Campus Running

Since I'm a big winner, I have two OCD-like qualities that stick out, even to myself. One being that I like to make lists. The second being that I like to set goals and easily become obsessed with achieving them.

Both of these issues fit nicely into what I have decided to pursue as an ongoing goal. I would like to run on as many college campuses as possible. With this goal, I naturally began compiling a list o the places I've already ran. Currently I have over 30 campuses ran. I came up with this goal today, as I took a short walk around the John Carroll University campus. Note: this is a campus I have run on.



 I have decided to count all variants of running. This encompasses races, basketball, or a regular jog. it is pretty open-ended.

As for achieving my goal, I think it is ridiculous to aim for running on every campus in America. Impossible. So, I am going to set number goals for each year. The joy of this goal is that it can be ongoing. I can continue to achieve until the day that I die. For example, by the end of 2011 I would like to have 100 campuses down. I mean, it took me 27 years to get to just over 30. I want to start small. Each year I can set a goal for myself.


Lucky for me, my husband is in college athletics. This means I have exposure to more college campuses than the average person.