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La Framboise Island Loop Run Time: 64:25 + 2-minute kick It might have been the French who colonialized South Dakota. Given the relative remoteness of the region in whatever century they arrived, one might guess that France was not the center of culture, viniculture, and romance tourism that it is now. Elseways, why would itsContinue reading “Pierre, SD”

Whitehouse Nature Center Trail Run Time: 62:19 + 2-minute kick Another All Trails win. I finished my sales visits in Detroit, and I was spending the night in Coldwater, MI, a couple hours west, so I did a map search and came up with this splendid trail system on the grounds of Albion College. ItContinue reading “Albion, MI”

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”