July 15, 2015 Activity Update – US Route 6 – Sutton, NE

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We have a coast-to-coast, Long Beach to Cape Cod, Route 6 Runner due in Sutton on Wednesday evening, July 15th. Aprylle Gilbert left Long Beach May 11th and has been targeting 30 miles a day. She will be in Hastings tonight, Tuesday and you can see her on Highway 6 heading east tomorrow. We plan on having a gathering at the Allegro Wolf Wednesday evening to meet her – time and details to be posted as we figure out her schedule. The plan is to bring Subway sandwiches and a few salads/desserts. The Fox Hollow Motel is putting her and her driver up Wednesday night. 

Check out her facebook page, twitter feed, website etc. The "Aprylle" spelling helps the search engines. 

This is a fund raiser for a children's organization in San Jose. She is a professional singer with a few albums and a youtube presence. I'm listening to her now. 

Watch this space for more info and plan on coming out to meet a real cross-country runner.

There's more about Aprylle at     ….      

https://www.route6tour.com/index.htm

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July 10, 2015 Activity Update – US Route 6 – Wauneta Nebraska

 

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Aprylle in front of the Wauneta Roller Mills in Wauneta, Nebraska.
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Jim Maxfield who has been working at the mill since the 1950s. His family originally owned the mill before is was purchased by the current owners Ashley and Rogan Einspahr. The Einspahr’s donated the B&B along with a bag of their "great” pancake mix from the mill.

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McCook Gazette – July update

 

PHOTOS Courtesy of McCook Gazzette

By:  Lorri Sughroue  / McCook Gazette

Coast to coast for the kids San Francisco Bay area singer/songwriter Aprylle Gilbert is overcome with emotion this morning on Route 6 in Culbertson, Nebraska, when  Marv Metzer of McCook hands her a $100 donation for the charity she’s running for, Washington United Youth Center in San Jose, an after-school program for at-risk kids. “I’m not a rich man, but I felt bad that she’s not getting the donations she expected,” Metzer said, who at 87, still runs half marathons and joined Gilbert this morning on her run. Going through three pairs of Mizuno running shoes so far, 

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Gilbert started May 11 in Long Beach, California, and tries to get in 30 miles a day, hoping to cover the 3,652 miles to Massachusetts by August along Highway 6. It’s been harder than she though it would be, Gilbert said, but quitting is not an option. “i just keep putting one foot in front of the other, I refuse to give up. I have to fight for every mile,” she admitted. She also refuses to cut corners. “I’d rather tough it out when I’m tired, run what I can, than lose 30 miles and have to make it up somehow,” she said, who has planned this run for the past two years. “I just want to get it done.” The worst part may be behind her, after running through the Rocky Mountains in Colorado and the desert in Nevada.”Running under 4,000 feet is much better.” U.S. Route 6 Tourist Association is helping to sponsor Gilbert, with Bill Baumbach of Indianola, Nebraska, picking up dinner for her and her driver Thursday night. The hospitality of Nebraskans has been overwhelming, she said. Gilbert plans to be in Cambridge sometime today and to continue east, with the middle part of her journey estimated to be in Axtell, Nebraska. To keep track of her progress, go to Aprylle Dawn on Facebook or www.route6tour.com 

From the Mountains to the Prairie for Charity! Press Release 20150707

Nebraska Border – When Gilbert crossed the Colorado border into Nebraska today, her charity run brought her nearly half-way across the continental United States with 2,011 miles to go. 1,982 miles since she began running on April 28, 2015 (1,641 of these miles run on Route 6), Gilbert turns her sights to America’s Heartland.
Later this summer, when her run ends in Massachusetts, she will be the first person to run Route 6 from coast to coast. Click the image to view the PDF file

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