular. There are few other words that can describe it. The soft rock hues of pink, yellow and rust, occasional pockets of green foliage and clouds that cotton ball up against the outer crater opened my senses. I marveled that I was going to be running 26.2 miles in a volcanic crater. To make the experience even more enjoyable I was joined by two friends for the...

My friend Mark and I did some exploring of Hawai'i Volcanoes National Park the day after I ran the marathon. We went down the Kilauea Iki Trail into the Kilauea Crater and went to the southern part of the park to get up close to the lava flows from the Kilauea eruption. We did not plan the trip to coincide with the eruption it was just lucky timing. We both are very grateful that we got to see ...

Off the big island of Hawaii. Yellow fishies.

Hawai'i Volcanoes National Park Marathon Run

Black Canyon of the Gunnison National Park Marathon Run

National Park of American Samoa Marathon Run

My Accommodations When Staying in American Samoa

Palolo Hunt Night in American Samoa

American Samoa Beach Time Lapse

360 Selfie at Tisa's Barefoot Bar in American Samoa

American Samoa Time Lapse Sunrise

American Samoa Sunset from Fale

American Samoa Time Lapse Tourists

American Samoa Time Lapse Sunset

American Samoa Ocean Mash-Up

American Samoa Sunset & Birds

General Sherman Tree at Sequoia National Park

Water in My Ear at Sequoia National Park