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Yampa River Core Trail Run Time: 64:10 + 2-minute kick It took me a few minutes to find the trail. There is a lot of construction going on in this ski town. I thought I could cut across through a private road and a Trail Closed sign to the south end of the trail, thenContinue reading “Steamboat Springs, CO”

Hawthorne Elementary School + neighborhood streets Run Time: 64:09 + 2-minute kick This was a checkbox run. I was tired, it was hot, I was in the city, I didn’t feel like running, there wasn’t a good place to run, but I ran. I checked the box. I moved the calendar item to the nextContinue reading “Boise, ID”

Run 1 time: 64:06 + 2-minute kick Kim Williams Nature Area Run 2 time: 64:07 + 2-minute kick Mount Sentinel M-Trail A rare 2-night stay in one hotel room. A minor bonus: one more with no packing. My hotel was right on the river, which was a bigger bonus. Wasn’t sure where to go atContinue reading “Missoula, MT”

Dustin Freese Memorial Sidewalk + Neighborhood Streets Run Time: 64:05 + 2-minute kick The beginning of an extended 2-week trip through Wyoming, South Dakota, Montana, Idaho, Washington, Utah, and Colorado. Plus I flew on Sunday so that I could stop in and see my sis-in-law and her youngest, who live in Fort Collins. She brewedContinue reading “Billings, MT”

West Branch DuPage River Trail Run Time: 63:56 + 2-minute kick A pleasant urban trail. Just 0.8 mile of sidewalk to the river, and then the rest of the run on cement and dirt/fine gravel. I waited a little later to run, so shade was abundant. Plus, the river was a little lower in elevationContinue reading “Warrenville, IL”

Mountain Bay State Trail Run Time: 63:55 + 2-minute kick I am not sure where Mountain Bay is, in relation to Schofield. We seemed to be rather far inland for a bay to be in close proximity. Like much of the Mideast, there are bodies of water all around, and groundwater lurking a cm orContinue reading “Schofield, WI”

Whitewater Gorge Trail Run Time: 63:00ish I was not expecting much out of Richmond, IN, but I was pleasantly surprised by this scenic trail that follows the Whitewater River through the city. Heavily wooded and therefore heavily shaded, with some elevation variation, it was a refreshing way to cap a day of driving in hotContinue reading “Richmond, IN”

Neighborhood Streets Run Time: 63:47 + 2-minute kick Brutal heat, high humidity, no shade, no fun. No trail, no track. Just cement sidewalks. Even the five-minute walks between ten-minute runs provided little respite. If you run only when conditions are ideal, I suppose that makes you an idealist. Better to strive for anyism, when itContinue reading “Bourbonnais, IL”

Chavenelle Trail Run Time: 63:43 + 2-minute kick I never really made it to the Pond Loop, and after the insect debacle the day before, I was a little wary of marsh terrain. I was looking at trails near the Mississippi River, but then I noticed there was a “trail” that ran right past myContinue reading “Asbury, IA”

Oconto River State Trail Run Time: 63:42 + 2-minute kick Last sales stop of the day was up in Marinette, just south of the Wisconsin/Michigan UP border, and my hotel was down in the Neenah area. All Trails showed this trail right next to I-41. Looked promising. And it ran perpendicular to the Interstate, soContinue reading “Oconto, WI”