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- [june 29](https://marathonflight.com/june-29/) - Flying down the Rhine. The Jewish cemetery in Worms has graves from 1058, making it the oldest surviving Jewish cemetery in Europe other than the Jewish sections of Roman catacombs. That's the Worms cathedral in the background. The Nibelung Tower is relatively modern, built in 1900, but it's still picturesque. Schnitzel with Bombay sauce at
- [june 27-28](https://marathonflight.com/june-27-28/) - Once I figured out how to get it into reverse, this car worked great. Mustard soup, a Monschau specialty. Monschau. Streuselbrötchen, without or with chocolate, are an Aachen regional specialty. Which to have? One of each, of course. Aachen-Merzbrück tower was in good hands with Walter Pastucha and Nikolas Fischer. Walter has flown across the
- [june 25-26](https://marathonflight.com/june-25-26/) - Le Touquet is a short flight or ferry ride from England, so there are lots of English tourists. And where you find Englishmen, you find cricket. June 25 -- Bergen, Norway to Le Touquet, France Great flying weather; bad running weather The crew of Ryanair Flight 7239 delivered their passengers safely from Manchester to Copenhagen
- [june 23-24](https://marathonflight.com/june-23-24/) - Herring with potatoes and sour cream at marg & bein, where I also enjoyed the plukkfisk with bacon. Elk sausage and my favorite Norwegian cheese, a brown cheese that tastes like caramel and is made from goat and cow's milk. Holding outside Bergen. June 23 -- Kjeller, Norway to Bergen, Norway Holding en route to
- [June 22](https://marathonflight.com/june-22/) - En route to Kjeller, over a lake and under some clouds. A 19th century renovation of the 13th century stave church from Gol, Norway, at the Norway Folk Museum. "Angst" isn't the most famous painting by Munch, but it's a good one. June 22 -- Røros, Norway to Kjeller, Norway Exploring Norway's capital city Oslo
- [june 18-20](https://marathonflight.com/june-18/) - Mack, the world's northernmost brewery, was founded by Ludwig Markus Mack in Tromsø in 1877; I drank some of its beer in 2026. Flowers in the world's northernmost botanical garden, with the fjord behind. The dead-end taxiway with the two-hour parking limit. Tromsø's harbor, the bridge we crossed twice in the marathon, and the mountain across the fjord. June 18
- [june 21](https://marathonflight.com/june-21/) - The weather on the day I left Tromsø was a little bit challenging, as you can see from this picture of my parked plane . . . . . . and this shot shortly after departure. A black wood house in Røros. June 21 -- Tromsø, Norway to Røros, Norway, via refueling stop at Bardufoss,
- [June 14-15](https://marathonflight.com/june-14/) - June 14 -- Forssa, Finland to Helsinki, Finland, by bus Exploring Finland's capital, and a sauna It takes about two hours to travel the 120 kilometers by bus from Forssa southeast to Helsinki. Over the next couple of days, I walked all over town, did my laundry, and ate local food. The picture above is
- [june 17](https://marathonflight.com/june-17/) - What I saw out Jussi's window on the ride into town from Turku Airport. Unlike the first time we met, there was no fence between Jussi and me when we went to dinner in Turku. June 17 -- Hyvinkää, Finland to Turku, Finland Getting back together with Jussi I woke up to find I had
- [June 16](https://marathonflight.com/june-16/) - Members of Jukolan Pilotit ry, the flying club at Hyvinkää airport. My intention was for me to do the oil change, but Pertti Heininen gave me a big hand. June 16 -- Forssa, Finland to Hyvinkää, Finland (after bus back to Forssa from Helsinki) Changing the oil, meeting more friends After taking the bus back
- [june 12](https://marathonflight.com/june-12/) - Jussi and me at the Turku Airport fence. June 12 -- Vagar, Faroe Islands to Forssa, Finland Meeting new friends in Finland I would have loved to spend another day in the Faroe Islands, but it was Saturday and I had a marathon on Sunday in Forssa, which is 981 miles away as the crow
- [june 13](https://marathonflight.com/june-13/) - June 13 -- Forssa, Finland My first marathon outside of the United States The Forssan Suvi-ilta, literally, Forssa Summer Evening, starts at 3 p.m. just outside a hockey arena a short walk from my downtown hotel. After I get my race number, I wander toward the start line. Much to my surprise, several minutes before
- [June 11](https://marathonflight.com/june-11/) - This is the lake on the waterfall visual approach. The runway is hiding around the bend on the left. Here is a video of the waterfall visual approach to runway 30 at Vagar. June 11 -- Keflavik, Iceland to Vagar, Faroe Islands The most beautiful approach to an airport After repositioning to Reykjavik Domestic Airport
- [June 10](https://marathonflight.com/june-10/) - Here's what it looks like to fly over the ice fjord leaving Ilulissat headed east over the ice cap. Flying over the ice cap, the layer of clouds below is the only thing that prevents the surface from being uniformly white; the dark patches you see are shadows from the clouds. In 2003, there was
- [June 9](https://marathonflight.com/june-9/) - June 9 -- In Ilulissat, Greenland Stuck in heaven A low pressure system centered just south of Iceland was throwing a wrench in my plans. It was creating a lot of clouds from the center of Greenland all the way to Iceland. It was like a big stop sign for me. I’m an instrument rated
- [june 8](https://marathonflight.com/june-8/) - June 8 -- Iqaluit, Nunavut to Ilulissat, Greenland The crossing begins Ferry pilots (people who deliver airplanes) fly from Iqaluit to Kangerlussuaq, which is what I did when I flew to Europe from Atlanta in 2003. It's the shortest distance across on the northern route to Europe (as opposed to the route from Goose Bay
- [June 5](https://marathonflight.com/2622-2/) - Tyler Cleveland's photo of me crossing the finish line, with my brother cheering in the background. Tyler Cleveland's photo of me celebrating with his dad, Rick. June 5, 2026 -- The Bear Lake Idaho Marathon My 50th marathon state! The race started at 6:30. I woke up before 4 and wasn’t going to get any
- [June 7](https://marathonflight.com/2644-2/) - June 7 -- Thunder Bay, Ontario to Iqaluit, Nunavut North, to the arctic We got a taxi to the airport at 7 and then had an hour-long wait to get our plane fueled. We should have had that done when we arrived the night before. We finally launched into mostly clear skies at 9:17. It
- [June 6](https://marathonflight.com/june-6/) - June 6 -- Jackson, Wyoming to Thunder Bay, Ontario Goodbye, USA; see you in 2027 I began the day by calling Canadian immigration to let them know we were on our way. It was a beautiful morning as we drove out of Jackson toward the airport, and then Danny asked me if I had his
- [June 4](https://marathonflight.com/2612-2/) - I begin my journey after hectic days of preparation.

## Pages

- [Share My Adventure Flying Around the World Running Marathons](https://marathonflight.com/) - 26 marathons (26 miles each) in 26 countries in 26 weeks in 2026,all during a round-the-world journey by single-engine airplaneMarathonFlight Map generated by the Great Circle Mapper - copyright © Karl L. Swartz.
- [The route](https://marathonflight.com/theroute/) - Click here to see where I started and the places I've landed so far, as of August 29. Click here to see where I started and the places I've landed so far plus some of the places I am tentatively planning to go.
- [The trip so far](https://marathonflight.com/thetripsofar/) - The Trip So Far The Trip So Far Countries visited (21, in order): United States, Canada, Greenland (technically an autonomous territory of Denmark), Iceland, Faroe Islands, Finland, Norway, France, Germany, Belgium, Switzerland, Austria, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Montenegro, England, Wales, Scotland, Spain, Netherlands, Denmark, Sweden (plus the crown dependencies of Jersey, the Isle of Man, and
- [The marathons](https://marathonflight.com/themarathons/) - *Won age group **Placed second in age group ***Placed third in age group ^Ran half marathon in 1:54:38, second in age group
- [The pilot/runner](https://marathonflight.com/thepilot_runner/) - Mike Knobler, the runner If my high school yearbook had the category, "Least Likely to Become a Marathoner," I would have been a leading candidate. But at age 38, I moved to Atlanta, and everything changed. Atlanta becomes a running city every Fourth of July, when more than 50,000 people participate in the Peachtree Road
- [The plane](https://marathonflight.com/theplane/) - The Plane
- [Contact](https://marathonflight.com/contact/) - Contact Contact Me​I look forward to hearing from you, but please be patient about responses. I can't respond to your email while I'm flying or running!​ Follow Me​

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