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Lewis & Clark Middle School Run Time: 65:59 + 2:30 kick I passed this middle school about half-mile from the hotel, and I could see the empty track, so that took the research out of it, which is sometimes half the work for me. It was a beautiful day, and as usual, I was starving,Continue reading “Meridian, ID”

Charly Weston Bike Trail/Charles City High School Run Time: 65:54 + 2:30 kick More serendipity. I saw the bike trail on my way through town to the hotel, and then it crossed the main drive only a quarter-mile or so away from the hotel. It crossed a bridge, wound through a patch of forest, andContinue reading “Charles City, IA”

Jordan Creek Parkway Trail Run Time: 65:53 + 2:30 kick What a beautiful, warm spring day, so beautiful that I changed my mind when I got to the hotel and opted for a run instead of a nap. Two long drives, from Sioux Falls to Omaha, then from Omaha to Des Moines, and then itContinue reading “West Des Moines, IA”

Sioux Falls Bike Trail Run Time: 65:52 + 2:30 kick This was not my first run down the old Sioux Falls Bike Trail. I was here last year and stayed at the same Holiday Inn Express and made the same walk across the same strip mall to the same river bank. This time I ranContinue reading “Sioux Falls, SD”

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”