Stats

Days to go: 92 (25%)

Miles completed today: 3

Total miles completed overall: 772 (77%)

Miles to go: 229 (23%)

Miles required per day to meet goal: 2.5 

Total time run today: 22 minutes, 24 seconds

Total time run overall: 3 days, 22 hours, 53 minutes and 46 seconds

Average time/mile today: 7 minutes, 28 seconds

Average time/mile overall: 7 minutes, 23 seconds

Total Pledges to date: $9,728.82

Pledges/mile to date: $9.72/mile

Money raised to date: $7,503.84

Day Two Hundred Seventy-Three Notes

1001 Miles was featured on NPR radio today!

Well, actually 1,001 Miles and one of its Notes from the Road were referenced on a topical call in show on OPB radio (Oregon Public Broadcasting) called Think Out Loud which is hosted by Emily Harris and David Miller. In its own words, Think Out Loud is "a daily show about politics and global issues, music and sports, books and the environment—anything and everything that can sustain an energetic hour of live, unscripted conversation. And, crucially, we're a web site that feeds into—and off of—that radio conversation."

Given Oregon's rich track and field tradition and the fact that the Olympic track and field trials are to occur at the University of Oregon this weekend, Think Out Loud decided to devote a show to Oregon running titled "Oregon Runs Wild." When I heard about this upcoming show shortly after completing my three miles this morning while ironing my clothes for work, I hurried to the computer and created a post on the Think Out Loud website's blog shamelessly promoting 1,001 Miles.

I was at work when I received a call from Lauren, informing me 1,001 Miles had been mentioned and a segment from one of these Notes from the Road had been read on air. You can listen to the excerpt by clicking the play arrow on the player below:  

I heard from a few people during the day who had heard the broadcast (including my boss!) and played the clip over and over and over for my newly hired office mate who was no doubt crafting his letter of resignation after the fifth or sixth audio loop.

We did not have any meal delivery scheduled for this evening, so we paid out our debt to our oldest boy who had come closest to predicting the birthdate of our newest boy. The prize was a dinner of the winner's choice. Of course, as we knew he would, he picked sushi. 

Thank you for your support.

Chris Chiacchierini 

If you have questions about 1,001 miles, please feel free to email me.