Five three fellows from Arizona and a young goat are walking 1,900 miles on Route 66 to Chicago to end the fabled Billy Goat Curse on the Chicago Cubs baseball team. Fox23 in Tulsa caught up with them to file this story: The group and the goat aren't doing this just for kicks. The walk … Continue reading Five guys and a goat walking Route 66 to end Cubs Curse
Category: Sports
Elite athletes will run Route 66 in less than three weeks
A relay of eight top running athletes next month will run nonstop on all 2,400 miles of Route 66 in 18 days for Run It Forward, which aims to promote fitness, nutrition, and dental health to underprivileged schoolchildren along the route. In addition to this impressive athletic feat, Run It Forward will use three crusading "soccer moms" … Continue reading Elite athletes will run Route 66 in less than three weeks
Man’s cross-country run for veterans includes Route 66
Albie Masland is running east across the United States, including much of Route 66, as part of Operation Amerithon to raise funds for veterans and their families. Masland started his journey March 17 in Dana Point, Calif., with a goal of hoofing it to Washington, D.C. Supported by the Bullets 2 Bandages and other sponsors, … Continue reading Man’s cross-country run for veterans includes Route 66
Running the route
The blog of the Northern Arizona Trail Runners Association recently posted this video about the Route 66 Trail Biking Loop, which contains old alignments of the Mother Road on Ash Fork Hill west of Williams, Ariz. https://youtu.be/x9R6MDE12vQ The group's blog said: In the late 1980s and early 1990s, my Kaibab National Forest co-worker Teri Cleeland … Continue reading Running the route
Should Tucumcari get a racino?
The headline above doesn't dispute that the Route 66 town of Tucumcari, N.M., is qualified to land a horse-racing casino, which it has been seeking for the past few years. It's whether Tucumcari should land a racino. Over the weekend, the New York Times published a well-researched and scathing article about the horse-racing industry. In … Continue reading Should Tucumcari get a racino?
Mother Road Marathon will return despite steep losses
The tri-state Mother Road Marathon is planning for 2012 in spite of losing nearly $31,000 in the previous year's event, reported the Joplin (Mo.) Globe. The 26.2-mile footrace starts in Commerce, Okla., winds on Route 66 through Kansas, and ends in the western edge of Joplin. The 2012 race is set for Oct. 14. The … Continue reading Mother Road Marathon will return despite steep losses
Tulsa councilor will form task force about Route 66
New Tulsa city councilor Blake Ewing is creating a task force to better embrace business and tourism opportunities along Route 66 in town, the Tulsa World reported today. "There's Route 66 travel maps that bypass Tulsa," he said with frustration. "Motorists hop on Interstate 44 at Catoosa to cut through the city and then reconnect … Continue reading Tulsa councilor will form task force about Route 66
Santa Rosa newspaper makes a sequel
Last year about this time, the Guadalupe County Communicator newspaper, based in Santa Rosa, N.M., printed a special edition in case its local high-school football won the state championship. To top it off, the newspaper timed it so the congratulatory edition would actually be distributed at the game the minute the state title was won. … Continue reading Santa Rosa newspaper makes a sequel
Keeping it cool at the Route 66 Marathon
Well, that didn't take long. The Route 66 Marathon in Tulsa was held Sunday morning, and Blue Cross Blue Shield of Oklahoma had a video from it posted before evening: https://youtu.be/GqVniSumfpk Weather conditions at the marathon definitely were better for runners than spectators. Temperatures barely climbed into the 40s all day, with a brisk north … Continue reading Keeping it cool at the Route 66 Marathon
Chandler Baseball Camp named to National Register of Historic Places
Chandler Baseball Camp in Chandler, Okla., renowned for decades for its baseball-only camps run by Bo and Tom Belcher, was listed to the National Register of Historic Places effective Oct. 12, according to an email today from the National Park Service. The complex, at 2000 W. Park Road in Chandler less than a mile north … Continue reading Chandler Baseball Camp named to National Register of Historic Places