FYI FreeWalkers: Mike Kruimer, our trusty SAG support guy with the van, wrote this report up on our last Tween Walk between New Brunswick and Metropark on Saturday 4/16/11. He's the Chairman of the NJ Committee for the East Coast Greenway Alliance and Board Member of NJ Bike & Walk Coalition.

April 17th, 2011

On April 16th, the Freewalkers (www.freewalkers.org) completed their second phase of a three…

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The ECGA folks who helped make our 50-mile "Big Walk" event a success last May have been busy working on improvements on the New Jersey segment of the Greenway thanks to their funding partners. More path signs, alternative routing between Newark and Jersey City and shared bike lanes.… Continue

To wrap up a successful year with two long distance walks, 19 FreeWalkers got together to walk and celebrate - two things we do pretty well - in the Ironbound section of Newark, this… Continue

Before I pulled out of the driveway near 4:00 a.m. on May 23^rd, a fleeting thought stopped me cold. I had forgotten to print the attendance list of 115 walker registrants for our 50-mile walk. Was it a good sign that I remembered or a bad sign…

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Spring was in the air and in our feet this past Sunday. The challenge was to walk segment 2 of the “The Big Walk” NJ2NY50 – 18 miles, from Cranford to Newark’s Penn Station – in preparation for our May 23 event. Our great and diverse group of 11, were looking to strut our stuff along, streets, rivers…

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To train for long distance walking, there’s no substitute for putting in some serious miles, or at least some serious hours, walking. My plan last Sunday, March 28th, was to immerse myself in the actual course that Mike… Continue