Author Archives: nicholaskemper

Omaha Riverfront Trail Running Time: 55:50 + 2-minute kick This is my second Omaha entry. I had planned to run on a dirt trail across the border in Iowa, but it was a 27-minute drive, and I got into Omaha late, so I picked the closest paved trail, which was urban and boring and aContinue reading “Omaha, NE”

Jacoby Ridge Rural Trail Running Time: 55:38 + 2-minute kick This was a nice run, even though it was out in the shadeless scrub. It was sunny – I do not mind the sun. Cast off the sunscreen, I say, follow the tan. It was windy and a little cool, so the exposure was notContinue reading “Laramie, WY”

Burke Park/Gallagator Linear Trail Running Time: 55:35.5 + 2-minute kick This run was fine, although I got off on the wrong track and did a fair amount of muddy wandering, but the scenery was much better on the wrong track, it turned out. The plan was to run the Gallagator Trail out and back. ItContinue reading “Bozeman, MT”

Auger Falls Park Loop Running Time: 55:32.5 + 2-minute kick Finally, All Trails for the win. This was a nearly perfect run. Thunderstorms were threatening, but they moved through to the north. I felt a few sprinkles carried up the gorge in the wind. A half-hour after I finished some heavy rains moved through. TheContinue reading “Twin Falls, ID”

University of Illinois Campus; running time 55:21.5 + 2-minute kick Another All Trails Fail. I had planned to run on a trail around the perimeter of a city park. I made it about 300 yards and then found swamp. No bueno. I then drove to a middle school track, but there was track practice inContinue reading “Champaign, IL”

Baraboo High School; Running Time 55:18.5 + 1-lap kick Cool, crisp, sunny afternoon to run – ideal conditions. I had tried and failed to find an easily accessible trail to run on, so I defaulted to the local high school track. It was a 10-minute drive – more than I normally like to do –Continue reading “Baraboo, WI”

Central Cass High School Running Time: 55:12 + 1-lap kick What a charming little town on the North Dakota prairie, just west of Fargo, charming enough that I thought it was charming on a windy, drizzly, dark early April day. It says something about a town when you look for a place to eat onContinue reading “Casselton, ND”

Roseville Area High School 55:09 running time + 1-lap kick This is my first road run since watching “Without Limits” on the plane ride back home from Detroit a couple weeks back. Fewer things are more dangerous for a runner than watching a Steve Prefontaine biopic. I immediately instituted what I call Modified Prefontaine toContinue reading “Roseville, MN”

Loy Norrix High School Running Time 54:56 + 1-lap kick Loy Norris HS looks fairly new, and I thought that the track might be locked, but there was an open game by the gym side door. One person came out and walked the track while I was running, but no track practice, so I wasContinue reading “Kalamazoo, MI”

Saginaw Soccer Complex Running Time: 54:53.5 + 2-minute kick I had planned on running at the track at Valley Lutheran High School, but the little Lutherans were out practicing their track skills in the cold, windy, rainy weather. There was a paved path through part of the soccer complex, but I stuck to the grassContinue reading “Saginaw, MI”