Author Archives: nicholaskemper

Key Stadium Run Time: 65:35 + 2:30 kick A windy, tired day, but this track was less than a mile away. Sometimes you have to ignore everything except fortune. So glad I did. The sun made up for the wind and the coolness, and my brain woke up from the fog of driving. Indy isContinue reading “Indianapolis, IN”

Greenfell Bike Trail 65:33 run + 2:30 kick It was a long, cold winter. We had a temporary pause in work travel. My trip schedule for this year is smaller, so there will be fewer opportunities to run and to write. I will do my best to run as often as possible. Right now myContinue reading “Decatur, IL”

Country Roads Run Time: 65:16 + 2:30 kick A cool, clear night just after the time change. It was actually after sundown when I checked into the hotel across the street from the Bellingham International Airport, but it was going to be the only non-rainy day of the work trip. I had gotten up atContinue reading “Bellingham, WA”

The Pointe Nature Preserve Run Time: 65:43 + 2-minute kick I am behind in my blogging. This run took place more than two weeks ago. I almost forgot what I wanted to write about. The run was beautiful. It was hot. Most of it was a gravel path, which took me almost to the veryContinue reading “Dakota Dunes, SD”

Hampstead High School Run Time: 65:42 + 2-minute kick Better choices for running on the east side of Arterial drive. The Chavenelle “Trail” that I ran the last time I was here is actually the Chavenelle “Sidewalk without Shade.” This time I was able to cut through a residential neighborhood to the local high schoolContinue reading “Dubuque, IA”

Casper Rail Trail Run Time: 65:29 + 2-minute kick I wish I could say Casper is friendly, like the ghost, but it’s rather harsh and weatherbeaten, and many of the locals appear to have partaken of the methamphetamine in the recent past. This trail ran right along a main street, and it was a shortContinue reading “Casper, WY”

City Loop Trail Run Time: 65:22 + 2-minute kick Brandon is a pleasant small city. The night before I stayed in downtown Winnipeg, which was not pleasant. I was on the 10th floor of the Holiday Inn Express, which felt relatively safe, compared to the lobby, but when I got in the elevator to goContinue reading “Brandon, MB”

Sterling Heights High School Run Time: 65:11 + 2-minute kick I wasn’t sure I was going to get a run in. Thunderstorms were on the horizon, so to speak. I was glad I did. It was the only run of the week. Canada sent all of their wildfire smoke across the border in retaliation forContinue reading “Sterling Heights, MI”

Diagonal Trail Run Time: 64:57 + 2-minute kick Creative name for this trail. The elevation gain data seems a little exaggerated. Partly that is the width of the graphic, but also, I ran this trail from one end to the other and it felt pretty flat. The approaches from the street were the most pronouncedContinue reading “Roseville, MN”

City Streets and Sidewalks Run Time: 64:55 + 2-minute kick A one-day diversion north of the border. Found this resort town in the Okanagan Valley, amidst a large collection of rather northern vineyards. Very picturesque, with mountains to the east and west, which created a south-wind tunnel in the afternoon for my run, but aContinue reading “Osoyoos, BC”