All Blog Posts Tagged 'hike' (13)
Spreading the FreeWalker Gospel
Be forwarned! Getting inspired is a mixed blessing.
Many of you already know that I was originally inspired to walk extremely long distances by the Kennedy brothers back in 1963. It was a message that they carried and a can-do attitude that anything was possible that caused me to try and walk 50-miles…
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Link to East Coast Greenway national trail opens in Union County
The Lenape Park section of the East Coast Greenway in Cranford has been opened. Big Walk walkers will remember that after Nomehegan Park came Kenilworth Boulevard and street walking for a mile or so. Now, we will cross the street and head into the park on a brand new…
Added by Paul Kiczek on October 26, 2011 at 10:43am — No Comments
Log for BAY2OCEAN30 - The Endless Summer Walk - 10/1/11
I woke to the alarm at 4:45 wondering about the weather. I’m sure I heard rain but I knew, based upon conditions the whole week, that there was no easy way to call this day. Rain was in the forecast, but it looked more like off and on showers. So, there was no good reason for cancelling. There were about 40+ walkers confirmed, although I knew that was not going to be our final count on a day like today.…
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The Big Walk 2011 is History
We completed our longest and most challenging walk on Saturday, May 21st (NJ2NY50 The Big Walk) 50-miles from Metropark to New York City.
Thanks to all who made this event a great one - including our 60 or so participants (BIG CONGRATS TO…
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Liberty Park Walk & Beer Garden - 6/12/11
Last Sunday, June 12th, Nancy Jonap led our pre-party and end-of-season walk through Liberty State Park in Jersey City. Our original intention was for the 20 of us to walk the standard seven mile loop starting at 1:00 p.m. at the nearby… Continue
Added by Paul Kiczek on June 16, 2011 at 8:59pm — 2 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…
Added by Paul Kiczek on April 3, 2011 at 9:53pm — No Comments
Log for Practice Walk#1 - Trenton to Princeton - 3/20/11
Arriving at the D&R Canal’s Turning Basin parking lot by 6:45 a.m., I was on time to shuttle walkers at 7:00 to the Princeton Junction train station for our 7:27 train ride to Trenton. I ended up solo. Everything went according to plan except finding a legit public parking spot at the Junction. The station area was a… Continue
Added by Paul Kiczek on March 21, 2011 at 8:51pm — 6 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 …
Added by Paul Kiczek on January 9, 2011 at 3:00pm — 2 Comments
Log for Lenape34 - 10/11/10 - The Origins Walk - Millburn to Newark
My mind cleared quickly from a mental morning fog as I put down the first step of maybe 75,000 that day at the Millburn train station. Beginning in Morristown, I was stepping off the NJ Transit #0404 train transfer from… Continue
Added by Paul Kiczek on November 1, 2010 at 9:30pm — No Comments
Log for a Big Walk | NJ2NY50 - May 23, 2010
Before I pulled out of the driveway near 4:00 a.m. on May 23rd, 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…
ContinueAdded by Paul Kiczek on June 25, 2010 at 2:30pm — 2 Comments
Walking Newark to New York - NJ2NY50 Practice Walk 3rd Segment - 5/2/10
Added by Paul Kiczek on May 7, 2010 at 4:30pm — 2 Comments
Sunday, March 28th - 20 mile Practice Walk - Segment 1
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
Added by Paul Kiczek on March 31, 2010 at 10:30pm — No Comments
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- Spreading the FreeWalker Gospel
- Link to East Coast Greenway national trail opens in Union County
- Log for BAY2OCEAN30 - The Endless Summer Walk - 10/1/11
- The Big Walk 2011 is History
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- Log for TR2NB40 - 4/9/11 - Great Canal Walk - Trenton to New Brunswick
- "Hiking from Trenton to New Brunswick" MyCentralJersey.com
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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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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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Walking with Bobby Kennedy
Here's the story of how the 50-Mile Kennedy Walk happened from the Distant Thoughts Tumblr Blog.
Created by Paul Kiczek Mar 1, 2013 at 2:47pm. Last updated by Paul Kiczek Apr 3.
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