Paul Kiczek's Blog Posts Tagged 'FreeWalkers' (7)

An Unscenic Urban Walk: From Lower Manhattan to Kennedy Airport

FreeWalkers are not the only odd ones walking in unusual places as this New York Times article suggests. 

There's an annual 13-mile walk in New York City from Union Square to JFK Airport headed by Andy Maskin, a Gramercy Park resident started on a gratingly beautiful day in 2004. He was inside; he…

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Added by Paul Kiczek on September 18, 2012 at 11:07am — No Comments

Middlesex Greenway Dedication

An old railroad corridor has now officially been transformed into the Middlesex Greenway. The Middlesex Greenway evolved by converting the abandoned Lehigh Valley Railroad into a 3.5-mile linear County Park Trail from Crows Mill Road in…

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Added by Paul Kiczek on September 17, 2012 at 9:52pm — No Comments

ECGA Ribbon Cutting Ceremony at Lincoln Park in Jersey City

I along with FreeWalkers David Asher and Corey Storch attended a ribbon cutting ceremony with DOT officials and Mayor Healy (shown here) last Friday to celebrate the improvements between Newark and Jersey City - sometimes known as no-man's land or as we like to call it, "Intersection Hell"…

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Added by Paul Kiczek on June 25, 2012 at 10:11pm — No Comments

Log for TR2NB40 - 4/9/11 - Great Canal Walk - Trenton to New Brunswick

With a shifting weather forecast it was hard to say how this day would turn out when I got up at 4:00 a.m. The day before had been rainy. The trail could be muddy. But for now there was nothing stopping the assault of our feet on the great D&R Canal.… Continue

Added by Paul Kiczek on April 12, 2011 at 10:00pm — 4 Comments

"Hiking from Trenton to New Brunswick" MyCentralJersey.com

April 2, 2011 - Here's a great article on upcoming FreeWalkers' Great Canal Walk and the East Coast Greenway. We made the Home Tribune front page on this one. The author covers some good points of our walks and the…

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Added by Paul Kiczek on April 3, 2011 at 9:53pm — No Comments

Can you walk 100 miles across the state of New Jersey in 2011?

The FreeWalkers are partnering with the East Coast Greenway Alliance to create  a new program called the …

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Added by Paul Kiczek on January 9, 2011 at 3:00pm — 2 Comments

Join a Naturally Historic Walk Along the D&R Canal on April 9, 2011



Starting from the Delaware River, trace the footsteps of this 175 year old waterway and transportation system across Central New Jersey - from Trenton to New Brunswick. The TR2NB40 - Great Canal Walk, a…

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Added by Paul Kiczek on January 9, 2011 at 1:30pm — No Comments

X-Jersey Challenge

Here is the current status of entrants for the Cross-Jersey Challenge as of 5/30/13. The goal is 100 miles by the end of the 2013.
Go to http://crossjerseywalk.org to enter your 2013 mileage to qualify.

Miles
Glenn Markulin 96
Paul Kiczek 92
Albert Walker 65
Daniel Jeffrey 55
David Ascher 54
Divia Arpino 53
William Radkovich 46
Jessica Wachtel 12

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Distant Thoughts

The Sounds of a Long Walk

Just a few days ago, I noticed, maybe for the first time, the sounds of the Great Canal Walk. For most of the 40 miles and 15 hours that day there was an absence of sound in this body of water as still as glass on that calm day....

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Cross-Jersey Challenge

The 2013 Cross-Jersey Challenge has started. Check out the event schedule for upcoming events that will put you on the map for 2013.

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FreeWalker Tours

Walk the Badlands

Join us on our first Freewalkers Tour Vacation in Sept, 2013 for a true Western adventure in South Dakota, Mt. Rushmore, Walk the Badlands and Deadwood. Get the full itinerary here. To learn more…

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Created by Paul Kiczek Apr 3, 2013 at 9:35pm. Last updated by Paul Kiczek Apr 3.

Walking with Bobby Kennedy

Here's the story of how the 50-Mile Kennedy Walk happened from the Distant Thoughts Tumblr Blog. 

Walking with Bobby Kennedy

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Created by Paul Kiczek Mar 1, 2013 at 2:47pm. Last updated by Paul Kiczek Apr 3.

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